by Alan Wright | Nov 26, 2024 | Sustainable Perspective
Everybody enjoys a Thanksgiving turkey, but packaging turkeys … not so much. Below we present to you seven particularly unappetizing packaging products that have come and gone over the years — or have come, stayed, and really need to go. Packaging’s Champion Turkey –...
by Alan Wright | Oct 8, 2024 | Packaging Suppliers, Packaging Solutions
There are two ways to buy custom corrugated boxes — from a manufacturer or from a broker. Manufacturers are either mills or sheet plants. Mills make the corrugated board (layers of wavy corrugated between layers of flat linerboard) and the boxes all under one roof....
by Dennis Salazar | Sep 10, 2024 | Ecommerce Packaging
Many box customers who seek our advice believe the only way they can print attractive colors onto corrugated is to print them over white board. While it is true, utilizing white board under almost any ink color will result in brighter, truer color match. However,...
by Dennis Salazar | Feb 14, 2024 | DTC Boxes, Sustainable Products
You have probably tried unscrewing the cap on a new plastic bottle of water but found the bottle so soft and pliable that water spurts out the open top. Or a plastic bottle that is poorly molded and over filled so the bottom is no longer flat and cannot stand upright...
by Dennis Salazar | May 9, 2023 | DTC Boxes
For anyone who regularly reads this blog, you know I often review and comment on e-commerce packaging used by a variety of companies. More often than not, the comments are not very flattering because I point out excessive packaging material waste and, in many cases,...
