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Packaging Corner: Buckle up pallet loads
New product with lid eliminates stretchwrap, banding when securing pallet loads.

Packaging Corner: Keep DIM weight shipping charges under control
To help manage the demands of e-commerce fulfillment, consider creating right-sized secondary packaging on-demand.

Packaging Corner: Maintain consistency with case marking
Universal print controller helps manufacturers and packagers obtain a level of accuracy that can be critical for meeting stringent track-and-trace or other regulations.

Packaging Corner: Meeting the bulk transport challenge
Integrated latches make reusable, plastic bulk containers compliant with Hazmat transport regulations.

Packaging Corner: In-line parcel scales offer advanced connectivity options
Collecting the weight of packages on the fly yields better management, decision making.

Packaging Corner: Accurate measurements matter
When cubing a warehouse or dimensioning a shipment, companies increasingly use the information about size and weight of parcels for inbound and outbound operations.

Packaging Corner: Uptick in automated stretch wrapping yields greater productivity, cost reductions
A transition to automated equipment is being helped by a steady reduction in price as well as a gain in functionality.

Packaging Corner: Adding label holders to bins, totes supports 5S/lean initiatives
A variety of labeling solutions can reduce labor and materials costs.

Packaging Corner: Regrind and recycle for fresh, clean pallets
Food, pharmaceutical manufacturers devise a closed-loop plastic pallet system with a twist to ensure product safety.

Packaging Corner: Robotic palletizing addresses mixed load challenges
Advances in the robotic palletizing technology can now enable a single robot to deftly build the pallet load.

Packaging Corner: Returnable, reusable liquid bulk containers go with the flow
Make sure you take into account the properties of the liquid you need to move before choosing your container.

Packaging Corner: Analyze your protective packaging costs
Considering multiple factors, including on-demand use of different materials, could lower your total costs when packaging diverse product mix.

Packaging Corner: Plastic strapping on the rise
The advantages of plastic strapping are driving a trend to replace steel for product unitization.

Packaging Corner: Stretch hoods gaining traction for irregular-shaped pallet loads
With new developments and a narrowing price gap, additional applications are opening up for this packaging equipment.

Packaging Corner: Mushrooms form basis of protective packaging
Mycelium offers an alternative to non-recyclable foam packaging.


May 2024 Modern Materials Handling

A complete modernization of the sortation and conveyance at Boscov’s DC, along with updated software and a new order processing area, have transformed the ability of the department store chain’s DC to move more cartons in less time, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.
 


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