Top Sustainable Packaging: Marpak Green

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Whether it’s greenhouse gas emissions, the state of the ozone layer or climate change, the environment is a hot issue. But as the recent Paris Summit of over 195 countries demonstrates, there is an increased commitment to responding to the environmental problems faced by the world – now and in the future. A major part of this response has been an emphasis on sustainability and developing a more sustainable approach. This has shifted the spotlight on to the present and future use of plastics, particularly plastic packaging.

So if plastic is your packaging material of choice, is there a way you can take a more sustainable approach? Read on to find out more.

How to Maximise Your Supply Chain Efficiency

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Efficiency, cost-effectiveness and a quality end product are all important links in your supply chain. There are many elements to be considered in attempting to create a supply chain network that runs smoothly. Ultimately you need to efficiency in every aspect of your operations.

No individual component is more important than another. Every aspect of the chain needs to work within your chosen model. Here are a few steps to ensure your supply chain fully optimised.

Product Feature: Shrink And Non Shrink Pallet Covers

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Supply chains involve lengthy transportation and storage processes, making goods protection vital. Without proper protection, products can become compromised along the supply chain journey, leading to damaged or unsellable goods, loss of brand faith and potentially costly returns.

Pallet covers are the industry go-to for securing products during this process. Let’s look at the two main kinds available in this product spotlight: shrink and non shrink pallet covers.

Product spotlight: Shrink Pallet Covers

As the name suggests, shrink pallet covers contract when heated to completely seal and protect a pallet. This offers comprehensive protection to covered products, preventing water, dust and other contaminants from affecting the sealed goods.

Food Quality Control: Dos and Don’ts

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Most consumers would be amazed to find out how much thought and preparation goes into getting that tin of soup from the tomato patch to a steaming bowl of delicious goodness.

For food manufacturers and distributors, it’s a complicated process of ensuring constant food quality and control so their products arrive in fresh condition and are healthy and safe for their consumers. Following are some dos and don’ts to make sure your products arrive in an optimum state.

Best Space Saving Ideas in a Warehouse

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Optimising the storage in your warehouse is vital to running a smooth and efficient business. Having a lack of space for new stock can prevent your business from growing, and if your warehouse isn’t optimally laid out it can make workers less efficient and productive.

If you don’t have the resources to get extra space for storage, you need to be able to make the most of the space you’ve got, so try out a few space-saving tips to maximise the efficiency of your warehouse.

Going Green: Simple Tips on How to Improve Food Manufacturing

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If the twentieth century taught us anything, it’s that we cannot expand our operations in any area indefinitely, without acknowledging the effect we’re having on our environment.

From the Dustbowl of the 1930s to the Fukushima event just a few year ago, again and again we have seen the potentially catastrophic effects of using non-sustainable or high-waste methods to grow our businesses.

It is possible to adopt practices that make us far less susceptible to environmental crises. Many of these practices will also save us money and improve the standing of our brand within our chosen marketplace. Put simply, green is the new black. But where to begin?

How to Protect Glass Goods in Transit

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How to protect glass goods in transit and storage

As a manufacturer or distributor of glass items, you understand the need for keeping your delicate, potentially dangerous, glass products secure. But what is the best way to achieve this?

Find out how to protect glass goods in transit and storage with our industry advice.

UK Regulations for Food and Drink Packaging: Key Considerations

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It’s not surprising there are strict rules governing the packaging of food for delivery with the UK or for export. Not only must your packaging provide enough information for hygienic and safe handling, it must also meet the basic standards for import and export.

While the Food Standards Agency can offer comprehensive information pertaining to the requirements of EC Regulation No 1935/2004, the following will give a brief overview of key food and drink packaging considerations.

The Three Types of Food Packaging

The packaging of food and safety of food in transit is the primary consideration when looking at packaging types. Firstly, there’s transport or export packaging. This is the outermost layer of your packaging and its primary purpose is to protect food while it’s being transported.

Product Feature: Our Range of Pallet Covers

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When it comes to pallet covers, there’s certainly a lot you need to consider. Thankfully Marpak have you covered no matter what industry you’re in, with pallet covers that have been meticulously designed to meet the most rigorous of industry demands.

Whether you’re transporting goods or storing them, you can rest assured that we’ve created pallet covers that will get your goods from ‘a’ to ‘b’ safely and securely. Here are just a few of the reasons why you’ll be as impressed with our pallet covers as we are.

Heat Shrink Covers That Won’t Destabilise Your Load

It goes without saying that heat shrink pallet covers must ensure quality, but one way you can tell your heat shrink pallet cover isn’t up to the test is when it destabilises your goods. Pallets need to be transported across numerous surfaces at speed, with every moment lost equalling lost revenue. The last thing you need is a pallet cover that renders loads unstable.

Author: marpak@togo.uk.com

Product spotlight: Shrink Pallet Covers

How to protect glass goods in transit and storage

The Three Types of Food Packaging

Heat Shrink Covers That Won’t Destabilise Your Load