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Encase launches same-day pack design service

February 28, 2008 Comments Off

Encase, the corrugated packaging specialist, is offering customers a same-day packaging design service from its new “test drive” centre in Leeds

Encase has developed the service for customers in the retail, white and brown goods, DIY, component manufacture, chemicals, automotive, logistics and technology sectors.

At a launch event yesterday (27 February), Encase business development manager Chris Else designed and created a corrugated tray within minutes using the Kasemake CAD design system.

The CAD system can design a pack, animate it in 3D and demonstrate on screen what the pack will look like when filled with products.

The system will flag up any design problems, such as press-compatibility issues, and recommend the best board grades to use.

Finlay Beverages packaging manager Andrew Finch said the centre offered the "added value" he was looking for.

He said: "I know that they can all do this really, but I'm pleased that Encase are going that extra mile and I will utilise it."

Cumbrian Seafoods buyer Tim Hamer said the speed of the process was impressive.

He said: "Normally it takes seven days to get a sample, now you can get it within five minutes, which is terrific."

Encase employs 300 staff at its sites in Banbury, Leeds and East Kilbride.

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