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Transport packaging rarely touches the product, which is why it is often the easiest place to take out cost and waste.
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What is a Gaylord container?
Shop-floor shorthand for a pallet-sized corrugated bulk box — which means the specification matters more than the name.
What is returnable industrial packaging?
A container plus the system that brings it back. Without the system, it is just a more expensive one-way package.
How do empty containers affect freight cost?
Rigid packaging is efficient in one direction. The other direction is where the money leaks.
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