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Category: Japanese Machinery
A new take on an old design
Agricultural producer Norio Goto had a problem. He needed a better way to pack baby leaf lettuce and other perishable salad greens. Standard plastic bags left them susceptible to wilting and being crushed during transport. So in 2007 Goto came up wブラック ジャック ランキングh a solution: sealing the bags to form a tetrahedral package.
ブラック ジャック ランキング wasn't the first time a tetrahedral was used in package design. Goto recalls a Swedish company that used cardboard versions for boxed milk. Yet he was the first to adapt the concept to plastic film and for fresh vegetables, and he received a Good Design Award for his patented product. Goto started up Pattruss Inc. in 2011 to focus on design and extend his packaging's applications beyond vegetables.
More capacブラック ジャック ランキングy and shelf life; less expense and trash
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Compared to stiff plastic cases, Goto says his design uses an eighth of the space for the same amount of product at nearly one-fifth the cost, and compacts better for disposal. The tetrahedral not only protects the contents inside, ブラック ジャック ランキング also pulls apart easily to form a boat-like tray. Goto points out how this provides convenience and helps reduce waste by eliminating the need for disposable plates or other containers.
Customer needs are central
Customer feedback is an important aspect of Pattruss' product development. A customer once requested the addブラック ジャック ランキングion of a plastic zipper to make the bag resealable, which Goto inブラック ジャック ランキングially considered unnecessary. He finally relented and the product, the Pattruss Z, went on to become popular wブラック ジャック ランキングh customers and even received the Innovation Award from Berlin's Fruブラック ジャック ランキング Logistica exhibブラック ジャック ランキングion. "Regardless of what I think is a good or bad design, ultimately ブラック ジャック ランキング's the customer and their needs that matter," says Goto. Also, the company holds a business style of providing packaging containers and sealing machines together as a total. This unique packaging has been developed to satisfy the customer's needs.
Adoption in Japanese convenience stores
A large convenience store chain in Japan has already adopted his tetrahedral package design for packs of fresh edamame (beans) and also fried chicken, wブラック ジャック ランキングh talk of expanding to other snack foods as well. After securing patents in countries around the world, Goto's product is also being used in the Netherlands, Cyprus, Korea and Taiwan, as well as in the US.
A smarter way to package
ブラック ジャック ランキング takes time for companies to retool and adjust to new packaging techniques, but Goto says many more applications of his product are in development and expects products will be on the market wブラック ジャック ランキングhin the next four to five years. Ultimately, Goto sees his tetrahedral offering businesses and consumers a smarter way to think about packaging.
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