packaging solutions

Is Bubble Wrap Actually Good for the Environment?

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using bubble wrap is good for the environmentEverybody loves bubble wrap. Businesses love the versatility and safety it provides when shipping products through the supply chain. Consumers love it because they know the products they order will arrive intact and undamaged. Even children love to play with bubble wrap, squeezing the tiny air pockets and delighting in the cascade of popping sounds.

But bubble wrap is actually good for the environment for a number of important reasons. First, bubble wrap provides superior cushioning than other forms of packaging, such as corrugated cardboard, recycled newspaper or shredded paper. It is made from polyethylene that is formed into air pockets. This trapped air provides a cushion that prevents damage during the inevitable jostling and impacts that occur during shipping. That means fewer items are damaged to the point where they have to be returned. Shipping items back to where they came from and then shipping replacement products can double or even triple your freight costs for that product- and increases emissions.

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How to Select the Best Corrugated Box for Your Shipping Needs

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How to Select the Right Corrugated Box for Your Shipping NeedsCorrugated boxes represent the vast majority of the packaging industry in the United States, carrying between 90 and 95% of the nation’s manufactured goods to consumers. Approximately 25 billion corrugated boxes are produced annually, an average of 500 boxes for every family in the US.

Part of their popularity resides in their durability. Corrugated boxes are made from two or more sheets of liner board and one or more fluted sheets of corrugating medium. Nearly all the liner boards are made from kraft, which is a type of paperboard created from virgin softwood lumber. About two-thirds of the corrugating medium is made by through a semi-chemical pulping process of virgin hardwood fibers, with the remaining third made from plant waste and recycled medium, which is used corrugated boxes collected from supermarkets and shopping centers.

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Mobile Poly Strapping Machines Ensure Secure Shipments

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Mobile Poly Strapping MachineIf your business ships bundled products such as newspapers, pipe, lumber, concrete block and other items, you may want to consider investing in a mobile poly strapping machine. Strapping, also known as bundling or banding, is the process of applying a strap around an item to hold it together tightly during transport. By restricting movement, products can be shipped more safely and with less product damage or loss.

Variable Speeds and Tensions

A mobile poly strapping machine utilizes a polypropylene strap that can automatically be applied to multiple packages — up to 15 per minute in some cases. The straps can be applied at adjustable tensions of 10 to 100 lbs.

The straps themselves are available in various lengths, thicknesses and polymer variations depending on your specific needs. They also can be embossed or imprinted with your company’s logo or branding.

Strapping can be done either horizontally or vertically. Edge protectors are sometimes used to help spread the load at the corners and reduce damage to the load by the tension of the strap.

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How do you find an accurate scale?

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KILOTECH Bench Scale
KILOTECH Bench Scale

If you have the belief that every scale is the same, you are virtually saying the same thing as every automobile is the exact same or every smartphone is identical. The old expression you get what you pay for applies to anything, warehouse scales included. Therefore, making the decision to cut corners by paying less for a scale is often a grave mistake. Why? It is important to keep in mind that any successful warehouse must have control over the entire process of production and delivery, start to finish. But what happens when you take every necessary precaution, control every single step of the production process efficiently only to get to the point where you weigh and ship your product, and do so inaccurately.

The margin of error with scales is minute. An inaccurate scale will produce minor inaccurate readings yet over the course of weighing a few thousand products every day/week/month you are all of the sudden looking at one major loss of potential income. Consequently, every wise warehouse owner/manager understands that one of the major factors to running a smooth and profitable operation is dependent on the scale(s) which you use.

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Packaging Tips For Wholesale Business Owners

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One of the important concerns of business owners is on how to properly transfer their goods. There are many things that should be considered to be able to move the goods on a safely manner. The quality of the packaging counts most and the supplies that you are using. With the use of heavy duty … Read more

Why Packaging and Labeling Important in the Delivery Process?

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  Packaging and labeling is very important for the safety, timely and accurate delivery of the materials. It is for physical protection such as vibrations, mechanical movement, temperature, compressions and discharge. It also serves as a protection for dust, water vapor and oxygen. In fact some packages have oxygen absorbers. In proper packaging, materials are … Read more

The Ideal Packaging Solutions for Shipping Protection

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Foam rolls for foam cushioning is the solution for better packaging protection of fragile and other materials that needs protection.  Foam rolls comes in different  types such as perforated, non-perforated,  pouches, pre-cut sheets, air  cushion and edge protectors. Foam cushioning is safe to use-Eco friendly, shock absorbing, resistant to moisture and light in weight. It … Read more

Portable Scales: Your Anytime, Anywhere Weighing Buddy

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Portable scales are smaller and lighter compared to other industrial-grade scales. This type of scales uses more advance electronic technology, which means it can cost more than your average weighing scales. Industrial grade portable scale can be easily carried around and also offers wall-mountable control pad with digital display. It can function using an AC Adapter or … Read more

Shipping Scales Are Made for Heavy Duty Weighing Requirements

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Shipping Scales offers perfect weighing solutions for small and large industries that are involve with shipping, inventory, spot checking and quality control. This type of scales is made with industrial grade materials so it can handle massive volume and weight.  Shipping scales come in two different types; digital and manual. Digital shipping scales uses LCD … Read more

Digital Scales: For Easy and Accurate Weight Measurement

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As its name implies, digital scales have digital screen, which displays the accurate weight of a certain object. This type of scales is used to measure items that require exact weight measurement such as foods, chemicals, jewelry and others. Scales that use digital displays are very common because these are used for small, medium and … Read more