No man's land One needn't be a huge Game of Thrones fan to understand a casual reference to "beyond the wall." In the show, once the rangers of the Night's Watch go "beyond the wall," they are on their own in a world characterized by chaos and brutality. How's that relevant to …

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Packaging distributors are a key resource in purchasing stretch wrappers Darryl Gee, Lantech's vice president of sales, was visiting a customer plant recently when he noticed workers hand ­wrapping pallets in the shadow of a shiny, new, but idle, pallet ­wrapping machine. “It turns out about 30 …

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  To understand how stretch wrapping works you first have to understand why we stretch wrap loads in the first place. Why do we stretch wrap? …

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  Arriving at the destination in "as made" condition That's the goal of companies that put product on pallets (or slip sheets, or floor loaded) for shipment. Pretty simple, right? Except it's not. Loads are subject to a lot of stresses and forces during shipment. Temperature extremes; …

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  About 50 percent of in transit damage is the result of ineffective stretch wrapping. Which is a troubling statistic because most of us stretch wrap our loads to ensure they arrive at their destinations undamaged When it comes to stretch wrapping just applying film around a load isn’t …

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When former Intel CEO Andy Grove realized Intel could no longer compete in the memory chip market, he took a big risk. He shifted the company’s focus to microprocessors. Grove would ultimately build Intel in a $26 billion company. Grove is often quoted saying this: “Business success contains the …

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  Car accidents happen every day – in fact according to an article published on Newsweek.com in August 2015, the U.S. was on track for 46 million accidents last year. With 210 million drivers on the road about 6 percent, or about 125,000 people, were expected to get into an accident …

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