Wrapping, shrinking or stretching? A technical report by Beumer.

According to Beumer for many companies in the chemical, building material or food industries, the efficient packaging of their palletised goods is a deciding competitive factor. Some of the crucial factors are transport security, anti-theft protection, display characteristics of the packaged goods, as well as weatherproofing for outside storage.

Further key factors are process efficiency and cost reduction (energy and material consumption), as well as the system output (the number of pallets that can be packaged during a specific amount of time). All of these factors need to be taken into account in order to determine the best packaging technology. Stretch hooding has proven to be particularly efficient in comparison with other techniques.

Read the rest of the article in the India Cement & Construction Materials Journal Magazine, Issue 24.