Tuscan Iron Doors

Objectives

• Protect Tuscan Iron Entries’ 1,000-pound, custom-made ornamental iron doors during shipping
• Cut down the 16-hour packing process
• Lower the high cost of packing material

Solution

• Used Laminations VBoard^®, PF PalletTop^® and FlatBoard^®
• Wrapped each door, added strategically placed foam cubes and banded the doors to the frame to keep all the pieces upright
• Covered the entire pack in a white pallet wrap, preventing anything from getting inside the frame

Results

• Significantly reduced door damage during shipping
• Shortened assembly time for the packs from 16 hours to six hours
• Created a savings of 50 percent on packaging materials costs
• Cut shipping weight on each pack by 10 percent to 15 percent, creating more storage space in their facility

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