How to Choose what kind of box is best for Long Term Archiving of your precious photos?

Photo storage boxes are a popular storage option for photos and other items around the house, but how good are they for long term storage? If you have a lot of prints that you want to store for future use you may wonder what is the best way to do this. Should you put them in an album? Should you put them in photo storage boxes? Make sure that  choose to save your photos in an acid free box. Any photo storage with acid will eat away at your photos instead of preserving them.

Your best best is the STiL Media & Photo Storage Box! Compared to cardboard, polypropylene will keep its physical structure for decades. Cardboard will disintegrate, and also generates acids and are not recommended for extended-term storage. Our design allows ventilation, gives a strong physical protection and increases stability.

Call us to GET A FREE SAMPLE -1-888-414-0449 ext.10 or email to info@stilcasing.com

More and more archives are starting to collect or pay more attention to 8mm and super 8, so archival storage options are very much on people’s minds.  Many people prefer reels to cores for 8mm storage, 8mm (including Super 8) on cores tends to fall apart into a terrible mess when transferred to split reels. Magnetic sound striped 8mm film and single striped Super 8 are almost impossible to move from a core to a split reel 8mm as the stripe is only on one side of the film. 8mm film (including Super 8) on cores cannot be wrapped as tightly as 16mm without the risk of creating cinch marks.

Our 7” audio tape boxes are suited perfectly to fit an 8mm film reel and you can store them upright! Give us a call if you wish to receive a sample or order!

What a great conference last week in Austin ! we were almost overwhelmed by the enthusiastic reception to our new project for DC Comics/Warner Bros presented at ”the vendor cafe” and spending some time with  AMIA members.

We designed a unique and state of the art DC Comics box for proper storage and safe environment.

Compared to cardboard polypropylene will keep its physical structure for decades. Our design allows ventilation, gives a strong physical protection and increases stability.

BENEFITS :

• Made of inert polypropylene
• Designed to insure ventilation, stabilizes the excess humidity
• Protects from water and dust, they cannot be water soaked
• Stackable, weight support up to 25lb
• Resilient and sturdy
• Inside dimensions provide enough space for large sheets of acetate, plans, photographs and film.

Standard color: Blue

Also available in black, red, yellow, gray or clear (transparent)

STiL DC Comics Archival BOX

PRODUCT No.          Ext. Dimension           PRICE PER UNIT   MINIMUM ORDER

STIL-DCC                27.45 x 20.28 x 1,92″    $27.00              2 cartons (10 boxes)

To download a copy of this information: dc-comics-box-acetate-new

If you have any questions, need a quote for a larger volume, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 1.888.414.0449 ext. 10
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How to Choose what kind of box is best for Long Term Archiving of your precious photos?

Photo storage boxes are a popular storage option for photos and other items around the house, but how good are they for long term storage? If you have a lot of prints that you want to store for future use you may wonder what is the best way to do this. Should you put them in an album? Should you put them in photo storage boxes? Make sure that  choose to save your photos in an acid free box. Any photo storage with acid will eat away at your photos instead of preserving them.

Your best best is the STiL Media & Photo Storage Box! Compared to cardboard, polypropylene will keep its physical structure for decades. Cardboard will disintegrate, and also generates acids and are not recommended for extended-term storage. Our design allows ventilation, gives a strong physical protection and increases stability.

Call us to order a carton of these box with superior level of protection!

In the past couple of weeks we have received numerous requests on our labels, so I thought it would be nice this week to resume the characteristics and sizes of them:

LABELS FOR LASER PRINTERS

• Cryogenic plastic labels for long-term storage in liquid nitrogen and deep-freezing harsh environments;
• Cryo labels accept desktop laser printing and permanent marker;
• Temperature Range: From -196°C to +120°C;
• Water-resistant;
• Wear and tear proof;
• Do not jam printers;
• Resistant to UV and Gamma irradiation.

CD/DVD Case (Part #STIL-CL24), size: 4.8″ x 0.276″

7″ Audio Tape Box (Part # STIL-CL41), size: 5.91″ x 0.394″

10″ Audio Tape Box (Part #STIL-CL42), size: 8.66″ x 0.394″

12″ Audio Tape Box (Part #STIL-CL34), size: 9.843″ x 0.394″

16mm Film Container (Part #STIL-CL18), size: 6.0″ x 0.75″

35mm Film Container (Part #STIL-CL19), size: 8.0″ x 0.87″

However, don’t forget that we can sell many different sizes of labels, different colors than white ..give us a call for more information!

To maximize the use of your archival solution, the labels are a great complimentary product for your cans to insure a clear and reliable identification!

STiL Casing Solution has been in business for over 14 years and we have always been on the cutting edge. Whether it is through product development, enhanced customer service, or total quality initiatives, we have always been innovative - a redoubtable ally! We want you to think as highly about our customer service as our technology. We are always striving to serve our customers better.

To pay tribute to this ongoing trend, we are happy to annonce that we now have a new version of the STiL 35mm/1000 & 2000 foot film container.

We listened to you, focused attentively on your issues and challenges concerning the container you wished to be perfect to suit your needs on preserving your films.

NEW KEY FEATURE:  In the lid, flanking the edge, are SMALLER stoppers (the old versions were larger & higher), these stoppers prevent the lid to crush or simply touch the film.

What’s NEW?

• Much easier to open and close
• More space inside the film can
• Safe for the film spires

We would like to thank you for letting us know about how the former version of these containers needed “refining”!

A question that was asked to us this week got me thinking that some people don’t know what makes STiL containers such top quality products.. our design & technology!

Our cans are specially designed to enhance air circulation in order to minimize premature film.  

The large openings of the chimneys help for better air circulation and stop by their design water and dust penetration. As some film containers are claimed to be vented by lifting the lid by means of a few points of the lower half or making holes at the bottom,  STiL Film containers are more than vented. Our design helps to create an air circulation not only around the film but also above and beneath it. Holes at the bottom of the can do not stop dust and water to get inside the cans.

Ventilation is made by a low pressure created inside the container which wants to equilibrate itself with the outside high pressure, this creates air movement.

We all know acetic acid is heavy than air…but the main issue is to generate enough “venting” using larger slots on each side of the can.

Inside the container, the film pancake sits on platforms which protects the perforations alongside the film to prevent indentations that could happen with ridges or web type bottoms.

In the lid, flanking the edge, are stoppers that prevent the lid to crush the film or simply touch the film when a can is at the bottom of the column.

and like we always say; ”Water and dust are lazy so they won’t find their way up inside our cans!”

Your photographic material, paper and other media have just gained a superior level of protection! To answer the needs of your industry, STiL Casing Solution has designed a unique and state of the art box for proper storage and safe environment. Compared to cardboard polypropylene will keep its physical structure for decades (perfectly suitable for shipping). Our design allows ventilation, gives a strong physical protection and increases stability.

Here are some of the benefits:

• Made of inert polypropylene
• Designed to insure ventilation, stabilizes the excess humidity
• Protects from water and dust, they cannot be water soaked
• Large Grip for easy shelf removal and secure handling
• Stackable, weight support up to 25lbs
• Resilient and sturdy
• Inside dimensions provide enough space to store CD, DVD, LTO tape, etc.

Standard color: Black

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 1.888.414.0449.

STiL Casing Solution; our recent innovations are indicative of the good choices of a good business strategy focused on the culture of innovation, mutual benefit and customer oriented.

In the past, the offer of an archival container for films was what identified the company as creative and motivated by requests from customers of prestigious film studios. Even today, this culture of innovation allows the company STiL Casing Solution to carve a nice place internationally in a very precise field but where the mutual benefits, the quality of our relationships and rapid identification of business opportunities elevates our competitiveness up a notch.

Our recent innovations stand out from the competition by their design and are beyond the position based solely on the physical and functional products. We offer a comprehensive archiving solution for added value, which makes us distinctive and unique in front of the competition.

“Customers want problem-solving solutions, not just great products.”

In 2009, the company identifies a complementary market and responds to a request from the audio industry. Create a new product line for the preservation of audio and magnetic tapes.

Audio & Magnetic Tape Box:  http://www.stilcasing.com/analog_audio_preservation.html 

To answer the needs of the audio industry, we have designed a state-of-the-art magnetic tape box for your reel to reel quarter inch audio tapes. Made of inert polypropylene with antistatic which has an exceptional life cycle, its vented properties stabilizes the excessive humidity relative inside vaults. This unique case is molded in one piece and is fully hinged. A locking lever protects the content inside the container. The stabilizing system and the grip at the bottom of the container makes the container stand in an upright position for better storage and makes it easier to remove from a shelf.

·         Made of inert polypropylene with antistatic

·         Designed to insure ventilation, stabilizes the excess humidity relative inside vaults

·         Protects the reel from water and dust

·         The grip on the bottom of the container helps to remove the case from a shelf

·         Hub for universal fitting of all audio reels

·         Resilient, molded in once piece, fully hinged

·         A stabilizing system, stands in an upright position for better storage

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PRODUCT FOR WARNER Bros.

Adaptation of a client’s specific needs (Warner) for the design, manufacturing and production of a box for the conservation of their photographic heritage.

Boitier Media & Photo STiL (click on this link for more information)

Product available in June 2010.