BAGS WITH A DIFFERENCE

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In all if one tries to analyze the value that these tonne and tote bag brings to industrial and evolving world one would find that they are one of the most utilized inventions of modern era. The concept of hand held bags began in 17th century and since then the concept, shape and utility of these bags have evolved tremendously. There are many types of hand held bags in the market each differentiated from other on the basis of their utility. While bulk bags or tonne bags are used for carrying rough materials like sand, fertilizers and plastic the bulk tote bags are used for sophisticated purposes. The bulk bags or the tonne bags are also called flexible intermediate bulk container, they are generally used in industries for carrying goods over long distances. They are made of thick polyethylene. They can carry a weight of more than 1000kg but the capacity can be enhanced by increasing the size. Although the birth of bulk bags is debated but it is believed that they first came in to existence in 1940 but since then their usage has multiplied and now they are used for carrying chemicals, fertilizers, food products, seeds, starch, pigments, grains, peanuts, fibreglass etc. There are lot of structural forms of Bulk or tonne bags such as U-panel construction, baffle construction, round construction, core construction, four sided construction and circular construction. The term tote is a word synonym for to carry, bulk tote bags first became popular in USA, these bags have parallel stripes and are used by ladies for carrying their daily use materials like books, make up kit, food materials, sprays, money and other personal belongings. The shapes and styles of these bags have taken a major turn since its inception, nowadays there are big brands making and selling tote bags for as much as a million. Tote bags may vary in their shapes and sizes with some of them containing a single section while others having multiples sections, one the new usage of these bags is for carrying small laptops and mobile tablets. There are many countries in which tote bags are purchased after bidding, the craze for these bags have increased many folds in last decade with multinational brands willing to spend millions on their advertisements and marketing. Online purchase of these bags reached a new mile stone last year when their online order reached an all time high.