Packaging: the product protection technique.
The Cavanna Group together with "Nord Imballaggi" is a thriving reality in the world of industrial packaging, designing and manufacturing packaging capable of safeguarding products from static or dynamic stresses in any phase of transport and protecting them from the aggression of external agents, in compliance with the highest quality and safety standards. In particular, Nord Imballaggi operates in the sector of light packaging, with the production of pallets as well as heavy packaging, with the production of wooden cases and crates.
- the pallet is a support platform for the movement of goods for their transport and storage by using specific means (forklifts or trans-pallets). It is also known as just platform. The components that characterize the pallet, according to the reference standard UNI EN ISO 445, are the presence of shelves, joined together by joists and blocks that act as thickness and allow the passage of the lift forks. The blocks are connected to the tables of the top by means of crosspieces arranged perpendicularly. A pallet is also characterized by pilot elements to make the passage of the forks easy, a forklift compartment, wings for lifting with a crane and edges, protrusions of the top to hold the load. Designed by the Americans during the Second World War for a rapid movement of materials by means of forklifts, today the pallet is a tool used in the civil sector for the movement of goods all over the world. Our pallet production is divided into seven standard production lines: 4-way standard pallets, 4-way reversible pallets, 4-way perimeter pallets, 2-way standard pallets, 4-way American model pallets, 4-way pallets with 12 caps and finally 4-way minipallets. We also produce custom pallets, tailored to meet the customer’s request, according to the required specifications.
- Besides the various types of pallets we produce crates, that is the safest and most suitable form of packaging for the protection of particularly fragile items subject to alterations due to climatic conditions. They are made according to different types of constructions on the base of the type of shipment (by air – by sea – by land or by train), using different types of wood, including fir, phenolic plywood panels, birch plywood and O.S.B. panels.
- Finally, we make solid and safe wooden cages, ideal for materials that do not suffer climate exposure, such as non-ferrous, painted or similar structures, and with the same mechanical protection as the boxes. Cages allow protection for the goods during the movements necessary for loads and transshipments that follow one another during the shipment to destination: and they do so without losing their degree of stack ability if compared to the packaging in boxes.
A product, its packaging.
Thanks to the intuition of Carlo Zanotti, we have managed to expand our tailor-made packaging sector, which has now become the true core-business of the Company. In short, the customized solution starts from a careful analysis of the product to be packaged and of the transport requirements. We evaluate all the logistic dynamics and the criticalities of storage and transports related to the products and to the countries of destination: as for export, we comply with the regulatory aspects and the technical standards of all continents. After consulting, we move on to the design using appropriate software and then to the creation of the packaging. The customer takes part in all stages of construction, so as to arrange any changes to the process, offering a 360-degree service. All that is guaranteed by robotic and versatile nailing systems of the latest generation, capable of carrying out any request in the shortest possible time. On customer request, all the material can be heat-treated (ISPM 15) in our own dryers, with release of the certificate. As a direct consequence, we not only supply important companies in the metallurgical and metalworking sector, but also leading companies in the food sector. The packaging customization phase is completed by the branding, showing the graphic printing of the customer’s brand. Finally, to always guarantee the highest quality of our packaging, we carry out leak tests at accredited laboratories establish the actual payload.
