You might remember that industrial designer [Eric Strebel] tried to make a collapsible silicone container with 3D printed molds a few weeks ago, and was finally successful after dozens of attempts.

Shipping containers that can fold and use less space are gaining some attention as ports and warehouses handle massive overloads of backlogged crates. Intermodal containers, better known as shipping ...

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply disruptions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency ...

New Jersey-based company’s collapsible shipping containers can be shipped over the road five at a time. Staxxon says its new product can improve logistics in the handling of empty containers, creating ...

The humble shipping container has truly come into its own over the last decade as architects and designers have innovated ump-teen new ways of re-purposing the standardized metal box. But what about ...

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