Reduce Costs with Thermoformed Lightweight Packaging
Inflation has been a hot topic for many businesses over the last few years. In fact, many businesses have seen costs increase by 20% or more since the COVID-19 pandemic. With expenses skyrocketing, organizations are looking for any way to streamline operations and reduce overhead. Shipping costs are particularly expensive and can quickly eat into profit margins. The great news is that optimizing your packaging for efficiency can help reduce costs and ease the financial burden. Thermoformed lightweight packaging is an innovative solution that not only protects your products, but also helps you cut down on shipping expenses.
What is Thermoformed Packaging?
Thermoforming is a process that involves heating a plastic sheet until it becomes pliable, then forming it over a mold to create a specific shape. When the plastic cools, it hardens and takes the shape of the mold. From there, it’s trimmed into the final packaging product. Thermoforming is great for creating lightweight and disposable packaging items like food containers, blister packs, and clamshell packaging.
Want to learn more about thermoformed packaging? Check out our in-depth guide here.
How Thermoformed Packaging Helps You Cut Costs
Lower Shipping Fees
Shipping costs are most often calculated based on weight and size. Thermoformed packaging is made from thin, durable plastic materials that are shaped to snugly fit your products without adding unnecessary bulk. By minimizing the weight of the packaging, you can reduce shipping fees. Even if you’re saving one ounce per package, that can lead to considerable cost savings over time.
Increased Product Protection
Thermoformed packaging is also extremely durable, which helps better protect your products. The plastic materials are durable and impact-resistant, meaning you can avoid expenses associated with damaged items. Considering that U.S. companies spend $50 billion on product returns every year, these savings can add up.
Lower Material Costs
Thermoformed plastics are often more affordable than traditional rigid packaging materials like glass or metal. The production process is more efficient and the raw materials are typically less expensive.
Eco-Friendly Benefits
Previously, businesses and consumers thought plastic packaging to be a non-renewable resource that damaged the planet. In fact, most traditional plastic packaging can take up to 500 years to break down, having adverse effects on our ecosystems. However, plastic packaging can now be made with a bio-additive that allows it to completely break down in one to five years.
This new technology leaves no microplastics behind, is 100% organic, and FDA-certified. Additionally, it’s successfully met all EU food safety requirements, ensuring no toxicity risk. When the packaging is disposed of, the polymer molecules are consumed by naturally occurring bacteria. Enzymes secreted by these bacteria hydrolyze the polymer chain, converting it into biogas, water, and biomass. This process returns essential nutrients to Earth.
Want to learn more about this technology? Read our in-depth blog.
Work with Orange Packaging for Your Lightweight Packaging Needs
When you need lightweight packaging that works, trust the company that’s been in business since 1950. Orange Packaging is a family-owned, fourth-generation organization that has decades of experience in thermoforming, display creation, fulfillment, and more. Our dedicated team and state-of-the-art machinery are standing by to handle even the most difficult packaging products.
Since our inception, we’ve worked to deliver the right products, at the right price, at the right time. So far, we’ve worked with hundreds of happy customers. We’d be delighted to help you, too.
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