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Pregis team up with parcel shipper to eliminate damages for bike manufacturer, reduces packaging cost by 50%
Pregis team up with parcel shipper to eliminate damages for bike manufacturer, reduces packaging cost by 50%
Pregis packaging engineers design new, efficient pack Case Study Case Study Pregis team up with parcel shipper to eliminate damages for bike manufacturer, reduces packaging cost by 50% Manufacturing WWW PREGIS .COM2 of 4 Taking longer to package a product before shipping it doesn’t always translate to better results. That’s exactly what a high-end end manufacturer of bicycles, discovered. In fact, even with spending 45 minutes to package a single carbon fiber bicycle frame, the company was experiencing a 2.3 percent damage rate and an average claim of $998 due to cracked, broken and/or scratched frames. (The carbon fiber mountain bike frames are each valued at $5,500.) Not only was the company (and its shipping service), dealing with damage claims, but it was also having to absorb