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Dr. Shrink, Inc. in Hannover Messe Exhibitor Spotlight

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DR. SHRINK, INC. IN EXHIBITOR SPOTLIGHT AT HANNOVER MESSE 2016

Dr. Shrink, Inc. President/CEO, Mike Stenberg was approached by Hannover Messe to answer some questions for a blog regarding a series of highlights for the Hannover Messe trade show going on now through April 29th in Hannover, Germany. Read below for the Q&A session between the show representative and Mike Stenberg of Dr. Shrink, Inc.
This is not your first time at Hannover Messe. What factors influenced your decision to come back this year?
The Hannover Messe is an excellent forum for meeting with current customers, and for also finding more business. This will be our 10th year of exhibition.
Why is the Energy and Mobilitec pavilion a natural home for you?
We have been in the Energy Pavilion each year we have exhibited. This pavilion is a natural spot for us as we do much business in Wind Energy, Oil and Gas and Electrical fields.
What do you hope to accomplish at Hannover Messe?
We will try very hard to maintain current business and secure new customers and distributors from the many countries that visit the Hannover Messe.
When and how did your company being exporting? What countries do you have experience exporting to?
Dr. Shrink, Inc. began exporting approximately 15 years ago. We currently export to China, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, South Korea, Turkey, Dubai, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, France, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Denmark, The Netherlands, Ireland, India, South Africa, Ukraine, etc.
What impact has exporting had on your company? What advice do you have for other American companies looking to start exporting?
Exporting for Dr. Shrink, Inc. has been very good for building business. We enjoy dealing with out many distributors and customers. Our only advice in exporting is to find the right people and companies that you can trust and work with.

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 Pictured here is our distributor in Germany, Mike Renn with TMS.

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Shrink Wrap Weekly Bundle 4/25 – 5/1: Woven Cord Strapping

Free Roll of 1/2″ x 1500′ Woven Cord Strapping

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Place an order of $500.00 or more this week and you can receive a free roll of 1/2″ x 1500′ Woven Cord Strapping!
You must mention this bundle if you are ordering over the phone.  If ordering online, use the promo code is BUNDLE268 at checkout.
**YOU MUST ADD THE WEEKLY BUNDLE PRODUCT INTO YOUR SHOPPING CART IN ORDER FOR THE PROMO CODE TO WORK**

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Happy Earth Day 2016!

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Earth Day is more than just a one-day event, it’s something that we need to learn to add into our daily lives as ongoing education, action and change. According to earthday.org this years Earth Day Theme is Trees for the Earth. The website states, “Why trees? Trees help combat climate change, breathe clean air and help communities achieve long-term economic environmental sustainability and provide food, energy and income. Over the next 5 years, as Earth Day moves closer to it’s 50th Anniversary, we’re calling on you to help us achieve one of our most ambitious goals yet – we’re planting 7.8 billion trees and we’re starting now.” Check our earthday.org to see other ways that you can get involved in your community. Let’s all go out and do our part to help our planet in any way that we can.

Dr. Shrink would once again like to remind everyone that our 100% virgin resin shrink wrap is not biodegradable, so it is extremely important that it gets properly recycled. Dr. Shrink has 2 programs in place to easily recycle the plastic.

Our Recycling Run Program is a partnership with Bay Area Recycling for Charities out of Traverse City, MI. It is an inexpensive way to recycle your covers that come off in the spring months. Please remember all strapping, buckles, vents, zipper doors, etc. must be removed prior to packing the cover into the bag. This program is only available in the following states: MI, WI, IN, IL, OH, MN, SD and select locations in New York. To find out more information about this program, click here. Note: You must fax or email the Registration Form back to Dr. Shrink in order to sign up for the pickup.

Our second program, the REBAG Recycling Kit, consists of a 30″ x 50″ clear bag with cover removal directions printed on it, a closure device for the bag and a prepaid FedEx shipping label. Each REBAG will hold the cover from a 26′ powerboat or approximately 600 square feet of shrink wrap. Stuff the bag full and then put the prepaid shipping label on the outside of the bag, call FedEx for pickup or take it to the nearest FedEx store to ship.

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Both of these programs are simple and easy ways to properly recycle your shrink wrap.  Please think of the environment not just today, but every day.

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Don't Trash Your Shrink Wrap!

Happy Spring from Dr. Shrink, Inc.!

It’s that time of year for those shrink wrap covers to come off your boats, campers, RVs and other recreational items to enjoy that warm weather ahead. Dr. Shrink is gearing up for the seventh year with Bay Area Recycling for our Recycling Run Program. The Recycling Run program allows users in select locations/states to recycle their shrink wrap covers; Dr. Shrink’s 100% virgin resin premium shrink wrap is not biodegradable and is easily recycled into a variety of usable products such as garbage bags and construction plastic.
The Recycling Run Program makes recycling your covers a breeze. All you have to do is buy Dr. Shrink’s EZ-Fill Bags for $5.00/each either online or over the phone, stuff the EZ-Fill Bag with ONLY shrink wrap (NO buckles, strapping, vents or zipper doors) and fill out and return the Registration Form back to Dr. Shrink to be put on our pick up list. If you are located in MI, WI, IN, IL, OH, MN, SD or Long Island, NY, you are eligible for the program.
Not exactly sure how to easily remove your shrink wrap cover? Check out our new Don’t Trash Your Shrink Wrap Silent Movie here, starring our very own President/CEO of Dr. Shrink, Inc., Mike Stenberg.
If you are not in one of the listed Recycling Run states, you could also use our REBAG® Recycling Kit— this program works across the continental U.S.

Shrink Wrap Project for NuDay Syria

Again this year, we are working together with Alison McKeller from “NuDay Syria” which is an organization out of New Hampshire that helps with Syrian relief efforts. Alison has been active in this effort for Syrian relief for about 2 years now. Dr. Shrink is encouraging shrink wrap customers with any remaining end rolls of shrink wrap to donate them. Used shrink wrap can also be donated as long as the cover has been carefully removed and stored, is not holey, dirty, or hard to handle.
All the donations for the Syrian refugees are put into a 40′ container and shipped to Syria where the project activists collect the items for the refugees. Alison states, “In Syria they’ve been using these rolls for everything from shelters, to wall liners for field hospital operating rooms. Getting the ends of rolls makes it a lot easier to ship and less labor intensive, and I’m hoping to track down other companies and individuals willing to donate them.” Dr. Shrink has donated materials to this effort and we are hoping that our shrink wrap customers will do the same.
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These photos show how Syrian refugees have used donated shrink wrap to create test shelters in an area of northern Syria close to the Turkish border. If you look at the shelters being made, it’s easy to see how even the used shrink wrap can be of great use when there are no other options available. Take a look at all the uses for shrink wrap in the Facebook photo album.
NuDay Syria is a registered 501(c)3 and the shipping cost associated with sending your rolls is fully tax deductible. If you live in the New England area, it may also be possible to arrange for the rolls to be picked up. Alison can be contacted at (386) 956-1530 or at alisonmckellar@gmail.com for more information.
Please take less than 10 minutes out of your day to watch this video on the effort for Syrian refugees: Alison McKeller and Nu Day Syria. How the shrink wrap is being donated and used is mentioned at the 2.5 minute mark.
Donate:
You can send your leftover shrink wrap rolls directly to NuDay Syria’s offices:
NuDay Syria
14 Ellyson Ave.
East Hampstead, NH 03826
Share with others & get the word out:
Know someone who could donate? Forward this on. Any donations would be appreciated

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Shrink Wrap Weekly Bundle 4/18 – 4/24 : Anniversary Specials!

It’s our Anniversary Week – Dr. Shrink will be celebrating 24 years in business on Thursday, April 21st. For this week, Mike Stenberg hand-picked two of his favorite things as our Weekly Bundle items. You have your choice of: 2 Weather-Tight Filter Vents (DS-683F) OR a $10 Amazon Gift Card.  Details below.

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*Click on either bundle item to easily add to your cart.
Place any size order this week and you can receive 2 free Dr. Shrink Weather-Tight Filter Vents (BUNDLE267) OR place an order for $300.00 or more and you can receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card (AMAZON24).
You must mention which bundle if you are ordering over the phone.  If ordering online, use the promo code is BUNDLE267 or AMAZON24 at checkout.
**YOU MUST ADD THE WEEKLY BUNDLE PRODUCT INTO YOUR SHOPPING CART IN ORDER FOR THE PROMO CODE TO WORK**
 

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MANISTEE-BASED DR. SHRINK, INC. JOINS LARGEST-EVER U.S. BUSINESS DELEGATION TO 2016 HANNOVER MESSE

Dr. Shrink, Inc. Exhibiting for 10th Year at Hannover Messe in Hannover, Germany

 
MANISTEE, MI- Dr. Shrink, Inc. announces it is part of the largest-ever U.S. delegation to Hannover Messe, the world’s foremost trade fair for industrial technology, taking place April 25-29, in Hannover, Germany. For the first time in the Fair’s history, the United States will be the Partner Country, a status that provides more than 390 businesses and organizations in the U.S. delegation an unprecedented opportunity to be prominently featured throughout the event. President Obama will also participate in this year’s event, themed “Integrated Industry-Discover Solutions.”

Dr. Shrink, Inc. will exhibit in the Energy Pavilion at the show (Hall 27, Stand J36).”The U.S. business community and the Department of Commerce have a clear message for the world: the United States is open for business. We will demonstrate and deliver on that message at the 2016 Hannover Messe,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. “We are proud to have some of America’s most innovative and forward-thinking companies joining the U.S. delegation at this year’s fair.”
Mike Stenberg, President/CEO of Dr. Shrink, Inc. said, “We are excited to be a part of the first-ever USA Partner Country presence at Hannover Messe and look forward to making the most of this opportunity. The Hannover Messe is an excellent forum for meeting with current customers, and for also finding more business. This will be our 10th year of exhibition at Hannover Messe.”

Hannover Messe typically hosts more than 200,000 attendees from more than 70 countries, including global investors, buyers, distributors, resellers and government officials.

Dr. Shrink, Inc. is a full-circle supplier of premium shrink wrap and installation accessories. Dr. Shrink has everything needed to wrap an asset. The company is noted for industry-first products, prompt service and experienced application advice.

Contact Dr. Shrink Inc., 315 Washington St., Manistee, MI 49660. 800-968-5147; Fax: 231-723-9586. drshrink@dr-shrink.com; www.dr-shrink.com.

 

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Road-Trip Travel Log on Facebook Raises Donation for Local Animal Shelter

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Dr. Shrink, Inc.’s founder/CEO/President, Mike Stenberg, recently traveled both for fun and for a cause. Mike and his son, Bart Stenberg (General Manager of Dr. Shrink, Inc.) flew to Las Vegas, Nevada where they purchased a 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Country Squire Wagon. Mike said the Ford Country Squire station wagon was for a 40 year period one of the best vehicles for carrying the family on daily trips and for summer vacations taken across the USA. He was happy to have found this particular Squire wagon that is totally original and only had 11,534 miles on it when they picked it up.

The cross-country trip home from Nevada to Michigan in their new ride became a viral sensation when it was announced via video on Dr. Shrink’s Facebook page that Mike was “Road-Trippin’ for a Reason” and all “likes”, comments, or shares on the video or photos would be tallied and go towards a monetary donation to Homeward Bound (a local animal shelter in Manistee, MI). The video and photos immediately went viral; the video reached close to 5,000 people, had 99 shares, and 169 “likes”. The photo album had 22 shares and 76 likes.

Mike states, “Our road trip from Las Vegas to Manistee in the 1990 Ford Country Squire was a great time—even when driving through a very long Oklahoma during the middle of the night. Highlights of the journey were the beautiful high deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, Petrified Forest National Park where they had the best fry bread tacos ever, and then when we crossed the border into Michigan signaling only 195 miles more to go.”

Mike has a soft spot and big heart for all animals and pets are family at Dr. Shrink, Inc. Mike states, “It was fun and rewarding to log our travels on Facebook and see the response towards a great cause. I want to say thank you to everyone who followed us on Facebook and helped make this a very Merry Christmas for our furry friends at Homeward Bound in Manistee, MI.”

The Facebook travel log response ended up raising $450.00 which was donated by Dr. Shrink to Homeward Bound of Manistee, MI. As for the Ford Country Squire station wagon? Mike states, “I expect to keep it in the collection for many years.”

Deb Green, Vice President from the Manistee County Humane Society states, “Homeward Bound greatly appreciates the fact that Dr. Shrink thought of us when they decided to do this. It is because of this kind of community support that we are able to help so many homeless pets find new homes.”

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Shown in the photo are two of the pups currently waiting to be adopted at Homeward Bound Animal Shelter. Bean is on the right, a Beagle Dachshund mix and Brody is on the left, a tri-colored Corgi. They are a bonded pair who have been together 6 years and are hoping to be adopted together. Bean is currently neutered; Brody will be neutered before adoption. Both dogs are up to date on their shots. Pictured on the left is Colleen Kenny (Board of Directors of MCHS), Mike Stenberg (CEO of Dr. Shrink Inc.), and Deb Green on the right (Board of Directors of MCHS) with the Ford Country Squire station wagon behind them in its new home. PLEASE contact Homeward Bound Animal Shelter if you are interesting in adopting these sweet dogs or any other animals! 231-723-7387 : 736 Paws Trail, Manistee, MI 49660 : www.homewardboundmanistee.org
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Contact Dr. Shrink, 315 Washington St., Manistee, MI 49660. 800-968-5147; Fax: 231-723-9586. drshrink@dr-shrink.com

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Dr. Shrink Donates Shrink Wrap for "Noah Domes" Shipping to Haiti

Dr. Shrink, Inc. recently donated shrink wrap and a demo heat tool to Calamity Love Ministries for their Habitat project for Haiti.  The major earthquake in Haiti in 2010 has had lasting effects as 279,000 Haitians are displaced in poor living conditions and/or homeless. In conjunction with Lowe’s and Habitat for Humanity, Calamity Love Ministries have been constructing dome homes for the homeless in Haiti.
How Dr. Shrink’s Premium Shrink Wrap was Used
The finished domes have to be shipped to Haiti and there was a recommendation of using shrink wrap for shipping. This is where Dr. Shrink became involved.
Dr. Shrink sent Calamity Love Ministries shrink wrap and the necessary propane fired heat tool used to shrink the plastic for the Noah Domes to be encapsulated and shipped to Haiti. The shrink wrap cover ensured that the Noah Domes would arrive in pristine condition and ready for use once delivered.
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More on Noah Domes
Calamity Love Ministries describes the “Noah Dome” as a God given plan by which they take the world’s unwanted and inexpensive lumber and turn it into an almost indestructible shelter home. The domes come in several designs, 29 foot for a large family and 12 foot domes for smaller families.  The designs can be installed quickly and securely giving the families a place to call home until they have their own homes rebuilt.
>>View the Building of Noah Domes

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Dr. Shrink's Distributor in Norway Completes Several Shrink Wrap Applications Used Within the Oil & Gas Industry

No matter the season, there’s always equipment to be stored and transported. Even the most indestructible-looking machinery needs protection from the elements. Dr. Shrink’s Premium Shrink Wrap provides an economical way to keep company assets safe from dirt and damage that can happen on a job site or when in transit.
Tarps and plastic sheeting can blow off, tear and destroy surfaces. Moisture can also collect beneath them. Shrink wrap is waterproof and can be ventilated to eliminate dampness and mildew. Dr. Shrink also offers Vapor Corrosion Inhibiting products to prevent harm to sensitive metals and electrical circuits.
Dr. Shrink’s distributor in Norway, Alfa Solution, recently completed three different shrink wrap applications used within the Oil & Gas Industry. Shrink wrap was installed for corrosion prevention and transport protection of a large 250 ton offshore crane manufactured in Norway. The crane was shipped as deck cargo to Korea with 10 weeks of transit time. All electrical components and motors were protected with Dr. Shrink’s VCI (Volatile Corrosion Inhibiting) film and sealed with Dr. Shrink’s Premium Shrink Wrap. Finally the whole foundation was covered with 12 mil Premium Shrink Wrap to protect against sea spray on deck during transit.
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Alfa Solution also used shrink wrap for securing the protectors inside oil pipes- the shrink wrap kept the pipes clean and ready for operation. Dr. Shrink’s Premium Shrink Wrap was also used in combination with their VCI film for preservation of the risers. The company also shrink wrapped a new transformer for BP which was transported to one of their platforms in the North Sea. The transformer had to be properly protected for sea spray and was fully covered with VCI and sealed with Dr. Shrink’s Premium Shrink Wrap.
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Rune Johansen with Alfa Solution states, “Experience has proved the efficiency of using Dr. Shrink’s premium virgin-resin shrink wrap in the oil & gas industry as very valuable compared to more traditional methods of protection. Dr. Shrink’s shrink wrap is easy to use and gives a long lasting, durable form of protection during preservation, storage and transport of offshore equipment of all sizes and shapes, and it’s a money saver beyond any other methods. Any piece of equipment that has to be preserved and stored can be done so by using shrink wrap in a cost efficient, safe and space saving manner.
Since it can fully encapsulate just about anything, shrink wrap enables users to protect an entire load with one piece. It’s easy to apply. Dr. Shrink’s training video offers easy-to-follow instructions on the whole installation process. The company has the widest selection of zipper access doors available, so owners can gain entry to covered assets without cutting or removing the shrink wrap cover.
This 100% virgin resin shrink wrap with maximum UV inhibitors is cost effective. Prices start at $149.30 for a 12′ W x 149′ L roll of 7 mil thick shrink wrap.
Contact Dr. Shrink, 315 Washington St., Manistee, MI 49660. 800-968-5147; Fax: 231-723-9586. drshrink@dr-shrink.com