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Track and trace. In the distribution and logistics of many types of products, track and trace or tracking and tracing concerns a process of determining the current and past locations (and other information) of a unique item or property. Mass serialization is the process that manufacturers go through to assign and mark each of their products ...
United Parcel Service. United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [ 1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [ 6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers.
Sustainable packaging is the development and use of packaging which results in improved sustainability. [2] This involves increased use of life cycle inventory (LCI) and life cycle assessment (LCA) [3] [4] to help guide the use of packaging which reduces the environmental impact and ecological footprint. It includes a look at the whole of the ...
Bubble wrap. Bubble wrap is a pliable transparent plastic material used for packing fragile items. Regularly spaced, protruding air-filled hemispheres (bubbles) provide cushioning for fragile items. In 1957, two inventors named Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes were attempting to create a three-dimensional plastic wallpaper.
About 50 billion single-use plastic water bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are produced in the United States each year, and most are discarded. According to the National Association for PET Container Resources, the recycling rate for PET has held steady at 31% since 2013.
Berry Global Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products. [2] Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, it has over 265+ facilities across the globe and more than 46,000+ employees [3] With $14+ billion in revenues in fiscal year 2022, the company is one of the largest Indiana headquartered company in Fortune Magazine’s ranking. [4]
Membership in SPE helps plastics professionals advance their technical knowledge through conferences, seminars, and webinars; publications including Plastics Engineering magazine, SPE News, Plastics Insight Newsletter; and resources including the Materials Database, networking opportunities, and more.
Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use.