BlOG PUBLISHED ON: March 2025
Finding packaging and shipping solutions for your industry can be a challenge. At Badger Paperboard, we’re well-versed in serving the nut industry with custom solutions that can save you time, money, and hassle. Learn more about 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 and lighter than 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.
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.
More Shipping Solutions for the Nut Industry
Besides saving space and money in shipping, chipboard 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 environments, 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.
- 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 space; ditto with using chipboard vs. corrugated, as mentioned above.
- Improved packaging load containment: BadgerKorner provides enhanced packaging load containment, offering a reliable solution for both manual and automated systems.
- 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 pallets, making material handling safer and more efficient.
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 customer’s 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.
Get Your Chipboard Packaging Quote Today
We pride ourselves on lightning-fast quote turnarounds – in fact, we can promise we’ll turn your quote around in two hours or less! Just fill out our form with a few details on your needs and we’ll be back to you as soon as possible.
About Badger Paperboard
Badger Paperboard is a leading custom paperboard converter specializing in high-quality packaging and shipping materials. With over 30 years of industry expertise, we pride ourselves on delivering paperboard sheets, pads, and guards that are cut precisely to your specifications and delivered on time.
As the nation's top supplier of paperboard products, we serve customers from Maine to California and everywhere in between. With facilities strategically located across the country, we ensure fast turnaround times and exceptional customer service, no matter where you're based.
