Value of Innovation in a Plastic Tube Packaging Supplier
The innovations of plastic tube packaging suppliers have largely changed the packaging industry forever. Where once you would regularly see liquid and gel packaging made out of glass, aluminium, tin, steel and plastic, nowadays you rarely see those types of products in anything other than plastic packaging.
The cost was the main factor driving the innovations that transformed the packaging industry. Once manufacturers came up with extruded tube plastic packaging, it enabled product manufacturers to save a significant amount of money in packaging costs.
It wasn’t just the cost of packaging alone that had liquid and gel product manufacturers enthused about the changes. The savings in weight was also significant, and these savings cut down on shipping costs. And this made a big difference when manufacturers counted on overseas orders to expand their business.
As the packaging underwent further refinements and became more sophisticated, they began to feature chambered walls that were tougher and more puncture-resistant. This reduced losses due to breakage and spillage.
Retailers Supported Changes in Packaging Design
Retailers also supported the change to lighter and more uniform packaging. Most chain stores organize their products on what is called a schematic. A schematic plots the shelf’s size and number in a store floor area. It describes what the different products are on each shelf, along with the number of products. A merchandiser or stock clerk refers to the schematic when they’re restocking the shelves to ensure that a customer finds the same products in the same place in every store.
Having many different products from various manufacturers, all with the same relative size and ‘footprint’ made the job of figuring out how many units each shelf could hold much easier for merchandisers. It also made it easier to figure how much weight each shelf would have to hold.
One Supplier Improves the Recyclability of their Products
Victorpack, a packaging supplier in Thailand, kept improving its production methods and products. They introduced a new product line of a plastic material called Plastic Barrier Tube (PBL). This proprietary material and process are made using just a fraction of the water and power normally used to create the other plastics used in the plastic packaging industry.
Victorpack also spearheaded the experimentation of adding Post-Consumer Resins (PCR) into their products. The PCR material is locally recycled plastic resins. The experimentation was necessary to prove that the resulting products met hygienic standards.
By utilizing the chambered method of producing these tubes, they were able to use PCR resins in the non-contact layers, thus increasing the hygienic safety of the products.
The resulting products were fully certified by the Global Recycled Standard. The resins used in the products comply with EU, US FDA, and Japanese JHOSPA for food contact applications.
With the emergence of plastic tubes as the overwhelming choice of manufacturers, retailers and consumers, increasing the amount of recycling is the next step in realizing the full adoption of PCRs into plastic packaging.
If you work with a manufacturer who wants to learn more about what Victorpack can offer in the way of innovations in plastic tube packing, please contact them directly to arrange a meeting.
