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SAFE WINE PACKAGING

For many years we have been helping Czech, Slovak and sometimes Austri-
an and German winemakers, by collecting their wines and sending them on
pallets to international wine competitions. This is one of the advantages of
a joint approach - incomparably lower transport costs and simplified admi-
nistration taken care of by those who can do it. How to properly pack wines
for long transport? We walked this path ourselves, when we were looking for
ways to safely transport wines to competitions in the USA, South Africa, Mol-
dova, Israel and South Korea, while complying with local regulations on labe-
ling, strength, recyclability, content of emitted substances, etc.

Ladislav Horčička
He has devoted his entire professional life to the development
of ecological paper packaging. He graduated from the Institute
of Chemical Technology in Pardubice in the field of printing
and fiber composites. Since 1993, he has been developing his
company Servisbal obaly s.r.o., which has become one of the
top companies in the Czech Republic in the field of deliveries
of packaging within 24 hours, while also offering specialized
packaging solutions that save the costs throughout the entire
logistics process.
We approached an experienced card- I want to draw attention to the current topic
board packaging designer, a court-appo- of sending bottled wines from e-shops, which
inted expert in the field of packaging, pac- have been mushrooming. How to ensure that
kaging technology and damage to goods parcels reach customers safely and without
due to defective packaging, who assesses damage through transport companies?
whether the damage in the destroyed ship- Hundreds of thousands of parcels are delive-
ment was due to the carrier‘s inattention or red by the post and shipping companies every
improper packaging of fragile contents. We day. Next day delivery is commonly requi-
believe that the pictures clearly speak for red and expected in Europe. In order to be
themselves. able to handle such a large number of them,
Then we will give the floor to one of the most processes must take place automatically
world‘s largest manufacturers of cardboard and on a large scale. This means that it is not
packaging. Nicki will inform you about possible to take into account the nature of the
trends and current technologies. packaged goods when sorting the parcels in
depots.
I‘m a wine lover, I look forward to the wine Different shipping companies have slightly
I have ordered. I am happy when the parcel different transport conditions but in general
arrives in good condition and I can then look they all use similar types of transport and hand-
forward to spending a pleasant evening with ling equipment. Each shipment - parcel will
friends and a glass of good wine. face a whole range of various risks during trans-
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