Corrugated of Course

Cabin crew walking down aircraft aisles while balancing meals on trays may soon be a thing of the past. Easy-to-assemble and space-efficient, these stackable board trays make food service quick and simple – while providing an excellent marketing opportunity.

Always seeking the best, discerning shoppers often squeeze melons before buying. Bruised ones get left on the shelf. Furthermore everyone knows how vulnerable this fragile fruit can be during the journey from shop to home.

But thanks to a new corrugated packing solution the future is looking brighter.

Packaging delicate objects for transport, such as glass bottles, used to be time consuming. Two or more packaging layers were needed to keep the item safe and secure, and this increased handling time.

To address this issue, one of our members devised a bottle packaging solution – aptly called Care bottle packaging ­­– that halves handling time. Thanks to its one-piece delivery, it also reduces packaging materials by 20% and provides 5% savings in logistics. 

Summer still seems far away, but we’ll soon be enjoying those warm, light evenings again. There’s nothing like a refreshing ice-cold beer to drench your thirst as you sit outside.

Our members are always looking for different ways to make better packaging. Faced with the challenge of optimising existing transport packaging for premium hair care products, one of our members sought to reshape conventional thinking.

Whether it is moving a box in the warehouse, in-store, or at home, we’ve all had to handle heavy boxes.

Corner Box, a new design by Huang Hsiao Yuan and Lin Tsen Yin, can help make lifting boxes easier.

We are happy to announce that a valuable new member is joining the Corrugated of Course team. His role will be to demonstrate the value of corrugated in the supply chain and show why it is a material of choice for retailers, wholesalers and producers.

Please give a warm welcome to… Mr. Corrugated!

Consumers in Europe have a high regard for paper-based packaging. In fact, they love it!

Here are some facts from a study in Germany:

• 79% of the German consumers think that paper based packaging is ecologically advantageous compared to plastics.

The “5 easies” are a set of conditions on the functional requirements secondary packaging must adhere to in order to be called “Retail Ready Packaging” (also known as Shelf Ready Packaging).

It may not seem like it, but Retail Ready Packaging was a dramatic shift in our industry’s philosophy and required a whole new approach to packaging.

When it comes to space efficiency, size matters!  Whether you are transporting goods or filling shelves, centimetres and millimetres can make a world of a difference. And that’s where corrugated works its magic!

Corrugated packaging is strong yet relatively thin, so in itself it doesn’t take up very much space. In addition to that, it can be tailored to precisely fit the products, so there’s no headspace in the secondary or tertiary packaging – meaning it can be filled to the brim.