packaging

Is the future of packaging reusable?

Purple, blue, and tan reusable shipping Boox boxes are staged with a white background.

Reusable packaging company Boox aims to be part of a greater movement to make shipping more circular and sustainable.

The Petaluma, California-based company provides its reusable plastic Boox Boxes and nylon or polyester Baags as a service to companies that want an option to reduce shipping-related waste.

Leading up to FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain event in Northwest Arkansas Monday and Tuesday, FreightWaves asked Matt Semmelhack, CEO and co-founder of Boox, about the future of...

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Cartonization company Paccurate closes $2.2M funding round

Several shipping boxes are stacked up with bubble wrap packaging inside.

Shipping and fulfillment optimization platform Paccurate announced Tuesday it closed a $2.2 million seed funding round to advance its capabilities to reduce costs and carbon emissions in supply chains.

Almost every online shopper has gone to his or her door and found a box an air fryer could fit into when what was ordered was the size of a phone case. Larger than necessary boxes require excess packing materials and take up more space in delivery vehicles and consumers’ recycling bins.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cartonization-company-paccurate-closes-22m-funding-round

GXO deploys 3D tech, automation to create custom-sized packaging

GXO deploys 3D tech and automation to right-size packages

One size fits all, except when it doesn’t.

Dimensional weight shipping rates have grown in popularity as e-commerce has taken off with customers. FedEx started charging the majority of its customers based on the size of the package in 2015. According to 2013 data from ShipMatrix, parcels delivered to residential addresses and weighing under 5 pounds had grown from 58% of ground package volume to 75%, contributing to the change. That mix has only grown since then thanks to e-commerce.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gxo-deploys-3d-tech-automation-to-create-custom-sized-packaging

Augmented reality is making packaging sexy

Immertia demonstrates new holographic packaging technology with Bayer

Usually, people pay more attention to the products they buy than to the packaging they came in. That makes sense – after all, a company’s goal is to sell its product, not its packaging. But what if packaging is the product? Making packaging sexy might seem like a tall task, but one company is making it a reality.

An augmented reality, that is. Australian technology startup Immertia recently unveiled a demonstration of its holographic packaging, which uses augmented reality (AR) technology to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/augmented-reality-is-making-packaging-sexy

Can cardboard be eliminated from e-commerce?

This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (2/18) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest.

Is it crazy that after 25 years of e-commerce, there has been very little innovation when it comes to packaging? Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has led the way toward establishing more sustainable packaging standards with its Frustration-Free Packaging initiative. Since 2015, the initiative has reduced the weight of outbound packaging by 33% and eliminated more than 900,000 tons of packaging...

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Sustainable packaging trends

Packaging trends are going sustainable.

Quality packaging must be durable and protect goods, provide a pleasant brand experience, and stack and ship efficiently. Because of rapid e-commerce expansion and increasing concerns for the environment, companies are also looking at how to make packaging more sustainable, recyclable and minimal. 

A 2020 study found that “packaging design is one of the key elements that can actively help improve supply chains, contributing to improved sustainability of logistics processes and activities.” The...

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Pharma sector looks to raise the bar on sustainable supply chains

Supply chain providers are coming under closer scrutiny as the biopharma industry is set on ramping up its efforts on sustainability, according to the 2020 Biopharma Cold Chain Logistics Sustainability Survey, published by protective packaging specialist Pelican BioThermal.
“As biopharma companies begin to accelerate work on their sustainability goals, our survey shows they expect the same of their supply chain partners. The cold chain industry needs to continue its focus on …

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