This September 27th – 29th the Pack Expo is coming back, and we’ll be there to see you. The Pack Expo is the world’s most comprehensive packaging and processing industry event. Boasting nearly 11,000 in-person registered attendees, you can’t miss this opportunity to re-engage with the industry’s latest innovations and solutions. Chris Jashinsky & Mike…

In August of 2018, a cutlery eCommerce company contacted Handle It for help solving a warehouse inbound inventory challenge that was creating a bottleneck and costing them a tremendous amount of money and man-hours. Cutlery and More Cutlery and More is an online eCommerce website that sells high-end cutlery, pans, and other cookware. They ship…

Whether your products travel by land, sea, or air, they run the very real risk of being damaged while in transit. Packaging Digest reports that anywhere from 2% to 11% of all shipments incur some form of damage by the time the products reach their final destination. When it comes to wrapping a pallet of…

Handle It recently completed a custom manufacturing and installation job that supplied eight flagship pallet wrappers to an industrial wire manufacturer with different warehouse locations throughout the U.S. The project required short lead times, competitive pricing, and custom fabrication on an already high-end pallet wrapping machine. Handle It also needed to source and deliver local…

A pallet wrapping machine is no different than any other piece of industrial equipment. It requires regular maintenance to ensure long-lasting performance and reduced downtime due to mechanical breakdowns. It can also help prevent operational errors, which can lead to damaged goods. The alternative to not planning service comes at a considerable cost—the machine will…

Hand-wrapping pallets is an incredibly laborious and time-consuming process. Human error, wasted shrink wrap, and improperly wrapped loads can drive up shipping costs considerably. A pre-stretch semi-automatic wrap machine can help automate the entire wrapping process while decreasing costs. The pre-stretch feature serves to maximize the number of loads you can wrap while significantly reducing…