Latest Material Handling Articles

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Metal framed IBC’s with a hard plastic inner container have been used by the food and drinks industry for decades to transport all types liquids such as sweeteners, citric acid, tomato puree and fruit concentrate. This report reviews some of the common issues with such metal framed IBC’s and what innovative upgrade opportunities exist today for their replacement.

Reputable container/crate manufacturers evaluate and certify products in accordance and compliance to international testing standards. Optimisation of container/crate strength, durability and weight is an important element in the development and finalisation of the container/crate design. This report reviews some of the crate design failure modes and the testing regimes undertaken to mitigate such.

Folding crates are very popular across many industry sectors, specifically warehousing across Europe and North America. Like all products, design differences exist between like for like products and to that extent, not all crate designs are the same. There are good design features and poor design features with crate design. This report reviews some of the crate design features and outlines what clients should look for when selecting and purchasing crates.

Folding crates and nesting crates are two different types of storage containers, each with their own advantages and uses. Today, across Europe and North America, folding crates are increasingly being adopted by huge warehouses and distribution companies over the nesting crate design. This report outlines some of the reasons that companies are adopting the folding crate over the nesting crate design.