How Shrink Bundling Film Impacts Unit Load Stability
Shrink bundling, the process where manufacturers combine items into a bundle bound together with shrink film, is a common practice in packaging. Shrink bundling is often used when functionality or unitization is a priority over appearance. We see shrink...
How to Eliminate Strapping
We've talked a lot in our Packaging Insights series about sustainability and the goal to reduce the amount of materials used in packaging. Companies are looking to lower costs, reduce waste, and improve efficiency. To help achieve this goal, we've worked...
Is Downgauging the Answer?
As manufacturers look to reduce costs and improve the sustainability of their operations, they target their packaging operations to see where they can make changes. This applies to primary product packaging like pouches, cartons, and bottles as well as...
Managing the Cost of Load Stability
When we talk about managing the costs of load stability, we're talking about managing the aspects of pricing, effectiveness, and sustainability. These are all important factors in the equation of the load (See: The Balancing Act of Cost, Performance &...
Monitoring for Success
When it comes to shipping products from the manufacturing facility out to the wholesaler or retailer, palletizing is one of the most impactful ways to create efficiency. Palletizing goods means you can move multiple cases as one unit, you can use forklifts...
Cube Efficiency
The efficiency with which you move products from one location to another - from manufacturing to retail, for example - plays a big part in sustainability, inventory management, and overall process efficiency. Your challenges are to load the trailer with...
Two Steps to Sustainability
One of the top business priorities for our customers is sustainability. While you each have your own unique sustainability goals and strategies, there are a number of similarities in what you're looking to achieve. In the packaging space, you want to...
Bringing the Experts Together
When we built the Packaging Solution Center in Charlotte in 2017, we were so excited to bring testing equipment together with integrated packaging lines, automated machines, and a full e-commerce fulfillment area. We were also beyond excited to have the...
The Most Sustainable Thing We Can Do in Stretch Packaging
Becoming sustainable means much more than checking a box for big corporations. Executives and employees are aware of conversations around earth-friendly practices and products, of consumers' sensitivity to recyclable and sustainably sourced products, and...
Not All Films Are Equal
Choosing the right film for your packaging is not as easy as picking a roll off the shelf. From the outside, most films look the same. It can be difficult to appreciate what sets a high performance film apart from a commodity film (See: Commodity Grade...
Wexxar WF30 Automatic Case Former
SPOTLIGHT ON WF30 CASE FORMERWexxar's WF30 case former is known as the most reliable machine of its type for processing environments. They have addressed common failure and jamming points with smart technology to maximize uptime and efficiency.The WF30T...
How To Navigate the Complexities of Packaging
There's a prevailing myth out there that stretch packaging is a fairly simple process. So much time, energy, and money has been invested in the primary packaging, the sales, inventory, and logistics, and now you need to get it wrapped up and out the...