Many exporting companies are spending huge amounts on transport packaging for their products. This is understandable since today’s global trade products travel long distances from producer to consumer. The products need to be well protected, as the costs for damaged products are very high. But beside the financial cost of a returned product, the environmental cost is often neglected.
More and more companies are now realising that using custom designed protective packaging, quickly reduces the occurrence of damaged products, thus reducing both financial and environmental cost. Also, more companies are reviewing their global logistical flows and realising that using returnable packaging further reduces their total costs.
The combination of custom designed and returnable packaging leads to fewer product damages, less transportation cost and less material waste going to the landfills.
Nefab has 60 years of experience with protective packaging solutions, and has been producing its own returnable packaging for almost as many years. Nefab has an extensive range of returnable packaging products made of plywood, plastics, corrugated and steel. The plywood Nefab RePak box is the most popular among our customers, because it’s made of only plywood and steel so producing it makes very little impact on the environment. The recommended use of a RePak box in a returnable system is 50 cycles, but there are cases where it has been used 250 times, thus saving the environment from the waste of 250 single-use boxes.
Besides providing the products, we can also help your company implement a returnable system. In this service, we use our know-how and expertise to integrate a returnable system with your current logistical flows. With the assistance of our software program RECO, we make a cost analysis and provide a detailed calculation of how much you can save using a returnable solution.
We are proud to offer our help to reduce both your financial costs and your environmental impact.
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