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Arcwise
Round shaped corrugated board packaging.
Arcwise® is a new technology that provides the unique opportunity to integrate graphic design with curved shaped packaging having the rigidity of corrugated board. A new world of innovative design opportunities along with superior packaging performance and sustainability are enabled. The technology is protected by a portfolio of patents and design protections and is available through license agreements. Arcwise® is a business within SCA Forest Products AB. Corrugated packaging based on Arcwise® technology can be purchased from certified box manufacturers.
Arcwise® supports brand owners quest for new innovative packaging that makes their brands stand out in the highly competitive market place. Packaging has less than a second to grab a customer’s attention in the razor-sharp competition in the store shelves. Research indicates that the shape of an object has a critical influence on how people react to it and objects having curved shapes are preferred before objects with sharp edge.
Arcwise® technology provides light weight, rigid and at the same time curved shaped packaging, which entails designs of e.g. shelf ready packs (SRP) and displays that were impossible before. For example, the technology provides the opportunity to integrate graphic design with curved shapes which is a means to enforce the message that you like to send to the customer. Furthermore, packaging having round corners implies that that the space available for a graphic design can be more or less seamlessly extended to include several panels. The ultimate target is to increase attractiveness and sales among brand owners.
As a result of the curved shape, Arcwise® packaging has in many cases superior performance over regular corrugated packaging due to high compression strength and rigidity. Still, the packages can be transported flat to the erecting/filling operation, which entails efficient logistics.
At targeted strength and stability values, up to 30% material savings are possible. The rigidity is an inherent property of curved shaped objects and there are many examples in nature where objects seek curved shape to optimize its strength. Because of the good material utilization the concept fits well into a sustainability framework.
The Arcwise® packaging concept can be realized in conventional corrugated board machinery and subsequent printing and die-cutting equipment and does not involve significant investments. Arcwise® packaging can be shipped flat from corrugated packaging producers to brand owners (fillers) and attain a curved shape in the erecting/filling process. In Point-Of-Sales, attractive curved shaped packaging designs are set to boost sales among brand owners.
