Plastic packaging solutions

Complete packaging solutions and their components

From concept through production, we deliver complete packaging solutions and services to optimize supply chains and reduce customers' total costs and environmental impact.

Our engineered, highly protective plastic packaging solutions include trays, inserts, cushioning, large containers, rack dunnage, pallets, lids, and more. We specialize in custom packaging solutions that can be complemented with standard offerings.

Our manufacturing capabilities: Thermoforming, injection molding and more

We handle every step of the process in-house—designing, prototyping, testing, tooling, and manufacturing—by leveraging our extensive machine capabilities and the expertise of our plastic packaging specialists. With a diverse range of manufacturing processes, including injection molding, thermoforming, and urethane casting, we have the flexibility to create a wide variety of products using an array of resins.

Global supply and local service

Nefab offers over 75 years of expertise in designing, manufacturing, and supplying industrial packaging, with operations in 38 countries and 130 locations. We provide global packaging solutions for industries such as LiB, E-mobility and automotive, telecom, datacom, semicon, and healthcare equipment, ensuring regulatory compliance and efficient supply chains. Combining global coordination with local expertise and capabilities, we deliver customized packaging and logistics solutions with personalized customer care worldwide.

Developing plastic packaging solutions: From packaging requirement to solution

1. Design and engineering: Based on customer needs, our engineers develop custom concepts designed for optimal manufacturing methods and materials while considering the entire packaging flow.
2. Samples and prototypes: Nefab quickly and cost-effectively produces samples and prototypes using various methods including 3D printers, thermoforming and urethane capabilities. 
3. Testing: In our certified ISTA labs, samples undergo rigorous testing.
4. Tooling: Nefab has in-house tool and mold workshops worldwide, along with a partner network, to efficiently create tooling.
5. Manufacturing: With our wide variety of manufacturing processes, we produce custom packaging solutions tailored to your needs.
6. Logistics services: Nefab provides added logistics services, including assembly work like adding labels, holders, inserts, and tracking devices. Pooling services ensure returnable packaging is repaired, cleaned, and delivered when needed.
7. Circular support program: Nefab provides global expertise to uncover reusability opportunities in supply chains and maximize recycling benefits. We can also implement take-back programs with customers, collecting used packaging for recycling at the end of its life.

Reusable plastic packaging

Nefab’s approach to reusable plastic packaging focuses on creating durable, lightweight, and space-saving solutions designed to minimize waste and reduce environmental impact.

• Reusability: Our returnable packaging is engineered for multiple uses, with options like collapsible and nestable designs to lower return freight costs and materials optimized for easy cleaning and low weight. Modularity is another way of extending packaging lifetime. A durable outer container is reused across multiple applications, while custom inserts can be replaced or adjusted to fit different products.
• Services: To support our customers with the logistics of handling a returnable packaging pool, we provide pooling services, along with a digital platform for tracking and managing returnable packaging logistics.

Plastic recycling and Nefab's take-back programs

Nefab is dedicated to reducing material use, incorporating recycled materials, and enabling recycling.

• Reducing material: Through innovative designs like replacing traditional PE foam with Reflex cushioning, our engineers minimize material usage while maintaining product protection.
• Recycled content: By using up to 100% recycled materials, including post-consumer recycled plastics, Nefab reduces reliance on virgin resources, cuts landfill waste, and lowers CO2 emissions by up to 35%. Additionally, the use of recycled plastics can save 30-50% in costs compared to virgin resin.
• Recyclability: Our engineers design for recyclability from the outset, incorporating recyclable materials in mono-material designs or with components that can be separated effortlessly.
• Recycling programs: To close the loop, Nefab is developing take-back programs with customers, collecting used packaging at the end of life for recycling and reintegrating materials into the value chain, fostering a scalable circular economy.