Protective Packaging

What’s the best way to protect your goods during transit? Unless your product is extremely durable and fits precisely into the shipping box, you’ll likely benefit from the use of void fill packaging. Not only does it prevent the risk of damage due to heavy handling, but provides an opportunity to customise each package to suit your branding.

One of the biggest challenges for the packaging industry has always been mishandling of products. Mishandling can have serious consequences to your items, especially for the ones that are particularly delicate and sensitive.

Static electricity may seem harmless in day-to-day life, not doing much other than making your hair rise or resulting in items clinging to your hand for a second. However, when it comes to sensitive electronic components, static has the potential to break them leading to financial losses and customer frustration.

Electronic packaging is arguably the most complex among all levels of packaging due to it requiring extensive engineering and skill set to come up with an optimal electronics packaging design.

As the effects of COVID-19 and rise in ecommerce packaging continue, the importance of protective packaging will continue to grow alongside it. Deliveries are becoming more important by the day, and protective packaging is responsible for the successfulness of your shipment.

We’re all aware that food and drink waste is a huge issue across the world. To put things into perspective, an estimated 88 million tonnes of food is wasted in EU countries every year. This is expected to reach around 126m tonnes by the end of 2020 if no further action is taken.

If we say the words ‘Corrugated Carton’ you immediately think of a brown box arriving from Amazon or your latest online order.

What does sustainable packaging mean to you? For a lot of people, sustainable packaging is the development and use of packaging which results in improved sustainability. The definition of sustainability is the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

When placing an order with your packaging supplier, do you ask for Shrink wrap and mean Stretch wrap? Or do you ask for Stretch wrap and mean Shrink wrap?