News & Case Studies
Dual Height Poultry Crate Wins Environmental Packaging Award for Viscount Plastics
Every day, 362 days a year, half a Tonne of one-way contaminated cardboard removed has been removed from the waste stream. In addition there has been an increase in space utilisation in delivery trucks by 15%, These benefits have contributed to Viscount Plastics taking out a top award in the Packaging Council's 2009 Environmental Packaging Awards.
Viscount Plastics RTP is green! Far greener than single-trip cardboard.
Viscount Plastics is at the forefront of Returnable Transit Packaging (RTP) in New Zealand, supplying a wide range of off-the-shelf, multi-trip plastic crates, bins, trays and pallets. Viscount also has the resources and capabilities to custom-manufacture RTP solutions. (Returnable Plastic Packaging - RTP - describes multi-trip, reusable plastic crates, bins, trays and pallets that worldwide are replacing one-trip cardboard transit packaging).
Viscount Plastics New Materials Handling Range
Viscount Plastics New Zealand (VPNZ) General Manager Sean Delaney is a firm believer that suppliers can learn a lot from listening to customers. Since taking up his appointment in early 2008, Mr. Delaney has put a priority on establishing a dialogue with some of New Zealand’s key materials handling entities.
Benefits Of Deep Nesting Crate Not Chicken Feed
KFC’s New Returnable Transit Packaging developed by Viscount Plastics is driving a freight cost breakthrough.
Viscount Plastics Collapsible Bin Delivers For NZ Post
Research recently commissioned by a leading circular distribution company revealed that the majority of New Zealanders enjoy finding unaddressed advertising material in their letterboxes.
New Zealand linked to supply chain innovation at Marks & Spencer
Viscount Plastics New Zealand’s parent, LINPAC Group, has played a key roll in helping UK’s Marks & Spencer build a new ‘fresher and better quality’ produce supply chain based on 3.5 million returnable delivery trays implanted with RFID tags.
Plastic crates the best thing since sliced bread
Week in, week out the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest and most sophisticated bakery distributes 2.5 million loaves, rolls, crumpets, pikelets and hot cakes throughout Sydney in a crate first produced by Viscount Plastics in the late 1980’s.
Recycling contributes to South Island export success
Anyone who knows us at Viscount Plastics New Zealand will confirm the lengths we go to ensure our products are capable of being ground up for recycling as raw material for plastic moulding and extrusion.
Square keeps the world going 'round'
Square is the shape of logistics efficiency. Compared with round containers, rectangular packaging can be more than 40% space efficient.
Viscount Plastics wins 2006 NZIP Innovation Award For New Paint Can
Viscount Plastics New Zealand has won a major packaging industry award with a straight sidewall 8 litre paint can that has also caught the eye of sister company Ropak, one of the largest packaging manufacturers in North America.
New Zealand produce and manufacturing combine in all-in-one export package
Viscount Plastics NZ and New Zealand Kiwifruit growers are together contributing to the world's highest penetration into a supermarket chain of environmentally responsible foldable Returnable Plastic Crates (RPC's).
The Warehouse Sold On Solution
Employing Viscount Plastics to supply a conveyor-compatible crate solution has lowered the cost of distribution for retail giant The Warehouse.
This Tub's A Flyer
A plastic tub developed by Viscount Plastics New Zealand is a key contributor to the on-board safety and security of passengers departing Auckland International Airport.
Goodman Fielder onto a winner
The brief to Viscount Plastics was for creative packaging design that would move Goodman Fielder’s Sunshine and Choice brands to the premium end of the catering spread category.
“Gimme, gimme. My dinner’s in there!“
Anything involving food seems to bring out learning and observation abilities hitherto hidden in many family dogs, so is it not altogether surprising Viscount Plastics is predicting thousands of chops licked whenever canines see a Flip Lok plastic container in their owners’ hands.
Colour Paints Pail Success
After just one year in paint outlets, Taubmans Trends achieved a tad under 40% unprompted awareness in the brand-cluttered, highly competitive mid-price market.
Deep Nesting Crate Almost Halves Return Empty Costs
“I’m not claiming FCC and Viscount Plastics have reinvented the wheel, but the way this 47 litre produce crate deep nests to almost have the costs of road freighting empty crates I’d say we have improved it dramatically,“ suggests Hans Wouters, Fruit Case Company (FCC) General Manager.
Sainsbury's cutting costs over the last 50 metres of retail
In retail logistics the quest is to continually refine the costs and methods of moving products from supplier through to the consumer, particularly over the 50 metres separating the delivery dock from the point-of-sale.
