Tag: Plastic Seals

The coronavirus has had an impact on most, if not all, industries everywhere on our globe. Many businesses are hit hard, and only a few are thriving. As a supplier to multiple industries, Mega Fortris has been affected, and our agility and robustness are being tested. But regardless of what is happening in the world, some things, like democratic elections, must proceed unhindered.

Mega Fortris Americas is proud to secure the democratic process when supplying our seals to state departments and county election boards in the US. Recently, Mega Fortris’ Fast Seals, MCLP180 2Ks, MCL350 cable seals and TE Labels were used to secure ballot boxes, drop-off boxes, storage containers and voting machines in the US Presidential election in November 2020.

Each state has its own election rules and regulations, but due to the pandemic, most states were allowing mail-in ballots to avoid large gatherings on election day. In some states, mail-in ballots could be dropped off, mailed or handed in several weeks before election day and many voters acted accordingly. Therefore, the need for sealed storage of more ballots for a long time was crucial to secure the election this year compared to past elections.

Several factors are undermining the trust in fair elections in the US, which is very unfortunate. However, a positive side-effect is that more focus is put on the processes and security devices being used. That is crucial to continue improving and securing this vast and diverse election system that caters to more than 250 million voters and currently has more than 230,000 polling places nationwide.

Mega Fortris’ role in preserving electoral transparency and ingenuity is critical. Our commitment to providing the necessary equipment helps to ensure democracy could take its course. This isn’t just limited to preserving the integrity of the democratic process in the US, but for the whole world too.

For more information on Mega Fortris’ ranges of security seals, security bags, security boxes and labels, kindly click here or contact us here.

“Mega Fortris Group” The Biodegradable “Green” Security Seals Specialists & Market Leaders.

November 2017 Mega Fortris announces the world’s first biodegradable security seal.

It is with great pleasure, and immense pride, that “Mega Fortris” Is very proud to announce the launch of our latest innovative, (r)evolutionary environmentally friendly, biodegradable, green, range of security seals & solutions. Mega Fortris – the global market leader in the manufacturing of innovative, intelligent security seals and solutions.

Our range of biodegradable seals has been developed, due to the fast evolving and ever-changing markets. Almost everything that we purchase today comes wrapped in either multiple layers of plastic or in plastic laminated papers. These objects end up creating a huge problem for our eco-system, as nature’s forces are powerless when it comes to disintegrating plastic back into the elements. What is more, recycling of plastic is no longer economically viable as it requires more energy than what was used to produce in the first place! And moreover, much of the plastic we put in the blue bin is not fit to be recycled anyways and eventually ends up in landfills regardless. Mega Fortris is fully aware of the impact plastic waste is having on our planet and has taken the necessary steps to do ‘our-part’.

With new environmental policies, societal concerns and mounting environmental awareness have triggered the search for new products that are compatible with the environment. The answer is Biodegradable Plastic! Our range of biodegradable seals has been developed to deal with the issues now facing our market sectors, who are now even more aware of the need to protect our planet. Therefore, the need to go “green” and environmentally friendly, enables Mega Fortris to remain ahead of the competition, and pioneers in this field.

One of the main advantages to our Biodegradable plastic seals is they can be biologically broken down, in a reasonable amount of time, into their base compounds. The special additive 201, that makes the products biodegradable, will be added to all our products, made of the following materials: PP and Nylon.

This biodegradable product range has amongst others, the following benefits:

  • Fully compliant with the ISO 14021:1999 Standard under the definition of biodegradable.
  • Highly stable during shelf life & service life.
  • Does not degrade to fragments after manufacturing.
  • Compatible in recycling and nontoxic to the environment.
  • Effective biodegradation verified with ASTM D5511, ISO DIS 15985, ASTM D5526 & ASTM D5338

Currently trials are ongoing with the Fast Seal. Please enquire with your nearest Mega Fortris Office for more information.

Our small mistakes and carelessness can convert this beautiful and full of life planet into lifeless place. And the adoption of minor changes in our habits like insisting on the use of biodegradable plastic can make it a beautiful and healthy place to live. By altering the material used in industrial and commercial processes from standard to biodegradable plastic. Together we can make this planet a sustainably beautiful and healthy place to live in.

In recent years we have seen a dramatic growth in the use of Halal food across the world. This includes major countries across Western Europe including the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France and many other regions. The use of Halal food in commercial industries has always been a challenge for businesses in western countries.

However, organisations have acknowledged the growing demand to supply Halal Food, and are making efforts to provide for this demand. Becoming a Halal Food approved supplier isn’t as easy as it seems. Many consumers have found not all suppliers are following the correct procedures in preparing the food, such as not using the approved equipment required to process Halal food. Those that do process Halal food only focus on the processing of the food itself, which does not count towards being Halal food approved.

Halal food regulations clearly state the organisation must follow the correct processing procedures of the food, and also use the approved equipment to process the Halal food. With this in mind companies have found short supply of approved equipment for processing Halal food such as Packaging, and Sealing tools. These are the main two equipments which come directly in contact with the food. Therefore it is very important for these two products to meet the Halal Regulations.

In order to provide for the developing Halal market, Mega Fortris has developed a pull tight seal for use in the Food Industry. The Fast seal is available in different versions and can be made to different lengths and colours. The raw materials from our supplier were already approved by governing food authorities including the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). And have recently been accepted in the Halal Food industry as an approved manufacturer for the plastic. This means that the Fast Seal and other plastic security seals in our product range can be used for securing Halal foods.

Furthermore the supplier of the plastic which we use to manufacture our seals have recently stated in an article that their products have been approved by the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark with the Fast Seal the first choice seal to be used for all forms of Halal Foods processing, Packing and transportation. The unique features of the fast seal make it the ultimate seal for meat tagging when going through the Halal Meat procedures. The security seal tag allows serial numbering and bar-coding to be laser marked on the surface of the seals to ensure each batch of seal is unique. This ensures efficient monitoring of meat and shows any signs of tampering at the same time.

The Fast seal is extremely versatile as it can be placed on various applications due to its strength and durability allowing the user to know if the application has been tampered with, without allowing easy access to the application itself.

Features:

  • The Fast Seals are etched with permanent laser marking for names offers highest level of security as it cannot be removed and replaced.
  • Heat staking technology is used to permanently fix the cap to the Fast Seal. With the resulting bonds, heat staked parts cannot be cut or forced open without leaving clear evidence of tampering.
  • A floating metal clip is securely shielded by a cap, providing great locking strength and security.
  • The Various length and thickness of the Fast seal give the user a choice to match different applications.
  • Colour coding is made possible by having a variety of our standard colour seal with white based caps.

Though Mega Fortris are already using material to manufacture their seals which the supplier states has been approved by the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark we are still working towards becoming more Halal Foods friendly. Even though we are already FDA approved we believe we can do more to ensure we are able to provide seals to all types of industries. Our commitment to provide seals to all food sectors is well under way with our headquarters taking the lead in this process.

Watch this space for our next segment on Halal Food seals; we will ensure to keep all our readers updated with our progress.