The case for the packing case
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• To provide the necessary information required for a satisfactory revision of BS 1133 (The Packaging Code) Section 8, Wooden Containers, was the object of a 12-month study by the Timber Research and Development Association which has now published a survey report, Timber Export Packing Cases, £1 (80p to TRADA members) from its headquarters at Hughenden Valley, High Wycombe, Bucks. The compilers visited 36 interested organizations and examined the relevant standards laid down by 13 countries.
"The main impression gained," says the survey, "was of an industry well versed in traditional methods being concerned more with cutting costs by means of production refinements than by developing new methods such as modern fastenings and methods of applying them."