Tubs and Pails: Why Are They So Important For Your Business?

Whether you’re in the food manufacturing business or you manufacture products for the healthcare, animal healthcare, commercial cleaning or automotive industries, tubs and pails can constitute some of the most important tools of your trade. From the small but perfectly formed 125ml tub, to the 60L pail colossus (and all the capacities in between that we stock!) you’d be hard pushed to find a container that allows you to safely carry, store and transport your product with more ease and efficiency than a tub or pail. Not only are they extremely useful, they can be used across all sectors and industries, in a large variety of applications and settings and for a wide range of products, from soups, gravy and ice cream, to vitamin supplements and shampoo, and paints, fish food and dog biscuits. In addition, all of our tubs and pails can be widely recycled in standard facilities, which is a big deal when you’re doing everything you can to be a sustainable business (read more about becoming a more sustainable business in our previous Cambrian blog). Read on to learn all the reasons why tubs and pails are so important for your business… They’re Extremely Versatile, Which Makes Them Extremely Useful! Whichever industry you’re in or whatever it is you manufacture or supply, chances are you’ll be able to use a tub or pail to house your product. The material tubs and pails are manufactured from – polypropylene (PP) – is the main thing that makes them so versatile. Polypropylene is a lightweight plastic that offers excellent compatibility with most chemical solutions and foodstuffs, including acids, alcohols, aldehydes, alkalis, esters and aliphatic hydrocarbons. Importantly, polypropylene is completely food safe and BPA (Bisphenol A) free and complies with the stringent regulatory requirements demanded by the food sector. The great versatility and usefulness of tubs and pails also comes from the fact they can accommodate a wide range of volumes. Our tubs and pails start at 125ml capacity (perfect for storing herbs and spices, for example) and go on to 250ml, 500ml, 1000ml and 2500ml volumes, then 5L, 10L, 12.5L, 15L, 20L, 25L, 33L and all the way up to 60L (perfect for large quantities of viscous liquids such as paint, granular products such as fertiliser, or foodstuffs such as marinades and sauces!). They are also available in a range of shapes and sizes – round, square and rectangular – and with a wide variety of lids, making them an incredibly useful and important tool in a whole host of applications and settings. So whichever sector you’re in or whatever product you deal in, you will be able to find a tub or pail that meets your specific business requirements. If you’re not sure which tub or pail would best fit your business needs, speak to one of our expert team today, or request some free samples to try them out for yourself! They Guarantee Safe and Secure Transportation And Storage Of Your Product Not only is polypropylene a material that offers excellent chemical compatibility, it’s extremely strong and durable too. This means that our tubs and pails can withstand high levels of impact and movement without leaking or cracking, which is especially helpful when you’re transporting chemicals and liquid solutions such as paints and pastes or foodstuffs such as sauces, dips and soups. All of our tubs and pails are also fitted with tamper-evident lids, which guarantees that your product is safe from any unauthorised tampering and contamination until it reaches its final destination. If the product has been accessed, the tamper evident seal will make this obvious to the recipient and they will know to discard it.This is especially important for pharmaceuticals and food items and offers an extra layer of protection while your product is in storage and during transportation. Tamper-evident lids also ensure your customer receives their order in perfect condition, and if you’re in the food manufacturing business, having tamper-evident tubs and pails also means guaranteed food freshness. On our larger tubs and pails, the tamper-evident seal even doubles up as a lever to enable easy lid removal! Bonus! Lastly, and it may seem like a small thing, but the fact that most larger tubs and pails are fitted with a sturdy handle is incredibly useful. It means that your product is super easy to carry and transport without spillages or breakages occurring. If you’re in the food manufacturing industry, here’s a tip! We recommend that the tub pail handles you use are made of plastic rather than steel, because steel handles negate the effectiveness of the metal detectors that are fitted to most food production lines. They’re Great Space Savers When you’re running a busy production line, the last thing you want is to find yourself running out of space to work or to store your product safely. That’s why tubs and pails are so important in helping you run your business efficiently and effectively – they’re so easy to stack and store! Once you’ve filled your tub or pail to its capacity, you can stack it alongside others. As a rule, pails are designed to be stacked up to four high. Experience and your own know-how may allow you to stack them higher, but please bear in mind that if any failure occurs when doing this, it will not be accepted as valid quality control non-conformance. Don’t forget you can stack all your empty pails too, typically one in another, saving even more precious work space. Now we’ve established why tubs and pails are important for your business, read on to see how Cambrian can help you work out which tubs and pails best fit your business needs… How Cambrian Can Help: Our Free Samples Service and 5-Step Process Because our tubs and pails are so versatile and useful and can be used in such a wide variety of applications and settings, it can be a minefield trying to work out which will best suit your own particular business requirements. That’s why we’ve set up our Free Samples Service, so you can test our tubs and pails independently against your product. Sending out free samples to our valued clients is Step 4 of our valuable 5-step process, which we devised to help our customers find more cost effective and sustainable packaging solutions. 1. FREE consultation – a chat about your packaging requirements at a time convenient to you. 2. Analyse current packaging – to ascertain chemical compatibility, level of recyclability and how it reflects your brand values. 3. Specify more sustainable and cost effective packaging alternatives. For example, our new range of 75% recycled 2.5 litre, 5 litre and 10 litre plastic tubs will shortly be coming to the market! These will be Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) exempt because of the high content of recycled material they contain – and will be grey, an aesthetically perfect colour for an environmentally friendly product! Stay tuned to our website and social media channels for more details… 4. Send out FREE samples of these alternatives for you to test independently against your product. 5. Deliver your new packaging directly to you, in the blink of an eye!

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