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Package Requirements Evaluation

As a product packaging company, our goal is to develop or improve your package to provide the proper level of protection, brand enhancement, and utility. Whether a new launch or a mid-life kicker, our packaging engineers and specialists will work with your team to analyze and provide a package with the following considerations.

As part of our comprehensive package requirements evaluation process, we also ensure your packaging meets regulatory and logistical expectations for your product category.

Physical protection

Does the product require protection from mechanical shock, vibration, electrostatic discharge, compression, temperature, or other environmental factors during distribution?

Our custom packaging solutions may include flexible pouch packaging, shrink film, or dunnage solutions designed to mitigate environmental and transit risks.

Barrier Protection

What is the shelf life for the package? Does it need a barrier to oxygen, water vapor, or dust? Will a modified or controlled atmosphere improve sales? The package should keep contents clean, fresh, sterile, and safe for the duration of the intended shelf life.

As part of package requirements evaluation, we conduct package testing to assess barrier integrity and shelf life under various conditions. This is especially important for products subject to FDA drug packaging requirements or USDA packaging requirements.

Consolidation

Products may need to be grouped in one package for storage and selling efficiency. Club Stores offer promotional sales channels across product lines that require unique package design and supply chain considerations. Liquids, powders, and granular materials all need unique containment features.

Our packaging inspection team also ensures that grouped products meet both branding and safety requirements, especially when designing custom packaging solutions for retail environments.

Labeling

Packages and labels communicate how to use, transport, recycle, or dispose of the package or product. With pharmaceuticals, food, medical, and chemical products, some types of information are required by government legislation. Some packages and labels may be used for track and trace purposes. Most items include their serial and lot numbers on the package. Food products, medicine, and some chemicals include an expiry/best-before date on the packaging. Recyclability is also indicated with a unique material symbol.

Marketing

The packaging is the first thing a consumer will see. Graphic and physical design are critical to branding and imaging. Marketing communications are applied to the surface of the package and the point of sale display. Most packaging is designed to reflect the brand’s message while highlighting the benefits to the consumer.

Security

Packaging can play an important role in securing a product. Tamper resistance and evidence features can prevent contamination and indicate whether the package has been disturbed. Packages can be engineered to reduce pilferage theft and resale. Anti-counterfeiting technology and electronic article surveillance (RFID) tags can also be used to reduce product diversion and loss.

Convenience

Packages can have added features that add convenience in distribution, handling, stacking, display, sale, opening, reclosing, using, dispensing, reusing, recycling, and disposal.

In our package requirements evaluation, convenience factors are balanced with protection and branding to improve user experience and retention.

Branding/Positioning

Packaging is used to go beyond marketing to brand positioning, with the materials, colors and design chosen to build or expand brand development. The advent of the digital age has made this aspect of packaging a growing importance.

A good product packaging company is in tune with your needs and product goals. At SPS, we can create custom product packaging to help elevate your company and product above competition.

Our package requirements evaluation combines compliance, durability, design, and logistics to create a complete packaging solution. From dunnage requirements to flexible packaging formats, we address every packaging need.

Get to know SPS. You’ll understand why we are the Whole Package!

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