Packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi is expanding its consulting services for its customers: With the new ThinkBox concept, corrugated board packaging can be jointly developed at three locations. Various events, training courses and customised workshops in physical, digital or hybrid formats will also be offered there.
According to Mondi, the ThinkBox is a Knowledge pool, which will be continuously populated by industry and sustainability experts as well as the ideas and expertise of a large network of award-winning designers. The aim is to support customers from a wide range of industries at every stage of their search for improved corrugated packaging. The first three ThinkBox locations are located at Mondi Bupak in České Budějovice (Czech Republic), Mondi Tire Kutsan in Tire (Turkey) and Mondi Ansbach (Germany) and have the most modern test equipment for immediate proof of concept.
Packaging design as a process
With the ThinkBox concept customers should be given the opportunity to realise their full potential in a variety of ways:
- Think Co-Creation - customised workshops to solve a specific packaging problem or to explore how to bring visions to life
- Think Skills - a variety of training courses and events to teach skills
- Think Inspiration - Interactive webinars and information events
- Think Verification - Performance testing of packaging solutions.
The processes are designed to provide a solid range of options and tangible solutions in a short space of time. This is because the ThinkBox is not only intended to promote creativity and knowledge sharing, but also to directly provide the right solutions. People and expertise are brought together. In this way, according to Mondi, the opinions and needs of all stakeholders, external factors, production realities, laws, society and the environment can be taken into account in the design process and fulfil the minimum requirement for a viable product while exploring further possibilities. In this way, potential risks in the product life cycle can be eliminated during the design process.
„Our customers are faced with a rapidly changing environment, driven by legislation or rapid growth, or they have clear goals in mind to ensure their competitiveness. They seek clarity and certainty, often while the clock is ticking. We have the ThinkBox built to provide space and professional advice that every aspect of modern packaging challenges appeals to them. We offer our customers this unique ThinkBox experience to help them achieve their next packaging goal or gain an understanding of the options that support their vision,“ explains Armand Schoonbrood, COO Mondi Corrugated Solutions.
Different focal points of the regional ThinkBox
The flagship ThinkBox is around 500 square metres in size and is located in one of the E-commerce packaging centres of Mondi Bupak in the Czech Republic. The ThinkBox at Mondi Ansbach in Germany has special expertise in the field of Heavy-duty packaging, while Mondi Tire Kutsan in Turkey is focusing on new ideas for the changing market. Retail environment and fresh produce packaging is specialised.
SourceMondi
