Rock paper[paper?:paper sample maker cutting machine] has practical advantages, too. Burt's Bees, a subsidiary of Clorox (CLX), uses TerraSkin for soap packaging[packaging?:DCP-H series packaging sample cutter plotter] and was able to save money in the end because it could substitute one layer of TerraSkin for a sheet of wax-coated paper and a printed paper cover.
BCC Research, a Wellesley (Mass.) market researcher, estimates that sales of synthetics for use in traditional paper products such as maps, menus, and banners will grow at a rate of 6%, to 34,250 tons in 2011, up from 25,600 tons in 2006. Still, it's a pipsqueak industry. North America consumed 32.9 million tons of printing[printing?:printing cutting finishing solution] and writing papers in 2006, according to the Printing & Writing Papers Assn. in Montreal.
