FedEx TechConnect Opens New Package Testing Lab
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has announced that FedEx TechConnect has opened a new package laboratory.
The facility consists of a 30,000+ square-foot location that will serve both big and small FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight customers, providing free package testing and design services.
FedEx handles about 10 million packages per day and commerce on this scale requires a scientific focus on proper packaging.
“Packaging is a critical part of the supply chain and the work done in this new state-of-the-art facility will help ensure the safe transportation of our customers’ shipments,” said Cary Pappas, president and CEO of FedEx TechConnect.
“This new facility is not only a testing and design center, it’s a customer education center. This lab allows our engineers to test and develop new packaging solutions and provide our customers valuable guidance.”
The new laboratory uses the latest technology and testing protocols, including equipment that drops, squeezes and shakes various forms of packaging to test their strength and effectiveness.
The facility’s advanced environmental controls maintain the temperature and humidity in the laboratory’s preconditioning room and materials testing room to within 5% industry tolerance.
Category: General Update
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