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Wine Shippers for Many Packaging Needs

Wine shippers may look simple enough to the consumer who receives an order via parcel shipment or packaged up at the retail outlet. But these packs must fulfill a very wide range of business needs, so it comes as no surprise that there are many designs and approaches to choose from. As specialists in providing packaging solutions, Heritage Pioneer provides consulting, design, manufacturing, and distribution support to wineries and wine merchandisers in order to help them identify the best approach to their unique needs.

Packaging Requirements

Here is a brief listing of characteristics that almost always figure into the design of wine shippers.

Product protection is obviously at the top of the list. Glass products are particularly susceptible to damage, so packaging materials must effectively block and brace bottles as well as protect them from the rough handling that often occurs in parcel shipment.

Thermal insulation is another extremely important factor. Since wines easily spoil when exposed to temperature extremes, polystyrene plastics, rigid polyethylene foams, and molded pulp materials are popular packaging choices, owing to their superior insulating characteristics. The proper choice depends a great deal on the length of time products are in transit, and where geographically they are shipped and stored.

Compact design can be critical as well. Wine shippers with excess volume and weight increase shipping expense that must be either paid by the consumer or absorbed by the seller. In addition, the more mass of material used in the pack, the more expensive it will be to the shipper. In the competitive wine and spirits industry, cost competitiveness must always be maintained.

Tamper evidence is yet another key packaging consideration. It goes without saying that wines are vulnerable to theft, so the pack’s closure system must be designed with care. Along similar lines, closure design and package materials must also protect against contamination from liquid and solids.

The branding aspects of these containers are also considered carefully by most all wine sellers. Upscale products are frequently shipped in wood containers, which make a powerful impression on consumers. Similarly, the labeling and nature of the inner packing materials should be chosen with care to present the appropriate image. For midrange products, simple corrugated cases with corrugated partitions to accommodate two, three, and four pack orders allow merchandisers to contain costs and give products adequate protection.

Wine Shippers and Sustainability

Because of today’s heightened awareness of environmental issues, wine sellers must evaluate the type of packaging solutions and materials they use more carefully than ever. Although polystyrene and dense polyethylene foams are relatively lightweight and provide excellent cushioning and thermal insulation, they may be undesirable from a sustainable point of view. As a result, molded pulp materials have become widely available in standard and custom configurations to address the full range of shipping needs. Wood and heavy weight corrugated containers are suitable replacements for foam containers, and are used regularly for single and multiple pack orders.

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