BUSINESS BALLOONS AT APTI.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer VALENCIA - A walk through the warehouse reveals odd bubbles in all shapes and sizes, space-like air pockets encasing wine bottles, delicate crystal vases and pricey laptop computers. Air Packaging Technologies Inc. has, until recently, provided solely to industrial companies what its president calls ``a superior packing alternative to protect against shock and vibration'' during transport. But a new contract with office supply giant 3M is taking the Valencia- based protective packaging outfit to the consumer market, marketing air cushion air cushion n. 1. Trapped air that supports a vehicle a short distance above the surface of land or water. 2. A device that uses trapped air to absorb the shock of motion, especially in vehicles. Also called air spring. packaging for stemware stem·ware n. Glassware mounted on a stem with a broad base. , fragile gifts and other household breakables. ``We don't compete in the low end, with (packaging) peanuts or bubble wrap bubble wrap n. See bubble pack. bubble wrap Noun a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used to protect breakable goods ,'' said Donald Ochacher, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Air Packaging Technologies. ``Our product is reasonably expensive and suitable for high-value items.'' The public company located in the Valencia Industrial Center will continue to manufacture custom-order packaging in the semiconductor, medical and dental industries, but its contract with 3M enabled the company to reach households and small businesses. APTI's relationship with cellular phone manufacturer Motorola began after the communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. reported up to 20 percent breakage when transporting ultra-fragile silicon wafers. ``If you're shipping a cell phone or a radio, you don't need to pay a little more for our product - these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. are designed to be dropped. But our patented products are versatile and are designed to protect $250,000 in silicon,'' Ochacher said. The 20,000-square-foot warehouse contains tons of noisy machines, but the laboratory is equally important in producing the air-filled plastic protection. ``We're able to check the product's performance under all types of conditions. We even have an altitude chamber See: hypobaric chamber. to simulate flight'' during airborne transport, said Ochacher, a lawyer who joined the company two years ago. ``We can protect a bottle of wine you want to send your grandmother for Christmas. But it's also a form of advertising,'' he said. ``We call it the `wow' effect.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) President and CEO Donald Ochacher shows some of Air Packaging Technologies Inc.'s protective products. (2) Air Packaging Technologies Inc. of Valencia produced this promotional package for an Internet company. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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