You may have the best products in the world, but without the optimal packaging, you won't be able to succeed in your market. Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solution's rigid container solutions can enhance your business and its products in a range of key ways. The following are five of the top features and benefits of our rigid packaging and container options for food and other products in a range of industries.
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The average consumer is probably unaware of the immense challenges that every company involved in the production, distribution and transportation of fresh produce faces. It doesn’t matter whether a grower is rushing to deliver a new harvest to a distributor, or the distributor is eager to fill 18-wheeler trucks full of produce to take to grocery stores or wholesale warehouses. You need to find solutions to everything from managing your inventory to controlling costs, automating production, and optimizing efficiency and productivity. We will look at six common challenges our customers face and show you how Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions approaches and resolves each challenge.
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Food companies have to keep all sorts of issues in mind when considering their packaging decisions. There are a number of interesting trends spilling into the mainstream that are redefining food packaging. Let's take a look at the top 10 challenges for those who are responsible for food packaging.
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Food packaging requires taking into consideration a number of factors. By utilizing advantageous packaging tools, you can develop a packaging plan that can easily be adapted to meet your specific needs. Whether utilizing fresh produce packaging or flexible packaging, everyone in the food industry should take a hard look at their packaging, and consider packaging design prototyping, a sustainable packaging evaluation, packaging optimization to reduce waste, and self-opening, self-closing, self-sealing or self-locking containers as part of their packaging strategy.
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For larger items or many small items needed to be stored and relocated, CORRcrate features the space, weight and durability needed for any trip. Compared to 2012, more 4-bedroom dwellers relocated, putting a higher need on durable containers. Not only do containers need to be durable, they need to be light and reliable.
CORRcrate is half the weight of wood yet just as strong. Shipping crates are not flexible enough to meet the growing demand for light and reliable containers. CORRcrate is inherently flexible and can be used to pack in many arrangements.
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Moving season requires you to gather numerous boxes to fit your belongings. Some items fit perfectly, yet others need something a little bigger. To store your bigger items, you need a much bigger container to store them. However, wooden crates are heavy and sometimes dangerous if not handled properly. Fortunately, CORRcrate from Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions features easy one-person assembly to avoid any hassles or hard work on your end. Assembling a CORRcrate takes only a few minutes and requires no tools so you can spend your time moving other items rather than assembling a container.
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The international shipping industry has relied on traditional wooden crates and lift vans for years. Although these provide some benefits, the international shipping industry is moving in another direction with the addition of new regulation on the shipping and importing of wooden shipping crates. Corrugated crates are an ideal alternative, featuring numerous inherent benefits.
Wooden shipping crates are heavy, cumbersome and easily damaged. Due to their innovative fabrication material, corrugated crates are half the weight yet just as strong. A lighter and more durable product protects your shipment and saves you money on material and freight costs. And, with stringent international regulations, wood will become increasingly expensive.
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