Radar display corrugated transport packaging
Company:
DS Smith Packaging Hungary KFT
Country: Hungary
Category: Transit
Radar display corrugated transport packaging. Raymarine, global leader in marine electronics for boating turned to us to design a 100% sustainable packaging solution by replacing single-use plastic in radar display packaging while providing maximum vibration subspension and product protection. We took a new, innovative approach by using corrugated paper to replace the traditionally applied EPE foam for vibration absorption and product stability in the transport of electronic products, meeting the specific needs of small series production. In the new design, we incorporated the material properties of corrugated paper into the structure as an advantage: the flute direction provides strength and capacity, layers form crumple zones, air cushions absorb vibration, the perpendicular to the flute protects against mechanical shocks, while the precise design secures the goods by the accurate fitting of the inserts.
To eliminate the single-use material, we used a folding technique to create the different inserts from 100% recyclable
The new design has been validated by DROP and transport testing and grants maximum protection for the product and the planet. The 100% supply chain optimized solution fits complex air, road and sea transport.
Packaging previously containing more than 50% - 1,7kg per unit - problematic plastic has been re-created with 100% recyclable material. This reduced the carbon footprint by 60% per unit (from 2.1kg to 882g), and decreased 2,4 tons annually the CO2 emissions from packaging material. Regarding logistics, the number of used pallets in inbound logistics has been reduced by 75% for the corrugated board inserts due to the flat packing compared to the foam insert previously supplied as a single element. Moreover, in waste management more than 12% improvement has been achieved during the production of packaging.