Foam packaging is universally liked and used by companies when shipping goods, as it is one of the most highly versatile forms of packaging available on the market today.
It has several things in its favour in that it is light in weight (And hence helps keep carriage costs down), strong and has very good shock absorbing properties.
Yet also it can be moulded to surround just about any goods that you can think of. Nearly every electrical item sold in a box will have some form of foam packaging around it.
Foam packaging comes in several different forms, but nearly all possess the same properties as those stated above.
Foam can take the form of rolls of foam, foam sheets, polystyrene sheets, foam chips of moulded polystyrene, to name but just a few of the main forms of foam packaging.
The advantage of using foam chips is that they can be used to pack out just about any shaped object that you wish to send. They are ideal for packing awkwardly shaped but very delicate parcels. Not only that they are easily recyclable as a packing material, as they can be used time and again, unlike pre-cut polystyrene inserts that can only be used just the once.
The use of rolls of foam is also good if you want to use a material that your customer can recycle. It is very similar to bubble wrap but has even more scratch resistant properties making it ideal for wrapping things such as antiques.
The only down side to buying foam packaging is that it does take up space to store as the majority of it cannot be compressed down in size, but overall it is still one of the best packaging materials you can buy.
