Helpful Insights

With so many of us being at home, we decided to put the cardboard on the table and see what we could create out of our packaging cartons. It’s not only for the younger generation out there, from chandeliers to pen caddies to cardboard cities. What can you come up with?

Choosing the right taping solution for your business is crucial. It ensures your products arrive safely, can speed up your packing process and can help reduce waste and costs.

Our story doesn’t start with the average wooden shed in the back yard, but more like a sophisticated tin hut in the middle of a luscious green field. This is where Swiftpak was born. However, we weren’t christened as Swiftpak, back then we were known as Berkshire Bag Supplies, founded by Mr John Gulley.

If you deal with packaging in your day-to-day operations, you’ve more than likely heard about PLA. The emerging and innovative material has become incredibly popular (rightly so) and there’re many reasons to why it’s such a hot topic in the packaging world right now.

Please be advised that the safety of our customers, employees and partners is our highest priority. In response to COVID-19, we've been following up on the advice from the government, WHO and Public Health England and we are monitoring the developments closely. Swiftpak is a specialist packaging supplier supporting essential services in the following industries: Pharmaceutical, companies of scientific research, electronics and specialist engineering - including medical equipment, food & drink manufacturers and meal kit delivery services. To support these businesses we are staying open and will remain open, hence we thought you would welcome being assured of the actions we have taken to-date:

If you’ve been searching for a packaging solution to control the temperature of your goods through transit, you’ve more than likely come across both Woolcool and cotton insulated packaging -

Whether you’re an existing customer of Swiftpak or if you’re searching for the stock you need during this uncertain time, we wanted to take a moment to let you know that Swiftpak is here for you during and after COVID-19. There has rarely been a time when solidarity was as important as it is now. At Swiftpak, we treat everyone like family, so if there is anything we can do to help you and your company through this challenging time, please do not hesitate to contact us. We’re all in this together.

Whether you’re bundling items together, securing a load, or joining one parcel to another, strapping can be used for many purposes. It offers added strength and can be used to secure anything, from smaller products to bulky loads.

When looking to store and transport pharmaceutical products safely, you first need to think about what packaging is required in order to deliver a successful solution. This depends on what product you’re dealing with.