Friday 25 July 2014

Reducing Your Packaging Costs

By Lenna Stockwell


If you have a product to sell than you probably also have some type of packaging. Often packaging costs are sky high and really eat into your overall profits. Consider the following suggestions when looking for ways to reduce your packaging costs.

The package is the first thing you should look at. The easiest way to the reduction of problematic costs is to reduce the actual size of the packaging which has been one of the best ways used by many companies today. If you want you could use a smaller box or a smaller bag for the same product so use that method. If you want something that is created to erase almost all excess packaging then you can use thermoform plastic which is a good type of packaging. You can also use thermoform blister packs as your protector and it also is used for displays for the consumers which can attract a lot of them.

With the cost of fuel so high, shipping costs are astronomical these days and reducing size can reduce shipping costs. More importantly, a smaller package also probably weighs less which can really add up to major savings in the area of shipping. The type of material you use to create your package out of also affects the weight. Cardboard can be very lightweight, and thermoform plastic packaging also can be quite lightweight. The plastic, however, is more protective, so it might be a great option to consider.

Unlike cardboard or aluminum, thermoform packaging is much more versatile. It all begins with large, thin sheets of plastic. These sheets are heated and then forced into molds. This could be through the process of vacuum thermoforming or perhaps through the process of injection molding. Your thermoforming company will create a mold especially for your product, and these molds can be used again and again.

The good thing about thermoplastic is it is highly recyclable especially if you go for the custom packaging that was made from polyethylene terephthalate or PET or high-density polyethylene or HDPE. Throughout the United States, these two plastics are the polymers that mostly accepted by curbside recycling programs. Low-density polyethylene or LDPE is also accepted by recycling centers around the country and also polypropylene (PP). Almost all thermoplastics can be recycled, but not all areas of the country offer recycling facilities for every type of thermoplastic.

The thermoforming company Indepak is one possible option if you are looking for a firm that offers custom packaging solutions for their clients in many different industries. Designing custom product packaging for the retail clients is what they do and also for those involved in the food, medical or agricultural industries.




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