Primepac Blog

E-commerce and the packaging industry constantly evolve with new technologies, customer expectations, and products.

Are you keeping up with the recent updates in the food packaging industry? Are you prepared for the next instalment of the plastics ban? 

Looking to reduce your warehousing costs? In warehouses all over the country, pallet wrap is being misused and wasted, amounting to significantly higher costs than necessary. This article covers the basic pricing of pallet wrap and how much poor pallet wrap management will cost you. From incorrect machinery setup to using the wrong amount of wrap, we highlight all the common mistakes that add up...

The packaging industry is constantly changing – more so now than ever before. And with new packaging regulations, product development, and consumer preferences, there are sure to be some new trends evolving in the next year.

As technology evolves, warehouses can reap numerous benefits from using more automation. The opportunities are endless, and when it comes to efficiency, productivity and quality of work, the results are outstanding.

E-commerce is not a new phenomenon. From catalogue ordering to utilising telex to order goods across the Berlin wall in the late 1940s the process of buying a physical good remotely is well ingrained in modern commerce. The advent of the World Wide Web in 1990 accelerated this growth exponentially by harnessing the power of the internet to connect millions of people globally at the click of a...

An important factor for many consumers when they make a purchase now is the sustainability of a product. What material(s) is it made from? Can the packaging that the product comes in be easily recycled or reused? Making more sustainable choices is at the forefront of our minds with many Kiwis actively looking for ways that they can be more environmentally friendly whether that be at home, or at...