Protective/transport packaging

Packaging materials reduce damages for wheel/tire shipments

Mark Atwater, Director of Vendor Relations, CARiD.com, discusses the importance of packaging, and how working with the UPS Package Design and Test Lab reduced parts damage during distribution.

May 4, 2015

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Protective/transport packaging

Protective packaging market to see growth

Investment in more sustainable materials and the rise of online shopping are two trends that will impact the protective packaging market through 2019, notes new report.

February 10, 2015

Protective/transport packaging

Building panels bound for Smithsonian stay safe

Metalworking company Element selects custom laminated paperboard packaging to protect specially finished, 135-lb architectural panels for a new Smithsonian museum.

January 8, 2015

Protective/transport packaging

Nomaco debuts bio-based protective foam

Nomaco launches sugarcane-based NomaGreen Natural foam at Pack Expo, providing a more sustainable alternative to PE foam while maintaining the same high performance. Also learn about an LDPE blend that performs just like polyurethane foam and an innovative edge solution to protect heavier items, such as windshields, during shipping.

November 13, 2014

Protective/transport packaging

Cost-effective, reliable edge protection for burial vault liners

When a burial vault liner supplier switches from corrugated to laminated paperboard edge protectors, it reaps a range of cost savings as well as greater product protection.

September 4, 2014

Protective/transport packaging

How medical tech manufacturers save by outsourcing warehousing

Medical technology clients can realize economies by keeping warehousing local, avoiding excess shipping costs, and eliminating internal overhead.

May 15, 2014

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lid designs provide differentiation for Yeo Valley’s dairy products

Consumers peel back a polyester lid to reveal a unique code that they enter online via the dairy’s website for a chance to win a VW campervan.

May 13, 2014

Protective/transport packaging

Stringer pallets vs. block pallets

The dominance of wood pallets continues as the two styles battle.

November 11, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

Replace corrugated partitions in big-box stores

Displayed by Hexacomb was a bulk pack concept that replaces corrugated partitions and cases when it comes to shipping. Layered system is especially suitable for big-box retailers.

October 3, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

High-speed void-fill packaging system

Sealed Air Corp.'s Fill-Air Rocket Inflatable void fill packaging system is 50% faster than its predecessor model. More important, it produces three times as many bags in the first 20 seconds of production because it doesn't need time to ramp up.

October 2, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

Flexible rollstock for tamper-evidence, labels, pouches

Converter Source One Packaging offers flexible packaging solutions from tamper-evident PVC/PET-G/PLA rollstock, shrink bands, neck bands, printed shrink labels, preforms, shrink bags, poly bags, stand-up pouches, polyolefin shrink film, BOPP, shrink bundling film, pressure sensitive labels, and lidding film. Full scale state-of-the-art converting facility accommodates all sized orders with lead times to meet production schedules.

September 27, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

Alternatives to spiral stretch wrapping

Insights from the updated 2013 End-of-line Packaging Equipment Playbook...

August 20, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

Museum selects paper-based protective packaging to build 'Recycle Reef'

An ocean reef made from paper-based packaging? Not what one would typically expect. But that’s exactly what visitors will see this summer at the Perot Museum in Dallas.

June 25, 2013