Packaging Blog and News

The Essential Guide To Aerospace Packaging

The Essential Guide To Aerospace Packaging

Aerospace packaging uses engineered protective systems to safeguard high-value components during storage, handling, and transport. Through layered materials including cushioning, barriers, and rigid structures, these solutions reduce environmental and physical...

Read More
From Factory Floor to Forward Operating Base: How Packaging Failures Become Readiness Failures

From Factory Floor to Forward Operating Base: How Packaging Failures Become Readiness Failures

Sensitive military components can experience gradual damage during storage and transportation when packaging materials fail to provide adequate protection. Moisture exposure, missing desiccants, and improper ESD shielding often contribute to corrosion,...

Read More
Understanding MIL-PRF-22191 For Military Packaging

Understanding MIL-PRF-22191 For Military Packaging

MIL-PRF-22191 establishes performance standards for transparent, flexible, heat-sealable barrier materials used in military packaging to protect products from moisture, contamination, and handling damage while allowing visual inspection of the packaged...

Read More
Foil Bags For Packaging: Benefits And Applications

Foil Bags For Packaging: Benefits And Applications

Foil bags provide strong protection against moisture, oxygen, light, and other environmental factors that can affect product quality during storage and transportation. Their durability and barrier properties make them widely...

Read More
packaging

What Are The Types Of Industrial Packaging Materials?

Industrial packaging materials include flexible barriers, barrier bags, rigid containers, wax-treated wraps, foam cushioning, paper products, and plastic films. Each material serves specific protection and handling needs based on environmental...

Read More
Mechanic holding a cylindrical part over a blue plastic bag in a workshop.

I'm Using VCI Bags — So Why Are My Metal Parts Still Rusting?

You did the right thing. You bought VCI bags, you've been using them, and your parts are still coming out of storage with rust on them. So what's actually going...

Read More
Person in a lab setting handling metallic packages with gloves on a stainless steel surface.

High-Barrier Foil Laminates for Industrial and Scientific Instrument Protection

Most sensitive instruments don't fail in service. They fail on the shelf — quietly, invisibly, while they're sitting in packaging that looked adequate and wasn't. Moisture and oxygen don't knock...

Read More
Pink Antistatic Bags vs. ESD Shielding Bags: What the Difference Actually Costs You

Pink Antistatic Bags vs. ESD Shielding Bags: What the Difference Actually Costs You

Most people know to reach for an ESD bag. Far fewer know which one — and the difference isn't cosmetic. Pink antistatic bags and metallized ESD shielding bags look like...

Read More
Things To Know About MIL-PRF-131 For Packaging

Things To Know About MIL-PRF-131 For Packaging

MIL-PRF-131 is a recognized military specification used in protective packaging for equipment, components, and materials that require strong environmental barriers. Organizations working with government contracts or sensitive equipment often rely...

Read More
MIL-DTL-117 Barrier Bags Explained: Military Packaging Specifications and Applications

MIL-DTL-117 Barrier Bags Explained: Military Packaging Specifications and Applications

MIL-DTL-117 is the current United States military specification that defines performance requirements for heat-sealable MIL-DTL-117 barrier bags used in military preservation packaging. Organizations managing defense contracts, aerospace manufacturing, and specialized...

Read More