If you're in the business of shipping hazardous, dangerous or sensitive goods, ensuring that your products get from Point A to Point B safely and without incident is of extreme importance. That's because if you're not taking the proper precautions and measures, you're potentially causing harm in the transporting process (to people and the environment) and opening up your business for hefty fines and possible lawsuits.So it should go without saying that using the right type of packaging for such shipments is critical. That's where corrugated boxes come into play. Aside from helping manufacturers stay within safety regulations, corrugated boxes offer a variety of benefits compared to more conventional packaging options.
Here's a look at six benefits for using corrugated boxes:
- Protective: The boxes are made from paper and designed so that they're light weight and high strength. Specifically, corrugated boxes are crafted with an arched paper design that's known as "fluting." That is, these "flutes" act as protective liners that fit between two sheets of paper. This construction design not only helps protect shipped items from impact, but also from accumulating moisture. Coatings can also be applied to these boxes to ensure that they're flame, water and shock resistant, greatly minimizing damage during transportation. Flutes and liners can be built in all different sizes, thicknesses and strengths to fit just about any application, which brings us to our next point...
- Flexible: An additional benefit of corrugated boxes is how flexible they are. Boxes can be made in a large variety of sizes and can be single, double or even triple walled for more protection. Air Seal Containers offers custom corrugated boxes upon request. In fact, there are thousands of possible combinations as far as corrugated boxes go, making this one of the most flexible packaging options today.
- Recyclable: One bonus feature of using corrugated boxes is that they're environmentally friendly. They're made from recycled materials (think: newspapers and cartons) and can be broken down and recycled again following their use. What's more is that research and development teams are constantly investing time and energy into making even better corrugated boxes from renewable resources, so this shipping option is only going to become better - both in terms of the transportation process and in the positive impact they have on the environment.
- Cost Effective: We get it - you're always worried about your bottom line and want to make sure that any of your overhead costs - like shipping materials - aren't impacting it too much. You won't have any worries with corrugated boxes, as they're among the least expensive shipping options available. They're cheap because they're easy to build and also because they're using renewable resources in the building process - not virgin materials like other shipping options. So not only are corrugated boxes one of the best and safest way to ship sensitive and dangerous materials, but they also won't have a huge impact on your bottom line.
- Streamlined: You likely have taping machines and other advanced packaging equipment that plays a role in your facility. Corrugated boxes fit seamlessly into any packaging operations, allowing your facility to stay efficient.
Finally, we should also mention that while packaging materials might seem the least bit high-tech, corrugated boxes are designed and engineered using advanced software and simulation and, as we told you previously, R&D dollars are continuing to be spent in this realm. So if you're looking for one of the best ways to ship sensitive goods and materials, you should be looking at corrugated boxes. Otherwise, you could have a problem just waiting to unfold.
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