plastics and packaging company ds smith&rsquos plastics division has added a new foldflat plastics container, ducapak, to its unipak family which produces durable, foldable containers.these plastic containers recently won the magna logistics supplier&39s award for innovation and will be exhibited at the upcoming exhibition salon de l&39emballage in paris, france.the company says that with the launch of the new product, the company&39s plastics division is delivering higher standards in performance, weight, foldingunfolding time, space, reusability and recyclabilitythe internal volume capacity and height of ducapak is said to be 15 more than existing &39optimised return solutions&39 and is said to have increased ergonomics.the container&39s lid weighs less than 6kg. its integrated belt system helps to interlock the pallet and the sleeve and replaces locks.the lid comes with four hooks to fix it on the pallet while loading the container due to which the container uses lesser space.the company employs &396 seconds&39 ease of use systems, which means that it takes approximately six seconds to fold or unfold each container. these have been integrated to the new ducapak design.ds smith, plastics&39 division business mark lightowler said "ducapak has been designed with the highest standards of performance in mind. durability, efficiency, reusability and recyclability."all damaged elements of this container can be easily recycled at the end of their working life and turned into new containers. this is in line with ds smith&39s supply cycle thinking that eliminates complexity, embraces reusability and recyclability in the design of our products."the company has used recycled material to produce the core of the foldable sleeve which ensures increased performance to vertical compression.source httppackagingmaterials.packagingbusinessreview.comnewsdssmithplasticsdivisionlaunchesnewfoldflatplasticscontainer1711144440250m
