How are your customers reacting to your packaging?
17 Apr

How are your customers reacting to your packaging?

You know how you feel about your packaging. But, have you thought about how your customers feel about your packaging? And does it even matter? Apparently - the answer is yes. I ran across this really interesting study conducted by one of our vendors. The goal of the study was to measure consumer emotional response to different protective packaging...
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That moment when packaging equipment helped you with your taxes
02 Nov

That moment when packaging equipment helped you with your taxes

UPDATE (12/22/2015): The "Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015" (PATH Act) has been passed by both the House and Senate and will be signed into law - expanding the Section 179 deduction limit to $500,000.  Read more.  Taxes.  Ugh.  One of the most dreaded words in the English language. Even Benjamin Franklin understood...
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Protection made less messy with foam-in-place
26 Oct

Protection made less messy with foam-in-place

Oh, whoa to the one who opens the package filled with packing peanuts. Foam-in-place packaging saves you the headache of traditional packing peanuts. How many times have you opened a shipment and seen nothing but a sea of packing peanuts looking back at you? You realize that you're about to make an unholy mess trying to find your item (or...
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IPS Packaging's Pregis Void Fill System Improves Performance
17 Mar

IPS Packaging's Pregis Void Fill System Improves Performance

A leading manufacturer of consumer electronics had been using Ranpak table-top units to create cushioning material at two replacement part facilities. The Ranpak units convert fan-folded paper into crumpled void-fill. The company had been spending 850K per year on the dunnage and felt they were paying too much. That prompted them to investigate inflatable...
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