Harpak-ULMA announces new 3D printing service for tray packaging prototyping

Harpak-ULMA, a provider of smart, connected packaging solutions, has launched a 3D printing service specifically tailored to tray packaging prototyping.

This service offers a unique way to quickly, easily and cost-effectively customize tray designs to meet specific marketing requirements. Customers can access the service in person at the Customer Experience Center in Taunton, Massachusetts to customize their tray designs.

Compared to traditional design methods, Harpak-ULMA’s 3D printing service allows for unmatched flexibility and versatility in prototyping. Customization can involve dimensions, complex features or brand elements, making the service particularly attractive to small businesses or those with limited budgets. Traditional prototyping is labor-intensive, time-consuming and involves long lead times and significant costs – a drawback that the 3D printing service effectively addresses.

“Our new 3D printing-enabled package prototype services eliminates these barriers, shortening the prototyping process from weeks to months to hours – with commensurately lower costs,” notes Joshua Allen, Harpak-ULMA’s Marketing Director. “It also facilitates quick and inexpensive iterations. You can easily incorporate feedback from testing and evaluation into successive prototypes. That kind of iterative approach leads to better final products. This is another example of how leveraging technology can improve the customer experience, which is central to our go-to-market philosophy. Beyond leading the industry with our solutions, we seek to elevate our customers’ packaging lifecycle experience – from design to operations and maintenance.”

3D printing technology not only reduces waste, but also supports more environmentally friendly prototype development.

“We are always seeking to embrace pragmatic technological advancements that have a quantifiable and demonstrable impact on our customers’ performance,” he explains.

For more information about Harpak-ULMA’s customer experience centers and the new 3D printing service for packaging prototypes, please contact the company. Harpak-ULMA will also be exhibiting at Seafood Expo North America, which takes place March 10-12 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.