Wednesday, 11 July 2012 11:30

SCA’s Tork launches ergonomic packaging system in Europe Featured

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The European cleaning industry is experiencing growth. At the same time, the high rate of work-related health problems associated with that growth means improvements in the sector are needed. The SCA brand Tork ® has taken on this challenge, launching Tork Easy Handling ™, a new ergonomic packaging system to help relieve some of the burden of the job.
 
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With the aim of contributing to a better working environment for cleaners, Tork conducted an observational study that included more than a hundred cleaners and customers from four countries (Germany, France, the Netherlands and Sweden) in different sectors.
 
The study included observing cleaning workers in their daily work and subsequently interviewing them. This provided Tork with new insights, which have had a strong impact on the industrial designers and engineers who worked on the new packing solution for Tork Easy Handling.
 
“The new packages have been designed with one purpose in mind – to make working life easier for cleaning personnel, improving the ergonomics and efficiency of the tasks they perform,” says Kristian Grennfelt, Packaging Development & Industrial Design Center Manager for Tork.
 
Tork Easy Handling is being launched throughout Europe. The system consists of the plastic container Carry Pack and the cardboard box Carry Box. The system introduces a number of characteristics that are more efficient and ergonomic compared with traditional packages, such as new handles that allow a cleaner to carry a cardboard box in each hand.
 
Tork Easy Handling Carry Box will also be launched in North America this summer.
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