Polyair 'Cushions' Customer Experience With Customized Integration That Offers Value and Vision

Polyair 'Cushions' Customer Experience With Customized
Integration That Offers Value and Vision
Exhibiting at the National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment, Polyair
Demonstrates that Team Leadership and Packaging Innovation Result in Enhanced
Savings and Increased Productivity



GRAPEVINE, Texas, April 3  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Polyair,
http://www.polyair.com/ , an industry leader in the North American protective
packaging market, continues to "cushion" customers from packaging woes by
providing customer integration engineers who provide hands-on help to eliminate
ineffective multi-staged packaging processes and other inefficiencies.  Polyair
provides a team-focused approach that reviews every step of their customer's
packaging process and designs a fully customized system that's integrated with
existing facilities and objectives.  Their inventive approach provides material
cost savings and removes significant costs from their customers' packaging
process.

As showcased at the National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment, held at
the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas from April 3
- 6, 2005, visitors to the Polyair booth (#528) are invited to meet the Polyair
team and review their comprehensive line of packaging fulfillment system
solutions. Featured fulfillment system solutions -- designed to work in any
environment across diverse business sectors -- include:

  * AirSpace Pillow Packaging that provides on-demand air pillows for
    cushioning and void-filling.

  * TotalFoam is a foam-in-place packaging system designed for the small to
    moderate volume shipper of fragile, expensive or difficult to package
    products.

  * Kangaroo Pouch Machine that creates custom, on-demand pouches at the
    customer facility.

  * Polyair's Sealer 2000 that delivers the lowest total cost packaging by
    eliminating redundant packaging including corrugated sleeves, plastic
    bags, foam, adhesive/cohesive and standard bubble.

  * Polyair Sheeter that provides on-demand foam or bubble sheets in custom
    sizes to deliver big savings on inventory, labor, freight material as
    well as eliminating lead times on custom sizes.



"At Polyair, we ask a lot of questions," said Alan Castle, President, Polyair. 
"Our quizzical nature is the backbone of all of our customer relationships.  We
have rapidly become one of the largest manufacturers of protective packaging
products and systems by listening to our customers and delivering customized,
integrated and value-based solutions."

AirSpace Pillow Packaging System Sweeps the Nation

"Our air pillow systems are sweeping the nation," said Trent Harkness, Product
Manager for Integration for Air Space.  "Our air pillow system goes beyond just
delivering your pillow.  It actually changes and enhances the way companies
operate.  Our properly designed systems are integrated with our clients'
workstations to reduce costs at every step of their packaging process.  Our
customer installation engineers, installation and maintenance technicians,
on-call fabricators and on-site operator training and support work together to
deliver 'made-to-measure' savings and efficiency to our customers."

Industry leaders including Amazon and Best Buy are veteran customers who
appreciate the reduced void-fill material and shipping costs, faster on-line
throughput, reduction in customer complaints and in packaging support labor and
the improvement in employee disability-related absenteeism that Polyair's
Airspace Program delivers.

Polyair is able to install the Airspace system with minimal or zero
interruption to current operations. Polyair delivers customized solutions to
all size work environments across multiple sectors including publishing, parts
distribution, cosmetics, drug and pharmacy, retail chain, mail order,
fulfillment centers, computer accessories, medical devices, video, CD and DVD
distribution and contract packaging.

TotalFoam(R) Offers 360 Degree Protection

Polyair's TotalFoam Foam-in-Place packaging offers superior product protection
with its high quality polyurethane foam cushion package that protects products
from shock and vibration during shipping and handling. Speed in packaging is
greatly enhanced as TotalFoam eliminates the need for wrapping, stuffing,
double boxing or special corrugated inserts.  "Our customers wax ecstatic about
the valuable warehouse space that's freed up by using TotalFoam," said
Harkness.  "Due to the tremendous expansion of foam, packaging storage
requirements are minimized and administrative burdens are lifted."

Additionally TotalFoam allows products of any size or weight to be easily
packaged.  The complete void-fill improves the integrity and stacking strength
of the corrugated container and the polyurethane foam is biostable, photo
degradable and safe for incineration or landfill disposal.

Made-to-Order Pouch

"Polyair's Kangaroo Pouch Machine is the first compact automatic pouch machine
that sits in a customer's facility," adds Harkness.  "Pouches are one of the
best ways for Polyair customers to save time and money when packaging products.
This product was developed as a result of feedback from many of Polyair's
customers who needed a quick, effective, customizable packaging solution.  And
to date, we are still the only company offering this type of application."

Sealer 2000 Machine Seals Up Savings

Polyair's Sealer 2000 Machine allows anyone who ships large products that
require significant bubble and foam wrapping and material, to drive costs down
and protect their margins.

"The Sealer 2000 eliminates the need for redundant packaging including
corrugated sleeves, plastic bags, foam, adhesive/cohesive and standard bubble
by allowing the formation of pre-set bag sizes that deliver an all-in-one
solution to pack furniture or other large objects," adds Harkness.

Polyair Sheeter 'Shears' Costs

Polyair's Sheeter provides on-demand foam or bubble sheets in custom sizes that
'shear' costs on inventory, labor and freight material as well as eliminate
lead times for custom sizes.  The Sheeter uses standard roll stock with up to
eight pre-set lengths with an on-board photo sensor that offers fast delivery
and lower material costs and the ability to change sizes instantly.

About Polyair

Polyair, a division of Polyair Inter Pack Inc. (AMEX:PPK) Toronto, manufactures
a complete line of protective packaging products and integrated packaging
systems. Polyair Inter Pack Inc. is an industry leader in the North American
protective packaging and swimming pool accessory markets. Founded in 1968, the
company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and sells its products
through a network of more than 3,000 distributors across North America.
Operating seven manufacturing facilities in the US and four in Canada, Polyair
and its team of more than 1,200 employees is committed to providing innovative
and unique products and solutions that go beyond customer expectations. For
more information, visit http://www.polyair.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Polyair



CONTACT:  Nancy Tamosaitis of Vorticom, [phone],

, for Polyair



Web site:  http://www.polyair.com/ 

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