Air Pillow Packaging System

Houseware distributor converts to HC Versa from loose fill for performance benefits A Midwestern distributor of housewares had been a long-time user of polystyrene loose fill from FP International. The loose fill was used in conjunction with a bulk air conveying system, which provided operators with hoses to dispense the peanuts into the cases. Although...

Solving the damaged consumer products problem A national retailer had a major problem that they didn't know how to fix. Damaged products and returns were becoming a constant problem as they used a ship-from-store fulfillment method. The centralized ordering system they used determined the closest location to a customer for their online orders. The...

Air pillow protective packaging with color; Pregis Inspyre Pregis LLC, a leader in protective packaging materials is launching Pregis Inspyre. A new protective packaging brand full of color options to help improve the customer experience. The unboxing craze is as popular as ever, and this allows brands to introduce a pop of color into their customers'...

Holiday packaging problems An online retailer of a wide variety of creatively‐designed merchandise had been using the I.B. bubble on‐demand system from Sealed Air. During the company’s annual holiday peak business period, the 16 I.B. units could not keep up with the required packing output. As a result, the company had to create...

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...

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...