PU packaging foam

Polyurethane foam packaging

PU packaging foam

Polyurethane foam packaging

Polyurethane packaging is a great, cost-effective way to protect your customers' orders during shipping.

Polyurethane (PU) packaging foam is suitable for shipping lower-value or higher-volume products. Less durable and rigid than Polyethylene (PE) foams, PU foam packaging is typically used in less demanding applications. However, polyurethane foam provides good cushioning performance, is lightweight, and is low-cost.

At Suttons Performance Packaging, we are experts in a wide range of foam packaging materials, including Polyurethane. However, our expertise with Stratocell and Plastazote allows us to recommend a foam material suited to your specific product or application. Our in-house designers and conversion equipment also guarantee innovative, optimised, cost-effective solutions to any requirement.

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Benefits of polyurethane packaging foam

Using polyurethane packaging foam can offer your business a wealth of benefits, including:

Low-cost alternative to polyethylene foams.

Suitable for use with corrugated shipping boxes.

Available in pads, sheets, egg crate and profiled options.

Easy for fulfilment staff to pack and seal.

Custom sizes and profiles tailored to your products.

Reduction in transit damage (and associated costs).

Choice of material grades, including anti-static and flame-retardant.

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FAQs

Polyurethane foam is a low-cost packaging foam suitable for lining corrugated boxes, creating pads or sheets for your fulfilment teams to add to packs, with intricate shapes die-cut into the surfaces, or even as profiled egg crate foam.

There is a range of material densities and grades, making polyurethane packing foam an adaptable and versatile option for many applications. Anti-static and flame-retardant grades are also available.

Polyurethane foam for packaging does not absorb water or moisture because of its closed-cell structure. Because the cells are not interlinked, water cannot penetrate the material’s surface.

The process of reacting di‐isocyanates and polyols is used to manufacture polyurethane foams. Both of the products used in this process are derived from crude oil. However, Polyols may also be made of natural oils from renewable sources.

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Why work with us?

As experts across various packaging materials, not just Polyurethane foam, we can offer your business several benefits.

Flexible volumes

We design and manufacture your polyurethane packaging in-house, allowing you to source low and high volumes cost-effectively.

Inventory management

If you have limited space to store bulky foam packaging at your business, we can store it at our own warehouse and deliver it in smaller, regular consignments.

Expert design and prototyping

Our award-winning designers have extensive knowledge of a vast range of foam materials and can provide pre-production polyurethane packaging prototypes.

Knowledge

Our team has vast experience with the challenges many industries face, with particular knowledge in the scientific, aerospace, IT, electronics, engineering, medical and manufacturing sectors.

Damage prevention

Before creating any design, we will gain a thorough understanding of your product and application, allowing us to eliminate transit damage completely.

Ideally located

Whilst ideally located to serve Cambridge and Ely science parks, our fleet of delivery vehicles and UK-wide warehousing network allows us to supply your business wherever you’re based.

Single source

You can source any outer packaging you need – from single-trip corrugated to high-performance protective cases – from us, reducing costs and improving compatibility.

Product range

In addition to custom, high-performance packaging, we can also supply your business with sundries such as tape, stretch wrap, bags, and labels, helping you simplify your purchasing process.

Wide range of options

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We can help with any polyurethane packaging you require. Not only that, but we also assess your requirements before proposing a solution that delivers maximum value to your business. Please get in touch to see how we can help.

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