Box Latch Europe, a manufacturer of re-usable corrugated box closure solutions, has recently launched an e-commerce platform through which customers can order their innovative products.
Distributed in the UK & Europe by Item Products, a leading designer and producer of components for the packaging industry, Box Latch Europe’s vision is to increase the sustainability of packaging by making boxes re-usable many times over. They seek to disrupt the industry norm of using corrugated boxes only once before they are sent for recycling, or even landfill, which is currently the case for 90% of corrugated boxes.
Their primary product is Box Latch™ – a recycled plastic closure and reopening device, available in five colours and four different sizes, and suitable for a variety of material thicknesses. The innovation extends box life and, as the packaging is not damaged by single-use tape or staples, provides extensive supply chain benefits including cost reductions. The company also produces Clip & Stack, a novel recycled plastic corner fixing mechanism that is designed to hold box flaps out of the way for packing or unpacking. As with Box Latch, the Clip & Stack can be used hundreds or thousands of times and allows boxes to be stacked in a tote configuration while open, so that they are ready when needed at peak times. Clip & Stack is available in either ‘heavy duty’ in orange, or ‘standard’ in black or green.
Item Products’ managing director, Julian Cook, said: “The launch of the Box Latch Europe e-commerce portal helps further extend the company’s long term aim to educate global supply chains that by using Box Latch’s products and tools, re-use, not recycling, is the most effective long-term solution to corrugate waste management.
“Each time corrugated boxes are re-used – without the transportation, staffing and energy costs required to transport waste materials to recycling centres, re-manufacture them, and return them to use and circulation – cost benefits can be extraordinary.”
Box Latch Europe’s new e-commerce site is currently offering visitors a 10% discount code for all online purchases, using the promotional code WHL2022.
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