Book 'transports' distribution packaging knowledge

New publication aids those responsible for specifying packages for shipping. Package designers and distribution students will be helped, too.

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Consultant Alfred H. McKinlay is recognized as an expert in the field of Transport Packaging, which is the title of a new book he's written that was published earlier this year by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (Herndon, VA).

The 160-page reference includes numerous charts, black-and-white photos and other graphics that illustrate 14 chapters of material on the subject of transport packaging. The soft-cover book is divided into two parts. Part I provides background on the requirements and reasons for using transport packaging. Part II explains how to select and design such packaging. Primary packaging, McKinlay points out, is not addressed.

"Your goal in designing a transport package is to provide just the right amount of protective packaging to the product so it will arrive safely at its destination, without using too much or too little material," he says in the book's introduction.

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