Every Envelope is an Innovation Custom-Made for the Customer

Tension offers you a distinct difference in customer service. We have both the long-term knowledge and the new-era technology to produce the exact envelope to fit your needs.

At Tension, every envelope we manufacture is an innovation, because every envelope, whether a standard style or a specialty design, has been made-to-order for the customer.

Tension sales associates work with you to define your exact product requirements. We take your input and ideas, and we make our suggestions and solutions.

Here are just a few of the customer requirements that we analyze and fulfill:

Size & Shape. Today, envelopes come in dozens of standard sizes, but many customers require envelopes of unusual proportions. Whether you need a special size and shape or a standard format Tension will fabricate it.

Construction. Every Tension envelope is made to be both sturdy and secure, but you may need extra protection for fragile or valuable contents. Tension holds copyrights on unique materials and methods to make your envelopes virtually indestructible.

Insertability. Customers that use inserting machines need envelopes that won't snag or jam. Throughout our years of experience, we have designed and tested envelopes for every kind of inserting machine. We make every style of envelope to insert smoothly, easily, and consistently.

Function. Although envelopes are commonly used for mailing, they are also extensively used for packaging a great variety of commodities, a few of which are X-rays, photographs, compact discs, and plant seeds. Whether you need a mailing vehicle or a packaging product, Tension has a solution for you.

Eye Appeal. Customers involved in direct marketing or fund-raising require envelopes with eye-appeal. Your envelopes must define your image and interest your audience - at first glance. We make sure that you make a good first impression. Tension provides the best envelope art and printing services in the industry, and we have the awards to prove it. From logo to packaging designs...from one-color to six-color materials, Tension does it all for you.

Involvement Ideas. To generate response, your mailings must stand out in the volume of mail your patrons receive. At Tension, we have ideas for you. We are specialists in the design of clever, effective interactive devices that involve and motivate your mail recipients.

Design Costs. To be competitive in today's world, you must control costs, including business expenses such as mailing and remittance envelopes. At Tension, we design practical, economical envelopes. We also create multi-purpose envelopes that perform many jobs at once.

Printing Costs. Tension offers printing options to save production costs. For instance, we can use high-quality flexography instead of lithography to print full-color envelopes. With flexography, you get sharp, bright images at a substantial savings.

Postage Costs. Tension also reduces postage costs by developing envelopes that meet the exact specifications of the U.S. Postal Service. When your envelope is post office friendly, you pay less postage and you get faster mail service.