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Making Boxes with Love
My challenge today was to calculate and make a box, I was given the starting dimensions with which I had to determine the outside dimensions so I could cut it correctly on a sheet of corrugated and make a box. After successfully cutting a C [...]
Moving Day
Got any boxes? No need this time, Lovepac is playing office swaps! Our team is expanding but not around the waist! The team has added 3 new people and I am one of them, so a little rearrangement was needed. Tuesday was almost like a [...]
Boxes as art
During a visit to the Pack Expo in Chicago, we had the chance to visit the Art Institute of Chicago, where was a really interesting exhibit. The artist Allen Ruppersberg compiled a story of folk, gospel, blues and rock by scanning and laminate tree types of materiel: [...]
Reorganization, security and foot steps
These days, there is a wind of change here at Lovepac. First of all, the plant has been completely reorganize in order to save space and allow us to be more efficient. We also had a security corridor painted on the floors. Interesting fact? Look [...]
Savings Through Design
Yes it can always be made better. Especially if you have a design team that has decades of experience. Our 'Design Squad' can do a full analysis of your packaging needs and find ways to improve the design of your packaging that will save you [...]
Cardboard Bicycles Can ‘Change the World’
Here is another example of the many uses of cardboard! This Israeli inventor created a bicycle made almost entirely of cardboard. When this genius idea hit production, the bikes could be sold for as low as 20$. His business model could also allow him eventually [...]
Fears/Dangers/Concerns
In order for us to convince our potential client 'To be a part of our Pack' I think concerns need to be addressed. I have identified several of those concerns that I think are relevant. 1. On time delivery 2. Back orders 3. Inventory of [...]
Corrugated Fiat 500
Corrugated art will always amaze us here at Lovepac! Look at this cardboard life size Fiat 500! The resemblance with our cars is pretty incredible! Artist: Chris Gilmour
Guess the Project
Can you guess what our designer is working on? Click here for the answer. Liners, tubes, pads, build-ups, dividers, partitions and other inner packing pieces can be made in an infinite variety of ways to separate or cushion products, to strengthen the box or to [...]
The Science of Making Boxes
Have you ever stopped to think about all the things that need to be considered when designing a simple corrugates cardboard box? To create the perfect protective packaging, we have to consider 3 major thing: Product, Packaging and Transport. For each of these categories, your [...]
Palletizing Your Corrugated Boxes the Right Way
Did you know? The weakest point in a corrugated box is in the center of the box? So by stacking your boxes chimney style you are actually making your box weaker. I agree, it helps to stabilize the pallet but there is a compromise. Let’s [...]
Fiat Lovepac
Our Fiats are on the road. Keep an eye out for them in the greater Montreal area!
Trade Show
On may 09 2012, RBC hosted a special event for new entrepreneurs and small businesses: The SME trade show. A unique opportunity to discover talented businesses. The event was held at The Holiday Inn Pointe Claire. Lovepac was there to show people what we can [...]
Another Interesting Corrugate Use
Designer Chris Chapman has designed a great garden product using corrugated cardboard: The roll-out vegetable patch As described on his website: "Home food production can be strenuous work, often taking hours of labour to set up and maintain. This aspect of home horticulture was one [...]
A Word From Rob, on Saving Station Foundation
Dear Partner/Supplier/Friend I have been asked to support a close friend of mine. His personal foundation called Saving Station, is helping out our community through continuous support to this organization. Alvin Powell, an ex NFL football player, has devoted his life to helping teenagers struggle [...]
Life Is Like a “Corrugated” Box…
.....you always KNOW what you're going to get... a slightly modified line from the Forest Gump movie. At Lovepac the client ALWAYS KNOWS what he will get when we talk about corrugated boxes. We call “flute” the wavy sheet of paper that you see [...]
Now That, Is a Pack!
Great example of a complete protective pack we designed. Custom foam inserts and integrated accessory box that all fit perfectly inside one RSC corrugated box. Once packed, the fragile product is suspended inside the box and therefore much better protected!
10x in 6
We are in our second year of a 6 year campaign to grow 10X. After bouncing back from the recession of 2009 and a 15% decrease in sales for 2010, we have just completed our fiscal year in July of this year and posted a [...]
Bubble Wrap History
Did you know that our foam partner Sealed Air invented bubble wrap? In 1957, two engineers: Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes sealed two shower curtains together, which trapped hundreds of small air bubbles between the two sheets. They originally tried to market it as wallpaper! [...]
Beautiful Corrugated Packaging
Who said corrugated packaging had to be dull? There are tons of creative and beautiful packaging solutions using corrugated cardboard. The material is versatile because its flutes provide protection and its smooth surface can be printed using any color from the pantone chart. Dyrøy Ham [...]
Forget the “Box”, Just Think Outside
What a concept that is. Everybody has been told at university or management training seminars or business seminars to think ‘outside the box’. Well I say-forget the box! Do what you do best and leave the "what’s outside of that" to what they do best. [...]
Flutes Explained
Architects have known for thousands of years that an arch with the proper curve is the strongest way to span a given space. The inventors of corrugated fibreboard applied this same principle to paper when they put arches in the corrugated medium. These arched are [...]
Wallpockets
These elegant wallpockets are the creation of designer duo Ampersand located in Cincinnati, OH. The wallpockets are die-cut from e-flute corrugate, shipped flat and have an adhesive free assembly. Yet another example of a simple and beautiful product for the home, made entirely out of [...]
Die Cutting
Besides providing standard boxes, at Lovepac we also manufacture custom boxes to pack and protect your products. Our custom boxes are cut from a sheet of cardboard using a cutting die. The die is a giant cookie cutter comprised of sharp blades mounted on a [...]
Double Wall Corrugated
Double Wall corrugated cardboard is great to protect your products. The double wall has a higher resistance in compression and to punctures that could occur during transport over long distances. Also, by combining B and C flute, we get a nice surface for printing and [...]