New legislation, consumer pressure and product differentiation are all reasons to rethink packaging with sustainability in mind. But it still needs to be fit for purpose. David Wright, RSSL’s ...

Figure 1. (click to enlarge) Effect of temperature on seal strength. The green bars represent samples created using low temperature. The orange indicates packages created using the high-temperature ...

A new testing protocol to gauge the protective qualities of ecommerce packaging has been released by the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) to help retailers, brands and their partners ...

Different materials are used to make packaging in various shapes depending on the products it is intended to protect. Some forms of packaging include sealed bags to maintain the freshness of food, ...

Products still arrive broken, dented, or unsellable because packaging is often designed for ideal conditions rather than real ...

From pallet dimensions and transport conditions to material availability and regulatory pressure, packaging operates within a web of physical and organisational limits.

FedEx Corp. said its TechConnect division has opened a 30,000-square-foot package laboratory to provide testing and design services. The laboratory can simulate any part of the FedEx network, from ...