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Change the way you package your bikes with Bipak

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Change the way you package your bikes with Bipak

Posted on 4 Dec 2017

Bipak is an award winning bike packing solution from Smurfit Kappa.

Bipak road bikeSmurfit Kappa's designers devised a packing procedure to facilitate easy, smooth and fast delivery of the completed cycle. A support is attached to the bike frame and placed in the outer protecting the forks and front brake assembly. A triangular cover clips around the frame securing and separating the handlebars and frame from other parts.

A support for the rear wheel locates the bike in the outer. Another box-shaped support contains documentation and small parts. A folder style fitting contains the front wheel, featuring multiple creases to accommodate different wheel and tyre specifications.

Key benefits

  • A 3D set of ‘Best practice' packing instructions ensures the bikes are packed precisely, by anyone in the workforce.
  • This pack can be used by retailers and manufacturers or those wanting to travel with their cycle.
  • Each fitment is marked in sequence A, B, C to aid ease and speed, and has vastly improved packing.
  • The transit pack is 100% FSC® corrugated cardboard and can be disposed of easily by the consumer in the normal waste stream.
  • The outer carton can be plain or printed to suit any customer requirements.
  • Originally designed for Cotic Ltd, Sheffield.
  • This packaging approach enhances the quality of the consumer's ‘magic moment' of first unboxing.

Retailers or suppliers wishing to order or for more information on the Bipak please call Claire Clarke 07841 080 084 on or alternativley you can email claire.clarke2@smurfitkappa.co.uk

About Smurfit Kappa

Smurfit Kappa, a FTSE 100 company, is one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world, with around 45,000 employees in approximately 370 production sites across 34 countries and with revenue of €8.2 billion in 2016. We are located in 21 countries in Europe, and 13 in the Americas. We are the only large-scale pan-regional player in Latin America.

With our proactive team we relentlessly use our extensive experience and expertise, supported by our scale, to open up opportunities for our customers. We collaborate with forward-thinking customers by sharing superior product knowledge, market understanding and insights in packaging trends to ensure business success in their markets. We have an unrivalled portfolio of paper-packaging solutions, which is constantly updated with our market-leading innovations. This is enhanced through the benefits of our integration, with optimal paper design, logistics, timeliness of service, and our packaging plants sourcing most of their raw materials from our own paper mills.

Our products, which are 100% renewable and produced sustainably, improve the environmental footprint of our customers.

Follow us on Twitter at @smurfitkappa and on LinkedIn at ‘Smurfit Kappa'.

Or visit or website for more information smurfitkappa.com

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