Custom Shipping Solutions for the Nut Industry from Badger

Finding packaging and shipping solutions for the nut processing industry can be a challenge. Whether you’re processing almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, or cashews, every stage from cleaning to palletizing requires materials that protect your product quality while maximizing efficiency. 

At Badger Paperboard, we’re well-versed in serving nut processors with custom solutions that can save you time, money, and hassle. Learn how we can help you boost efficiency and ensure your customers are happy every time.

Solutions for Maximizing Shipping Cube Space Efficiency 

Badger offers solutions that can help you create the best cube utilization to minimize freight costs and maximize profitability, whether for exports or domestic shipments.

First up are our solid fiber push-pull slip sheets, which feature scored tabs for easy handling. They’re the perfect alternative to traditional pallets because they are: 

• Thinner but just as durable as wooden pallets
• Less expensive
• Able to handle heavy loads

“Storing products on push-pull sheets can save you crucial space since they’re so much thinner than pallets,” says Scott Kibler, Vice President of Sales.

If a push-pull sheet isn’t required, consider choosing chipboard sheets over corrugated sheets. Whether standard sheets or auto palletizer (AP) sheets, both options can lead to significant savings in space and shipping costs.

For example, 6,000 of our AP sheets require only 27 sq. ft. of warehouse space, while 6,000 corrugated sheets take up 293 sq. ft. 

In terms of freight, 6,000 of our AP sheets fit on just two pallets, compared to 22 pallets for 6,000 corrugated sheets. This results in substantial savings on both shipping and warehousing.

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One Badger customer previously used corrugated sheets for load stabilization.  Working with Badger, they achieved 28% cost savings through their process, which totaled over $300,000 in cost savings per year.

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More Shipping Solutions for the Nut Industry

Besides saving space and money in shipping, paperboard products from Badger Paperboard offer a host of benefits for your business. These include: 

• • Increased production throughput: Eliminate mispicks by using auto palletizer sheets. Perfect for use in high-volume automated nut-processing environments where almonds, walnuts, and other nuts pass through automated bagging and palletizing systems, our sheets have been tested to offer better protection than corrugated pallet sheets.
  • Minimized material costs:  Save up to 30% using our AP sheets vs. corrugated, or $2-3 for a solid fiber push-pull sheet vs. a pallet. When you are processing thousands of pounds of nuts daily, these savings start to compound rapidly. 
  • Better sustainability: Reduce your carbon footprint by increasing your shipping efficiency. Chipboard sheets can be repurposed for multiple uses, including pallet protection, dust covers, and tier sheeting.
  • Less production and warehouse space: Using push-pull sheets instead of pallets saves valuable floor space in your processing facility. Similarly, using chipboard rather than corrugated reduces storage requirements, which is critical during peak harvest seasons when almonds, walnuts, pecans, and other nuts are processed in high volumes.
  • Improved packaging load containment: BadgerKorner provides enhanced packaging load containment, offering a reliable solution for both manual and automated systems. This is essential when palletizing heavier nut bags that need to remain stable during loading, transport, and unloading.
  • Protect your product from moisture: Our paperboard products can be treated with moisture-resistant solutions tailored to your needs. Options include polycoating (single- or double-sided for varying moisture levels), wax treatments for cost-effective short-term protection, and moisture-resistant adhesives for laminated sheets. This is especially important when shipping to humid climates or storing products in facilities with temperature fluctuations that can lead to condensation, ensuring the quality and freshness of your nuts from processing through delivery.
  • Improved ergonomics and worker safety: Replacing wood pallets with chipboard sheets eliminates the need for heavy lifting as well as the trip hazards associated with wooden pallets, which is particularly important in fast-paced nut processing facilities where workers are moving quickly during harvest season. This makes material handling safer and more efficient while reducing the risk of workplace injuries.

Why Choose Badger for Your Nut Packaging Needs? 

We’re here to partner with you in your packaging needs and develop solutions for whatever challenges you’re facing. 

“We work hand in hand with our customers’ production team, engineers, and purchasing to understand their business needs,” said Kibler. “We ensure seamless production efficiency, minimize downtime, and achieve the lowest total cost packaging solutions. With Badger Paperboard, you can count on our experts working side-by-side with your team to guarantee optimal performance and results every step of the way.” 

For headache-free packaging stocking needs, we’ve also implemented a stocking program based on the typical needs of nut industry customers. We handle the inventory and delivery, so you never have to worry about running out of product.

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