National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. by: Amy Packer Do you know how Bubble Wrap was invented? I certainly didn’t until I started writing this blog post. Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes invented bubble Wrap in 1957. The pair of inventors sealed together two shower curtains creating many air bubbles trapped in between.  Originally and unsuccessfully [...]

DNP’s TR4085plus® is static-free and always has been. You might not know it, but many competi tive ribbons are high in static – attracting dust, contaminates and lots of problems. Dust leads to poor print quality, which leads to poor scan rates, which leads to chargebacks and, in some cases, printheads that fail way before their time. For problem-free printing, [...]

Right now, 3M is advertising a popular promotion designed to encourage user purchases of 3M-Matic Case Sealers while at the same time, removing aged and obsolete case sealing equipment. The promotion is only going on for a short while longer! It ends on July 31st! A 3M tape agreement is required to participate in the [...]

The Less Packaging Company Ltd. is demonstrating in four recently unveiled concept designs that products can be safely packed with an average of 20% less packaging, reported Packaging News on June 26. U.K. packaging design firm shows products can be safely packed with an average of 20% less packaging. industryintel.com

Differentiation drives today’s packing world — and it’s estimated to drive it up 8.3% by 2013. Read more about it here!

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A repetitive motion injury is an injury to a part of the body that is caused by performing the same motion over and over again thereby straining the body part. Strain occurs when the body part is called on to work harder, stretch farther, impact more directly or otherwise function at a greater level then it is [...]

The Scout Motto: Be Prepared. Hughes Enterprises helped Boy Scout Troop 19 uphold this classic Boy Scout motto by donating trash cans and bags to the group of boys.  They kindly sent a letter and picture this morning thanking Hughes for the donation and explaining how it will help them to keep their Troop Cabin, [...]

Saving time and space, the AIRmove by STOROpack produces itself, literally! Stabilize and protect your product all with one item.  If you like to just keep things simple, then why not make your own air-cusion film?  ”Whether big, heavy or fragile – you can pack your product safely and efficiently in a few seconds”. No [...]

Got a product that doesn’t fit into the existing molds of today’s packaging solutions?  How about an automation problem that you think no company would ever be willing to tackle?  Well, fear no more.  Hughes Enterprises, partnered with Combi Packaging Systems, can solve even the toughest of challenges. Combi Packaging Systems is a company based [...]