Recently, Labelmaster announced the addition of CurTec high-performance plastic containers, drums and pails to our already robust packaging offering—allowing us to provide the industry’s broadest assortment of UN-certified primary containers. For Dangerous Goods (DG) pros, the lineup may be the right packaging solution to fit their needs for safe and compliant shipping. Here’s what we’ve learned so far from early customer and partner feedback. 

A variety of options for all industries 

The CurTec line can be used to fill hazmat solids and powders with a simple overpack. And because the containers meet the highest DG safety, security and certification standards and regulations, they are ideal for companies in the pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, waste management, agricultural and food product industries—as well as any others that ship regulated powders or solids. 

Product features that make a difference 

Here are the key ways in which companies are finding that CurTec products can improve safety, sustainability and operational efficiency in shipping: 

• Sustainable design: The CurTec line is made with recyclable plastics that are reusable and easily recycled. CurTec also holds a Gold EcoVadis sustainability rating. The full line is fabricated from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and manufactured to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards of quality and cleanliness. 

As a producer and intermediary, we are responsible for ensuring that customers can buy our product more and more ecologically; each drum can be reused ten times, according to our preliminary calculations. (CurTec customer) 

• Cost-saving and efficiency features: With lightweight products, wide necks, and screw top, press-closed or fold-closed lids, CurTec packaging helps reduce processing time takes up less room in the warehouse. For example, the Click Pack Pails are nestable and take up less space during transportation.  

Click Pack is nestable and therefore takes up far less space during transportation. Where in the past we needed ten pallets, now we only need two. This gives us considerable savings on transportation costs. (CurTec customer) 

• UN certification and compliance: With food- and pharma-grade options, CurTec products are fully compliant with food safety standards such as FDA and FSCE. 

• Reveal and tamper-evident features: An integrated seal shows if a package has been opened, accessed, or tampered with. Any company that manufactures or handles high-value products knows that even a small problem with packaging—from moisture and dust incursions to leaks to difficult opening and closing processes—can cause much bigger issues along the entire supply chain. The tamper-evident strips provide customers with much-needed confidence and peace of mind that their shipments are uncompromised. 

The Click Pack has a unique closing point in which there is only one way to close and open the container which provides clarity. (CurTec customer)

The full assortment of plastic containers, drums and pails are available now. For any questions about Dangerous Goods safety, efficiency and compliance, call us at 800.621.5808 or contact Labelmaster online. 

Labelmaster is a full-service provider of goods and services for hazardous materials and Dangerous Goods professionals, shippers, transport operators and EH&S providers. See our full line of solutions at labelmaster.com.