Waterproof Packaging for Marine / Offshore

If you frequently use, ship or store high value or specialist equipment, the consequences of damage are usually not worth contemplating.

Fortunately, GWPs’ experience in this sector allows to you source extremely hard wearing, waterproof cases guaranteed to protect your equipment regardless of the environment or application.

So if you are experiencing unacceptable levels of damage, or are simply looking to source cases that will protect your new products, GWP Group can help.

GWP Protectives’ waterproof packaging – custom designed cases – are already in operation throughout the world, protecting equipment, in some cases worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, from damage in transit and rough handling in extreme environments.

With extensive experience in the Marine Industry, GWP Protective can provide your business with custom designed, IP rated waterproof cases to suit any application.

As a result, GWP are confident you’re your protective cases will protect any devices, electronics or equipment from being damaged whilst out at sea or surrounded by extreme wet conditions.

We have designed and built cases for various items of equipment used in varying marine market sectors. Storm Case™, Peli™, Nanuk, SKB, Hardigg™ Rota mould and Explorer cases can all be supplied with CNC profiled foam inserts, designed and manufactured in-house by GWP Protective at a modern, well equipped factory.

In fact, GWP are able to offer the largest range of waterproof cases from a single supplier in the UK.

This includes being exclusive UK distributors of EXO Case – an IP rated flight case system designed specifically with marine and offshore sectors in mind. This unsurpassed product range ensures that you can benefit from the optimum solution regardless of your application.

Ultimately, by protecting your expensive, specialist or highly calibrated tools and equipment from both mis-handling and the elements, it eradicates project delays, the need for expensive replacements and improves end user satisfaction and trust.

Besides the waterproof exterior cases, an important part of your products’ protection is achieved through customised foam inserts.

These have a number of benefits. Firstly, with the foam cut to the exact profile of your items, movement in the case is eliminated. This in turn, prevents damage during transit.

Secondly, the level of protection can be engineered to the optimum level, using software which calculates cushioning impact from varying drop heights and exposure to vibration.

Thirdly, the foam insert can be used to quickly highlight any tools missing from the case at the end of the job. These “shadow-boards” prevent expensive or rare tools / equipment being accidentally left on site.

Finally, any foam insert you specify can be further enhanced with laser etching. Besides branding, this can allow you to add important instructions, part numbers or other information directly to foam insert, aiding the end user.

View a selection of the waterproof packaging products designed, manufactured and supplied into marine / offshore industries by the different divisions of GWP Group. Please click the thumbnails for a larger view.

Whilst not strictly related to the oil and gas / marine industries, a common problem that companies who export via sea freight often encounter is that of corrosion.

In fact, several studies estimate that damage caused by corrosion, in storage or transit, costs engineering industries in Europe hundreds of millions of pounds each year.

Utilising a specialist VCI (volatile corrosion inhibitor) coating, your business can benefit from the most effective corrosion preventative packaging as proven in independent tests. As well as protecting your metal products & components from corrosion during transit or storage – reducing the associated costs – this VCI packaging can offer numerous other benefits too.

By eliminating the need for secondary packaging such as films and papers, both packing and unpacking times are significantly reduced, boosting productivity. This also reduces your packaging inventory, leading to cost savings and reduction in storage space required.

Besides this, the VCI coating used is completely safe to handle, ensuring no protective equipment is required. External print options to reflect your brand are available to help boost awareness and future sales, in addition to the effects of reliable supply enhancing your overall company perception.

And of course, this is combined with all of the benefits offered by the regular corrugated packaging produced by GWP, including custom designs, transit damage reduction and even full inventory management.

Oil and gas are essential in our everyday lives. Oil meets 97 percent of the UK’s transport demand, with gas being the leading fuel for both heating and electricity creation. As a result, the UK is second to Norway in the top oil and gas producers in Europe.

Globally in 2016, the IEA Oil Market Report saw an average demand of nearly 96 million barrels of oil and liquid fuels per day – that works out to more than 35 billion barrels a year.

Both oil and gas are providers for the production of many essential daily products for example medicines and plastics – this creates a multitude of jobs within the industry.

The UKCS supports 450,000 jobs in the export of oil and gas related goods around the world.

Additionally, it’s estimated that 330,000 people are employed in the UK oil and gas industry.

A turnover of over £10 billion contributes nearly £3.5 billion to the UK in GVA (Gross Value Added). With both globally recognised companies and SME’s most of the 5,000 companies within the UK, a range of common technologies, skills and a wealth of marine experience has been developed.

Sharing a range of technologies the marine industry also provides support services in the Naval, Commercial, and Offshore Renewable Energy sectors.

GWP Group are a trusted and established supplier to the offshore and marine sectors, and have been for more than 25 years. This has seen GWP work alongside both large scale, multi-national organisations and smaller, independent companies alike.

The range of waterproof cases supplied by GWP obviously lends themselves perfectly to these sectors. A key benefit of GWP – unlike many competitors – is that being independent – we are not tied to only supplying a specific brand of case. This covers everything from the well known Peli™ cases to SKB, Nanuk, Storm Case™, Hardigg™, Explorer, Max and even Zarges.

This offers you a greater choice in terms of performance, sizes, internal options and budget when specifying your waterproof packaging.

And if none of these cases are exactly as required, GWP can produce a custom sized EXOCase which offers the benefits of a moulded case with the dimensional flexibility of a traditional flight case.

GWP can offer you the added benefits of a dedicated customer service team (with an individual assigned directly to your business), an experienced design team and a clean, modern production facility guaranteeing the highest quality products.

The way that GWP also allows us to focus on reducing the costs for your business. This may not simply be about unit costs however, and could potentially cover eliminating the costs of damaged items, lost equipment, improving packing times and extending the lifetime of your protective packaging (minimising lifetime costs).

So whether you need high performance waterproof cases with foam, VCI corrosion inhibiting packaging, or even handling solutions for your manufacturing facility, GWP can help.

If you are experiencing difficulties in protecting your tools or equipment from the elements, need to source waterproof packaging or cases, or simply have any questions, please speak to the team here at GWP.