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■ Load Protection
Spiral inspiration
A spiral void fill packaging solution from Easypack solved a conundrum for a well-known
cartographer.
When it came to finding suitable protective Easypack’s Spiral solution. The
void fill to limit damage to map orders 100% recycled protective kraft paper
during transit, Ordnance Survey knew the is dispensed from manual or
way to go! automatic systems conveniently
Any company despatching goods placed on individual packing
worldwide will know product protection and benches.
eliminating movement inside the packing box Lee commented: “Not only do we
is a necessity, not a luxury. And Ordnance use Spiral for filling the gaps at the
Survey’s large-scale shipping operation was top of the boxes, in between filling
no different – packing its maps of all shapes crucially protects the map edges and
and sizes meant a cost-effective and efficient completely stops any movement.
solution was needed to guarantee their Using this void fill has had plenty of
delivered condition. bearing on the quality of our packing
After trying a number of different – it’s easy to use, available on-
packaging directions, Despatch Team Leader demand, clean and flexible.”
Lee Gladwin-Stride is more than pleased with
www.easypack.net
Gold accolade
SCA Packaging was the proud recipient of a Gold Award in this year’s Star pack
competition held by the Institute of Packaging.
The accolade was presented in an awards together all of the competition winners to As Designer Robert Davidge explains, “The
ceremony held at the National celebrate the exceptional standard of design outer case has been designed to wrap around
Motorcycle Museum in being achieved in the packaging sector. the product and pallet, allowing the unit to be
Birmingham, which brought SCA received its award in the category of packed in the customer’s existing packing bay,
Best Transit Pack for a solution and means that products no longer need to be
developed by the company’s Industrial transported to a co-packing operation. The
Division. The pack was designed to customer makes a cost saving by bringing the
house and protect the sensitive packing process in-house and the
components of a life support machine environmental impact of the operation is
during worldwide transportation. reduced by removing the need for extra
Working alongside the customer, the packaging materials to be used to protect the
team was able to develop a solution that product when being moved from the
considers all aspects of the distribution manufacturer to the packing site.
chain and offers multiple benefits over The Star Pack Competition is one of the
the original packing method. most prestigious events held annually in the
Benefits of the new pack include: a packaging industry; its aim is to encourage
reduction in overall pack height, which creativity and to recognise and reward
allows the product to remain upright innovation in packaging design and
during air freight preventing damage to technology. SCA’s success in achieving a
sensitive calibrated instruments; a Gold Award serves as recognition of the
significant reduction in pack weight, company’s continued commitment to the
which reduces the cost of air freight; and design of high quality, inventive packaging
the addition of a ramp to the custom designs that offer real life benefits to its
designed low profile pallet, which removes customers.
the need for manual handling of the
product. www.sca.com
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