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Protective packaging system

China's cold chain infrastructure is still fragmented, under-funded, and scrambling to keep up with soaring demand, reports the China Supply Chain Council.

• ExpandOS, invented by Vertex Internal Packaging Solutions, feeds fan-folded, die-cut fiberboard paper into a portable, on-site Expander machine

• outputs lightweight, 3-D cushioning elements that flow into packages to create an interlocking cushioning layer

• pyramid-shaped cushioning particles include a network of circular holes that the points of the pyramids lock into to create the cushioning layer

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