Liberty Intercept Blog

Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions with Intercept

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:47:10 GMT

Navigating the Storm: Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions with Intercept

Consider all the global supply chain problems the world has faced in recent years, including:

Recent Dock strikes: Labor disputes have led to delays in cargo handling.
Suez Canal and Red Sea blockages: Cause significant disruptions to maritime trade routes.
Storms and other weather events/natural occurrences.
Accidents: in 2024 a cargo ship crashed into a bridge column in Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse and port closure for three months.
West Coast dock labor issues: COVID-related challenges and labor disputes have impacted port operations.
Trucking stalled: because of a lack of drivers due to COVID.
Major Logistics companies: Closing their doors for good.

Protect Product Integrity Against Corrosion from Condensation

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:39:48 GMT

Condensation, often manifested as water droplets forming on cold surfaces in humid environments, poses a significant risk to product quality and longevity. This phenomenon is especially prevalent during shipping and storage, where temperature fluctuations are common. Any resulting condensation will accelerate corrosion, leading to product defects, performance issues, and financial losses.

Contaminants present on product surfaces exacerbate corrosion when combined with condensation to form an electrolytic solution. The rapid onset of corrosion can result in visible damage upon product unpacking, rendering products unusable or non-compliant with warranty terms. Even when corrosion is not yet visible to the eye, product failure is accelerated due to corrosion.

To mitigate the risks associated with condensation and corrosion, several preventive measures can be implemented:

Contamination Testing

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Tue, 21 May 2024 15:02:06 GMT

Packaging Plays Starring Role vs FOD

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Mon, 20 May 2024 19:54:44 GMT

In the battle against foreign object damage (FOD), packaging plays a vital role in safeguarding products against contamination.

Customer Service is Top of Mind for Elaine

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:23:39 GMT

"What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?" – George Eliot, Novelist

Lady Liberty Copper Corrosion Over Time

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:03:28 GMT

“The first step to change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

~Nathaniel Branden

Intercept Covers, Liners, Inserts

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:48:20 GMT

“The first step to change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

Engineered to Recycle - Waste Not

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:35:24 GMT

Listed below are some outstanding applications for recycled plastics. There are so many more to consider, but these piqued my interest. Commitments from industrial leaders to build products with recycled plastics help to create the market, generating incentive and adding value to industrial and consumer packaging produced with recycled materials.

Recycling and Packaging Waste Impacted by Industry

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:34:32 GMT

There is a well-intended drive in motion to eliminate single-use packaging, because the world is choking on trash and it’s only getting worse. A very large part of the problem is that developed nations are shipping their trash to developing nations, which necessarily are the least prepared to manage it. Too often in the process, trash spills into waterways leading to oceans, disrupting and entangling animal inhabitants, and presenting a health hazard for the residents of these developing nations. All of these factors and more create a mess that is most imperative to solve, and which is something that can be corrected with our help.

Contamination in Manufacturing, Defined

jspitz@libertypackaging.com (Joe Spitz) — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:25:19 GMT

“It is never possible to predict a physical occurrence with unlimited precision.” - Max Planck

Contamination of manufactured products is a broad-ranging subject. Let’s first review the definitions of “contamination” and, since even the definitions are topically wide, we’ve narrowed in to a couple that make sense for the manufacturing industry.

From Wikipedia: “Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that spoils, corrupts, infects, makes unfit, or makes inferior a material, physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc.

In environmental chemistry, the term "contamination" is in some cases virtually equivalent to pollution, where the main interest is the harm done on a large scale to humans, organisms, or environments."

"An environmental contaminant may be chemical in nature, though it may also be a biological (pathogenic bacteria, virus, invasive species) or physical (energy) agent."

That which damages humans will damage materials and products as well.

Astute engineers and businesses will also look at contamination from a legal perspective.

From Law Insider: “Contaminated Product means a product that contains a Prohibited Substance that is not disclosed on the product label or in information available in a reasonable internet search;

Contaminated Product means Product that has one or more of the following characteristics: (a) contains foreign substances not inherent or naturally occurring in Product; and/or (b) fails to meet Operator’s minimum specifications.”