Hybrid packaging solutions from Storopack

Tag : protective cushion

 There's no one type of packaging material that's ideal for everykind of carton a company ships. Paper is great for void fill butdoes not cushion as well as protective pads. Air pillows are idealfor block and brace, but protective pads yield better shockprotection. Often a better solution is to combine the bestcharacteristics from a number of packaging products. This allowscustomers to eliminate virtually all of their custom packaging tosave both time and money.

Storopack offers a range of hybrid packaging solutions. Theseinclude a combination of different types of cushioning andvoid-fill products incorporating the best attributes of the variouspackaging methods, such as air pillows and protective pads toachieve "fit for purpose" packaging. A hybrid solution providesproper cushioning whether the product is being shipped across theplant or around the world.

Companies that have switched to hybrid packaging report fasterpacking times. For instance, a Venetian blind manufacturer reducedits per-piece packaging time from two minutes to 45 seconds. Thisallows it to ship more packagers per year, and led the company tostandardize on a single carton size. Damage claims have beenvirtually eliminated with the adoption of fit-for-purposepackaging.

Hybrid packaging eliminates costly misapplication of packagingmaterials by putting protection only where it is needed. Thisallows shippers to save on materials, handling, and shipping.

Technologies available for hybrid packaging include StoropackAIRplus air pillows, air tubes, and bubble-type cushioning;PAPERplus paper cushioning; and PAD LOC moldable protective pads.For environmentally sensitive applications, PAD LOC Natural, whichis completely biodegradable, is also available.