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Tag Archives: packaging
Common Compliance & Recall Risks for Packing Materials Sold in the EU & UK (22/23)
Sofeast commissioned some research recently on which chemical compliance incidents occurred in EU countries in the past year 22/23, the substances found, where, and the actions taken by authorities. Let’s look at packing materials which were found to be non-compliant … Continue reading
Posted in Product Testing
Tagged chemical compliance, packaging, product compliance, lab testing
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ISTA Standards for Testing Packaging Reliability [Podcast]
Sofeast’s head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin, talks about ISTA standards for testing packaging like shipping cartons. Any importer shipping product from country to country by road, rail, air, or sea needs to consider the impact that transit will … Continue reading
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Tagged packaging, package reliability testing, carton shipping, logistics
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List of Packaging Companies In India (15 choices)
China is hard to compete with when sourcing suppliers for all kinds of products, however, India is an emerging option for products and services that China used to corner the market in such as PCBs and plastic injection molding. For … Continue reading
Bioplastics’ Key Advantages & Disadvantages
As product designers look for more sustainable options to please increasingly environmentally savvy consumers, they are often looking at the advantages of bioplastics, such as lower production CO2 emissions, sustainable raw materials, biodegradability in many cases, and more…
4 Common Problems Importers Of Paper Products From China Suffer From
Sometimes we work for an importer of paper products (we’ll include cardboard and paperboard here, too) such as books, cards, boxes, packaging, etc, and it’s always the same few issues that come back. What are the potential problems you face, … Continue reading
Posted in Packaging
Tagged paper products, packaging, sea freight, package reliability testing, packaging quality
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Advice On Choosing Packaging To Protect Your Products [Podcast]
In This Episode… This time we’re discussing the role of packaging in protecting your products during transit! Renaud goes into detail about the different types of packaging materials, supply chain risks that can damage products during shipping, and why to … Continue reading
