ORBIS TO SHOWCASE PRODUCTS AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENCY AT PROMAT 2023
ORBIS® Corporation, an international leader in reusable packaging, will highlight its integrated portfolio of products and services to help companies drive sustainability and supply chain efficiency at this year’s ProMat in Chicago, March 20-23.
Located at booth S4104, products on display will include reusable pallets, bulk containers and boxes designed for automated warehouses. ORBIS also offers a range of services to help companies move from single-use to reusable packaging. ORBIS Reusable Packaging Management (RPM), part of ORBIS Corporation, offers a full range of packaging management services that extend the life of packaging for a more sustainable supply chain. Services include management, cleaning, classification, asset tracking and analysis. In addition, ORBIS has an engineering services team that provides analysis and expertise to ensure a smooth conversion to reusable packaging, as well as a quick return on investment.
“We are pleased to introduce our integrated approach to helping companies improve the flow of products in their supply chain,” said Bob Petersen, senior director of marketing for ORBIS Corporation. “Our products, along with the experience and expertise of our team, bring today’s businesses significant supply chain efficiencies. Showcasing our latest innovations in reusable supply chain packaging lets our customers know about our dedication to their work and our planet.”
With sustainability and efficiency in mind, these are the products ORBIS will be highlighting at this year’s ProMat:
The NEW Odyssey® Low Profile (LP) 40×48 pallet
This robust, uniformly sized pallet is designed to provide repeatable performance with automated equipment. With the same stability and unique features of the original Odyssey 40X48 pallet, the new 5.6-inch low profile height is intended to provide the added benefit of integrating seamlessly with alternative pallets in existing pallet pools. The Odyssey LP pallet is a robust solution that enhances load stability with steel reinforcements and molded friction elements that minimize load shifting, product load damage and pallet slippage off the material handling equipment.
AROS® container for automated storage
The ML6545-325 handheld container is part of the Automated Reusable Optimized Solutions (AROS) line, designed to integrate seamlessly into automated systems and facilitate efficient movement, storage and organization of goods. With the highest cubic density of any container in its standard size, the ML6545-325 portable container offers an innovative design, compliant with FM Global Data Sheet 8-34, to ensure that the container interfaces seamlessly with today’s high-speed systems. Complete with a variety of key features that optimize its use in automated warehousing systems, the AROS product line is designed to be compatible with a variety of automated system features commonly found in e-commerce, retail and consumer packaged goods operations.
Odyssey 40×48 pallet of more than 400 trips
The Odyssey 40×48 pallet provides stability with unique design features, including optional steel reinforcements and molded friction elements. These elements minimize load shifting, do not damage the boxes or the product and prevent the pallet from sliding out of the fork equipment. The Odyssey pallet is also a very durable and sustainable solution, with a lifespan 36 times that of a 40×48-inch white wood pallet, according to a recent study. In FasTrack’s life cycle analysis tests, the Odyssey plastic pallet completed at least 400 cycles through the supply chain without failure, compared to 11 cycles for the wood pallet.
Folding racks for parts transportation
ORBIS custom folding shelving combines the durability of steel with the flexibility of folding when parts have been unloaded. This customized metal solution can effectively save two to three times the space when empty, reducing return transportation costs. This design can be used to store and transport lightweight products, as well as products that are typically used in other hanging bag racking solutions. The folding metal racks can be customized with different ORBIShield® dunnage solutions to protect the parts.
Management of reusable packaging
In today’s complex supply chains, it is critical that packaging is available where and when you need it. ORBIS RPM services significantly reduce the time and effort required to track, recover, clean and inventory packaging assets in a wide variety of industries, including industrial products, food and beverage, and consumer packaged goods. The ORBIS RPM team works to analyze supply chains holistically to determine the best management program. Using data, ORBIS manages the inspection, sorting and even refurbishment of products to ensure that the supply chain is as efficient as possible.
Packaging life cycle assessments
ORBIS helps companies calculate the impact that reusable packaging can have on the environment. Using life cycle assessments to compare reusable and single-use packaging, ORBIS applies data-driven analysis to help customers reduce their overall environmental impact in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste and energy consumption. ORBIS will conduct packaging evaluations at its booth during ProMat.
