ENGINEERING NOTES

Ideas built for the production floor.

Practical insight on molded fiber packaging, material choices, and production-ready design.

A grey product block beside three molded fiber trays, each with a different wall thickness and internal structure.
A grey product block beside three molded fiber trays, each with a different wall thickness and internal structure.

Process Engineering

Which Molded Fiber Type Does Your Product Actually Need?

Which Molded Fiber Type Does Your Product Actually Need?

How to work out which molded fiber manufacturing type fits your product — before you ask anyone for a quote.

How to work out which molded fiber manufacturing type fits your product — before you ask anyone for a quote.

Illustration of a tall stack of EPS foam blocks next to a much lower stack of the same number of nested molded fiber trays.
Illustration of a tall stack of EPS foam blocks next to a much lower stack of the same number of nested molded fiber trays.

Getting Started

EPS Foam vs. Molded Fiber: Which Is Right for Your Product?

EPS Foam vs. Molded Fiber: Which Is Right for Your Product?

EPS is one process; molded fiber is four. How type, raw material, logistics and PPWR costs decide which packaging actually fits your product.

EPS is one process; molded fiber is four. How type, raw material, logistics and PPWR costs decide which packaging actually fits your product.

Illustration showing the transition from plastic packaging to sustainable molded fiber packaging, DC Fiber Solutions
Illustration showing the transition from plastic packaging to sustainable molded fiber packaging, DC Fiber Solutions

Getting Started

Transitioning from Plastic to Molded Fiber Packaging

Transitioning from Plastic to Molded Fiber Packaging

Why the move from plastic to molded fiber packaging is no longer optional, and the practical first steps for product companies.

Why the move from plastic to molded fiber packaging is no longer optional, and the practical first steps for product companies.