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E-Commerce Packaging: Retention & Suspension vs. Air Cushion

Suspension packaging and air cushion packaging are both modern alternatives to packing peanuts and other messy materials in the shipping process, and have become quite popular in the e-Commerce world. And if you need protective packaging for your shipping needs, you may be wondering which of these two options is superior. In fact, you may be wondering if either of them are superior, and ...

What Is Sustainable Packaging?

Walk down any aisle of your local supermarket or favorite department store, you’ll see a number of packages in all different shapes and sizes. The same can be said for distribution centers for the shipping industry. While the products themselves may differ drastically, most of the product's packaging share a common theme: protection and sustainability. From leading tech manufacturers tha...

Retention & Suspension Packaging: 4 Benefits of Protective Packaging

If you’re unfamiliar with retention and suspension packaging and the increasingly important role it plays in e-commerce packaging, allow us to explain. Let’s say you ordered an expensive electronic product online, like a laptop. You’re excited for it to arrive at your home, and you may have even thought about the perceived risk that you took by ordering it online rather than making a pur...

What Types of Protective Packaging Does My Product Need?

Packages often live hard lives. They are jostled about by machines and conveyor belts. People toss them on trucks or stack them to unreasonable heights without worrying about crushing what is inside. If it is your precious product inside that package, you might have a big problem on your hands. So, whose fault is it when a product arrives broken or damaged? Some responsibility lies in th...

Edge Crush Test for Corrugated Cartons

Very few products have impacted and revolutionized the packaging industry the way that corrugated material has. This simple, yet highly durable material is utilized in nearly every industry and market around the globe. With the ever-growing popularity of corrugated shipping cartons, continuous improvements must be made to ensure the safety and stability of products in transit around the ...