Industry Standards and Practices in Product Packaging
Industry Standards and Practices in Product Packaging
Packing is always an enticing thing be it a gift wrap or a product that is ensemble in a box. Since years packaging industries have been finding effective and economical solutions to packaging. The use of materials and the techniques applied to pack and transport a product is essential for these packaging industries. Packaging is not a skill as is widely considered but is an art that is important to show how carefully the product is packaged. Many companies have adopted various methods to bring the best industry standard way of packaging things.
The retail industries constantly seek methods to wrap up their products. Companies like Amazon and Flipkart choose to pack the products delivered to their customers in a much easier way where they are strapless and lightweight. The inner box containers are air or vacuum filled for cushioning the products to remain unbroken while being transported. They elegantly design the packing boxes to fit more than one products while being delivered to the same customers or localities.
Here is the list of the company’s names which provide product packaging design services in the US:
While retain industry focuses on the packages being lightweight and flexible design, industrial equipment manufacturers prefer a robust and sturdy packaging with wood chips and chunks. This is major because of the big bulk size of the equipment that they manufacture. The packaging sizes are tailored to suit the type of the equipment and usually, an industry standard framing and design are chosen. Companies that manufacture telecom equipment have a standardized design which is usually modular and stacked. This enables them to scale their products in a package by following a modular design typically marked in units of 1U, 2U, etc.
Mechanical designs require an assembled packing as they compose multiple isolated units which when assembled fit into the final product. The assembly packing is a challenge as it requires careful padding inside the main package box to seal the assembly units intact. Further to the way the packaging is done, the material used in packaging also matters most. Larger equipment and mechanical products require a harder material to carry whereas electrical and electronic stuff requires an insulating material while packaging to avoid any mishaps.
Product packing as said before is an art as it requires specialized and immense knowledge in choosing the right size, texture, and material for packing the products. While there are various practices are available in the industry today, just like the saying goes “no one size fits all”, no single design or material can fit all the packaging. And there is still a constant need to innovate better practices to pack the things better with improvised CAD designs, 3D printing etc.
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