Jeremy Spencer on The Doane Cast
Power of Our People. There are countless factors that have contributed to the longevity and success of Atlantic Packaging as a company. But ask anyone here and you'll learn that the true, underlying secret to this success is our people.With a top-down approach that...
Atlantic 2019 Year in Review
Thank you to our customers, vendors, employees, and leadership for an incredible year of growth and expansion throughout the company.Here's to a new year and even greater success in 2020!
Rusty Carter Scholarship for CFCC, 2019
The Rusty Carter Scholarship Fund was established by Atlantic employees and senior managers in Rusty’s name and continues to be funded by us as a group. We are proud to support hard-working students as they pursue higher education to create better opportunities for...
How Shrink Bundling Film Impacts Unit Load Stability
Shrink bundling, the process where manufacturers combine items into a bundle bound together with shrink film, is a common practice in packaging. Shrink bundling is often used when functionality or unitization is a priority over appearance. We see shrink bundling...
How to Eliminate Strapping
We've talked a lot in our Packaging Insights series about sustainability and the goal to reduce the amount of materials used in packaging. Companies are looking to lower costs, reduce waste, and improve efficiency. To help achieve this goal, we've worked with many...
Is Downgauging the Answer?
As manufacturers look to reduce costs and improve the sustainability of their operations, they target their packaging operations to see where they can make changes. This applies to primary product packaging like pouches, cartons, and bottles as well as secondary...
Managing the Cost of Load Stability
When we talk about managing the costs of load stability, we're talking about managing the aspects of pricing, effectiveness, and sustainability. These are all important factors in the equation of the load (See: The Balancing Act of Cost, Performance &...
Monitoring for Success
When it comes to shipping products from the manufacturing facility out to the wholesaler or retailer, palletizing is one of the most impactful ways to create efficiency. Palletizing goods means you can move multiple cases as one unit, you can use forklifts rather than...
Cube Efficiency
The efficiency with which you move products from one location to another - from manufacturing to retail, for example - plays a big part in sustainability, inventory management, and overall process efficiency. Your challenges are to load the trailer with as much...
Two Steps to Sustainability
One of the top business priorities for our customers is sustainability. While you each have your own unique sustainability goals and strategies, there are a number of similarities in what you're looking to achieve. In the packaging space, you want to know how you...
Bringing the Experts Together
When we built the Packaging Solution Center in Charlotte in 2017, we were so excited to bring testing equipment together with integrated packaging lines, automated machines, and a full e-commerce fulfillment area. We were also beyond excited to have the very first...
The Most Sustainable Thing We Can Do in Stretch Packaging
Becoming sustainable means much more than checking a box for big corporations. Executives and employees are aware of conversations around earth-friendly practices and products, of consumers' sensitivity to recyclable and sustainably sourced products, and to their own...
Not All Films Are Equal
Choosing the right film for your packaging is not as easy as picking a roll off the shelf. From the outside, most films look the same. It can be difficult to appreciate what sets a high performance film apart from a commodity film (See: Commodity Grade Films vs. High...
Wexxar WF30 Automatic Case Former
SPOTLIGHT ON WF30 CASE FORMERWexxar's WF30 case former is known as the most reliable machine of its type for processing environments. They have addressed common failure and jamming points with smart technology to maximize uptime and efficiency.The WF30T model is a...
How To Navigate the Complexities of Packaging
There's a prevailing myth out there that stretch packaging is a fairly simple process. So much time, energy, and money has been invested in the primary packaging, the sales, inventory, and logistics, and now you need to get it wrapped up and out the door. Shine it...
Flipping the Script on Load Stability
A practice has developed in stretch wrapping where products are stacked inside the pallet so they're not flush with the edge. The intention with this inboard pattern is to protect the product by using the pallet as a barrier while it's handled on forklifts and moves...
The Managed System Approach
When we launched the MUST monitoring hardware and software system in 2008, we recognized the need to keep track of performance over time so we would know how and when to troubleshoot any issues. Machines naturally degrade over time, operators change, film rolls may...
The Big Picture of Sustainable Packaging
Achieving sustainability is not as easy as following a straightforward formula. We talked in an earlier post about the balancing act of cost, performance, and sustainability and how striking that balance is tricky yet attainable. Success in sustainability is...
Why We Can’t Just Set It and Forget It
An ideal scenario with your end-of-line packaging operation would be to find a solution that works and stick to it. And by "works" you need equipment that doesn't fail and materials that can protect your product. And all at the lowest possible cost.Over ten years...
Dominican Free Zone Association Cluster Meeting
Atlantic Caribbean in the Dominican Republic belongs to the Dominican Free Zone Association known as “Adozonas.”Adozonas and the Dominican Council of Free Zones (CNZF) are working together to implement programs to help the local economy. One program that Atlantic is a...
How to Adjust Packaging to Avoid Load Damage
Sometimes change comes from within. And sometimes, it's handed down from the top. When an executive decision is made to change the formula in end-of-line packaging, there are usually sound business and sustainability goals at the heart of it. Removing packaging...