Why is professional document shredding a must for any business?

It doesn’t matter what profession you’re in, what field of expertise, whether you handle state secrets or secret recipes, the threat of your valuable or personal information getting out and into the hands of your rivals and competition is a serious threat.

This blog post will outline the ways in which a professional document shredding organisation can help you, and what you should look for and keep in mind when hiring your professional document shredder.

Five ways a professional document shredder can save your company money

Here are five reasons why hiring professional document shredders is a great idea for your company and will save you money to boot!

1. Ensure Document Destruction- By hiring professionals you are ensuring that they are doing professional work. Professional document destroyers pride themselves on their discretion and ability to reduce your secrets to ash.

2. Save money and space on storage- Rather than costing you money, document shredding will actually save you money by reducing your need for space in storage areas and, of course, by keeping your valuable intellectual properties out of other people’s hands.

3. Minimise chance of ‘espionage’- Depending what line of business you’re in there is a good chance that someone, somewhere would like to get a look at your secret documents to get an advantage over you. Ensure that your business is espionage proof with professional document shredding services.

4. Clear out your records- Another great thing about hiring professional document destroyers is that you can clear out all the old documents that you don’t need that you are unsure about. They may or may not hold valuable information to your company that you no longer require but your competitors would love to get a look at. Clear out your records and keep secrets safe with professional document destruction.

5. Streamline your business- It’s a simple fact that by clearing out your old records, ensuring that any sensitive data is destroyed, and reducing clutter in your physical work spaces you are going to streamline the efficacy of your business so you can focus on the more important day to day activities of earning money and building your business.

Three things to look for in your professional document shredder

Here are some things to keep in mind and ask your potential document shredding organisation about before hiring them to complete your document shredding tasks.

1. Discretion- Make sure your document destroyer understands the need for discretion; being discreet is a huge part of why you would want to hire their services in the first place.

2. Expertise- Make sure your hire of choice has the right equipment and facilities to get the job done right and in a discreet fashion.

3. Experience- Go with a company that has a proven track record for secure document destruction and ask for referrals and testimonials.

Hoxton Industries supplies its customers with the latest in document shredding techniques combined with the very best and most discreet service in the industry. If you have sensitive documents that you can’t afford to see the light of day, then get in touch with the team of document shredding experts at Hoxton Industries today. Hoxton Industries is an Australian Disability Enterprise, which has been operating since 1969 and currently offers employment to over 100 people with disabilities.

What packaging is right for my product?

In the modern business world where globalisation and world markets are a part of every business model, it can be hard to get quality solutions for basic problems. One of the most common problems companies face is how to find the right packaging solutions for their products.

Whether you have sophisticated electronics to transport from one country to another, or food supplies to move from a distribution centre to your shopfront, this guide is designed to give you an idea of the kind of packaging options available to you in the modern market and some suggestions for what is appropriate for different product types.

Packaging Products- What are the options?

Generally speaking, packaging of consumer grade products can be sorted into five categories, within which lie any number of sub-categories and combinations. These categories are; plastic, metal and aluminium, cardboard, glass, and foam.

Plastic Packaging- By far the most prevalent packaging in the global economy du jour. Plastic packaging can be used for just about any packaging concerns you have. From solid plastic boxes to plastic air bags for cushioning and shrink wrapped bags for specialist items; plastic is the all-round all-star when it comes to packaging goods.

Metal or Aluminium Packaging- You may have seen bubbly, sugary drinks wrapped in red aluminium cans, or tins of fish on your supermarket shelves, metallic packaging, including the ever popular aluminium variety has been around for years, it’s tough, allows food to stay fresher for longer, and is easily moulded into any shape you desire for branding or shelf stacking possibilities.

Cardboard Packaging- Cardboard is great for not only creating the ubiquitous cardboard box but also for the inside of the box where you can place corrugated cardboard inside bigger boxes to protect your goods, slash cards so nothing gets damaged when being opened, and let’s not forget; cardboard makes for an amazing design template to make your product jump off the shelf!

Glass Packaging- Before polymers there was glass for every kind of drink, sauce, and condiment. Nowadays glass is reserved for specialty items more often than not. Glass is still a great looking product that is great to handle and gives your product innate value.

Foam Packaging- Normally reserved for padding out other packaging goods, foam has great impact resistance and is often used as a cushioning device in packaging for delicate goods.

So what packaging is right for my product?

The simple answer is that unless you have a product that is easily contained within one of the above categories, chances are you are going to have combination of a number of the above. Just think about all the consumer products you have bought over the years; many big ticket items like televisions come with a combination of foam, plastic and cardboard components, while something like soft drink or condiments require glass or aluminium for on shelf storage and cardboard or plastic for transportation, few items will only require only one source of packaging to ensure that your product looks great and arrives in store in a safe condition.

Hoxton Industries is an Australian Disability Enterprise that has been providing businesses with superior packaging manufacture and design for over 40 years. If you need help figuring out how to best market your products then get in touch with the friendly and knowledgeable team at Hoxton Industries today and we will work with you to ensure your products have the best protection and packaging on the shelves.