Paper or plastic? The age old question touches packaging too
19 Jun

Paper or plastic? The age old question touches packaging too

Paper or plastic? You used to hear the question every time you went to the grocery store. Somewhere along the way, we, as a society, decided that plastic is better. Or is it? That depends on who you ask. Or what you're doing. Or what you need to protect. It's time to give some thought to a paper void fill system. Plastic void fill packaging...
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Case Study: How the right void fill improves throughput, savings
09 Jun

Case Study: How the right void fill improves throughput, savings

It doesn't always help to just read a brochure about how great a product can be: brochures and sales guides are just marketing speak. It's the great sounding content that manufacturers and distributors want you to read and believe. Sometimes it takes some real world applications to really see how these solutions can make a definitive difference...
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Video: What can air pillow packaging do for you?
19 May

Video: What can air pillow packaging do for you?

Air pillow packaging is inflated "on demand," saving warehouse space as a result. And even though they're made of a plastic film, some are fully bio-degradable. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that's so, what do you think this picture says? What is says is that if you're looking to save some space and cost (especially thanks...
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Paper Void Fill: What's "Inside the Box" Really Matters
05 May

Paper Void Fill: What's "Inside the Box" Really Matters

How well are your products protected inside the box? Paper void fill: one of the most effective ways to protect your products during shipping. But how do you know what kind of void fill is the right kind? Do you go with a price point or a style? Do you look at what customers really want in their packaging? How exactly should you be choosing your paper...
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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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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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