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TriState Crating and Pallet Co. Inc. is proud to announce that, as of last September 2024, we have acquired all accounts from Vandereems Mfg. Co., a long-standing generational crating company based in Hawthorne, NJ.
To our new customers: we are committed to delivering the same high-quality products, exceptional service, and competitive pricing that you’ve come to expect.
Company focuses on difficult to ship items from fine art to industrial machinery
Lebanon, TN: Crate Pros (www.cratepros.net), a custom packaging, crating, and shipping provider, recently opened their 12,000 sq. ft. Nashville area facility aimed at providing turn key packaging and shipping solutions for industrial and residential customers in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
In today’s digital world, people easily connect to others around the world through information and data, but when it comes to shipping possessions and freight, there often are not viable solutions for oversized, fragile, high value, heavy, or export items. “For residential customers our focus is helping them with their difficult to ship freight that might be too large for the UPS Store or too fragile or costly for movers to place on a moving truck,” says Tim Slicker, founder and general manager of Crate Pros. “Whether it be fine art and antiques or a grand piano, we go to great lengths to ensure the freight is expertly packaged, reasonably priced, and that it arrives safely and on-time to the destination,” says Slicker.
For commercial customers, Crate Pros aims to be seen of as an extension of an organization’s logistics and shipping team. This could mean providing just in time crates to support the production of finished goods or performing on-site packaging and crating of industrial machinery that is being relocated to a different facility. “Whether it is a commercial or residential job, we offer a turn key approach to customers that includes pick-up, packing, crating or boxing, shipping, delivery, and any other custom service that might be needed,” Slicker explains.
While Crate Pros is a new company, Slicker is not new to logistics and transportation industry, having begun his career as a logistics officer in the Army as a captain during the liberation of Iraq and Baghdad. He has held numerous other operational leadership roles in companies like General Mills and Bridgestone, and most recently was the general manager at a leading national crating franchise in Nashville. Slicker is a West Point graduate and holds an MBA from Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Graduate Management. He resides in Murfreesboro, TN with his daughters Ainsley and McKinsley.
eCommerce in India is growing like anything but infrastructure still needs to develop to really sustain it. I think its growing since market needs it and bridges are built only when rivers are being crossed. Effective Packaging and right logistics are critical for the survival, growth and sustainability of E-commerce.
The Roles of Packaging in eCommerce:
Ecommerce typically involves direct to consumer delivery and so packaging must perform number of critical jobs to maintain the expected value of the product. Some of the issues are:
Inefficient packaging
Frustration to open
Frustration due to big boxes to fit into standard sizes and use of too many air pillows
So what is the solution? We really do not know but one solution could be On demand Packaging or customised packaging supplies on short notice for the small orders etc.
To fill this gap, we invite you to share your experience with us and also let us know if you are offering packaging solutions, materials, machines or anything to make eCommerce much more successful and we will then be happy to connect you with the right buyers.
The details can be emailed to info@packagingconnections.com or posted at our blog http://www.packagingconnections.com/blog/2015/02/19/packaging-for-ecommerce-and-challenges-specially-for-india/
Happy buying online!
Sandeep Kumar Goyal
Founder & CEO
www.PackagingConnections.com
ANSI A190.1-2012, American National Standard for Wood Products - Structural Glued Laminated Timber is now available from APA's online Publication Library. The Standard provides requirements for the production of structural glued laminated timber, including size tolerances, grade combinations, lumber, adhesives, appearance grades, and manufacturing information. It also describes the required quality control system for the laminator including: plant qualification, daily quality control, the functions of an accredited inspection agency and product marking.
This 40-page brochure is only available as a free downloadable PDF. Click on the link to download ANSI A190.1-2012, Standard for Wood Products - Structural Glued Laminated Timber, Form ANSI A190.1-2012.
The other two Standards, ANSI 405 – 2008 (previously AITC 405) American National Standard, Standard for Adhesives for use in Structural Glued Laminated Timber and ANSI 117 – 2010 (previously AITC 117) American National Standard, Standard Specification for Structural Glued Laminated Timber of Softwood Species will be available later this month
By a novelty in the construction of the MP Box pallet cages the manufacturer of the MP Box succeeded in making a foldable pallet cage, which is fully functionally for loading and unloading with only 2 or 3 walls of its detachable walls snapped onto the pallet.
Functional benefits
Loading
One or even two walls can be taken out during the loading of the pallet box. This gives the box an easy entry on one or two sides.
The remaining standing walls can be used for the goods to be stacked against them. Your warehouse employees just walk into the pallet cage to stack or place the goods on the bottom. Goods do not longer have to be lifted over a folding window. Thus preventing possible physical back-problems and reducing absenteeism.
Unload
During unloading one or two walls are removed by simply clicking the 2 bench hooks from the pallet.
With the easy access that is created, oversized or heavy items can safely removed from the pallet box by simply walking in and out through the open sides.
Construction
The four walls of this box pallet each have 2 clamps which attach them to the pallet edge. Furthermore, on the bottom rim of two (or four) walls are short pins which fit in holes which are made in the pallet.
The MPbox has been constructed in a way to let one person quickly and easily assemble and disassemble the walls.
Range
This newly developed contruction is available on almost the entire range MP Multiboxes . The heights range from 35cm to 220cm (inside height).
With these walls -as with our standard pallet walls- a pallet box of double height can be build, simply by putting 4 walls directly ontop of the first 4 walls. This creates a double net internal height of eg 1600 or 2200mm, from which with this new construction the front is still fully removable during loading and unloading.
There is also a version available for use with nestable plastic pallets.
Benefits & Well-being
The well-being of warehouse employees at the respective loading and unloading processes will significantly improved with the use of the Walk-in Pallet box.
Back-aches are prevented mainly because the goods can be loaded and unloaded without protruding the arms, but can be put on the pallet floor right at the feet keeping a straight back.
For employees who regularly load or unload pallet boxes this modified workflow will lead to significantly less physical complaints or risc for future complaints.
Financial benefits are achieved because the process of loading and unloading becomes not only more comfortable for the employees, it also just goes faster. And time is money.
Videos & Photos
Two videos of the Walk-In Pallet box are shown here.
On the product page you can seed more detailed pictures.
More info at: inf@MPpackaging.eu or call us: +31 (0)40 76 000 20
RICHWISE AUSTRALIA, the Melbourne based importer of the premium Russian made birch plywood, is proud to announce its recent FSC certification.
With the FSC certified plywood already being available from its Russian suppliers for quite some time, Richwise Australia decided it’s necessary to complete the FSC chain of custody (CoC) in order to offer fully FSC certified materials to the Australian and New Zealand markets.
With the increasingly popular Russian made plywood already boasting such outstanding environmental credentials as CARB2 ULEF (Ultra Low Emission Formaldehyde) and E0 emission, local environmentally aware architects and designers will now also have a choice of the FSC certified material.
For more information please review this article on the Selector
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Matt Croson
President
(301) 986-9700 ext. 111
Matt.Croson@ascouncil.org
ASC REQUESTS PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF “ASC TRAINING ACADEMY”
Council to Develop “Fundamentals” and “Basics of” Training Modules to Support Industry Demands
February 9, 2012– Bethesda, MD – The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) requests proposals for developing the “ASC Training Academy,” a comprehensive, web-based training effort designed to educate new employees at member companies on the “fundamentals of adhesives and sealants” and to train end users on the “benefits of adhesives and sealants.”
The ASC Training Academy will cover a full array of subject matter including: Adhesives 101, Sealants 101, Additives 101, and Rheology 101 to support member company needs. For end users, including design engineers and project engineers, the subject matter would focus on how adhesives and sealants can benefit specific market segments, including packaging, building and construction, transportation, and other top market segments that use adhesives and sealants.
The formal Request for Proposals (RFP) is found here.
“ASC’s Training Academy will become a powerful tool that can be used to ensure Member Company employees are fully aware of the fundamentals of the science behind adhesion and sealing, while also sensitizing the end user community to how adhesives and sealants can be leveraged to their advantage,” notes Matthew E. Croson. “In the future, ASC’s Training Academy will play a strong part of the Council’s efforts to fulfill its long standing vision of being the “essential center of knowledge…for suppliers, manufacturers and end users.”
ASC believes consultants, professors and training professionals with a background in adhesives and sealants are ideal candidates to respond to specific Academy modules outlined by ASC’s Technical Committee.
“ASC is willing to work with any and all organizations and individuals who believe they can deliver the information that industry is requesting,” adds Croson. “Because of the complexity and wide range of uses for adhesives and sealants, we expect that many different organizations and individuals will be part of the Training Academy as Content Providers.”
The ASC Training Academy will be a primary part of the new adhesives.org website being developed for a March 2012 launch. Adhesives.org was produced in 2008 to serve as an educational portal supporting the end user community.
“ASC’s Training Academy is a natural extension of the good work that has been done via adhesives.org to educate the end user community on how adhesives and sealants work,” notes Croson. “The Training Academy will give end users a reason to come back to use the site, to share it with co-workers and colleagues, and make it an active part of their continuing education effort, which is needed with so many innovations happening within the space.”
The RFP asks for responses by March 30, 2012. Proposals will be reviewing ASC’s Technical Committee and Executive Committee. The goal is to develop modules in a timely manner and launch programs in 2012. The sessions will be designed for a web interface, and will include “live” presentations with “on demand” ability via adhesives.org.
The full RFP, developed in collaboration with the ASC Technical Committee, is found here.
Questions can be directed to Matt Croson, ASC President, at matt.croson@ascouncil.org or 301-986-9700, ext. 111.
New Technology Controls Moisture In Containerized Cargo.
Contact: Ken Petsch
Tel: 904-696-0010
Email: ken@buffersusa.com
New moisture control technology overcomes limitations of traditional pouch type desiccants to reduce product loss from moisture damage during shipment.
Buffers USA is the exclusive supplier of a new line of moisture control products that prevent damaging buildup of moisture in containerized shipments. The products -- based on technology developed by Swedish firm Absortech™ International AB-- remove moisture from the air and trap it in built-in collectors.
According to John Hove, President of Buffers USA, “traditional pouch type desiccants do not permanently remove moisture from inside a container but rather continually absorb moisture until they become oversaturated then release it back into the air. Eventually the pouches loose their absorbing ability and can actually leak water onto the cargo. This new technology incorporates built-in collectors that trap the moisture as it is absorbed, preventing its re-release.”
The technology is available in a variety of product designs that meet the needs of specific container load configurations and types of cargo. ABSORPOLE™ is designed for any type of crated cargo or tightly stuffed containers. ABSORBAG™ is configured for any type of cargo that allows about 4” space (100 mm) between the cargo and the sidewalls and not loaded higher than about 5’ (1500 mm) from the floor. ABSORTOP™ is the most compact unit, designed for very tight bulk or packaged cargo loads. All these products are effective with both bulk and packaged loads, for items ranging from sensitive electronics to household furnishings to agricultural commodities.
Mr. Hove observed, “When moisture damage occurs, the business loses money in two ways. First they lose the value of the spoiled cargo and the money spent on shipping that spoiled cargo. They also incur additional costs since they now have to rework or replace the damaged goods and reship them. In the past, businesses were resigned to absorbing these losses, but with today’s higher transportation costs that is no longer a viable option. Reducing moisture spoilage in the original shipment is the best way to protect revenues and profitability.”
More information about the new technology and its applications is available on the company’s moisture products website (http://www.desiccant-solutions.com) and on a CD available upon request from the company.
About Buffers USA: Buffers USA designs, manufactures and distributes products for the intermodal transportation industry including ship’s lashing and hatch cover parts, container, van trailer and chassis parts, chassis twistlocks and pinlocks, cargo control for trucks and flatbeds, moisture control technology, thermal bulkheads, anti-theft products for containers and packaging and cargo handling products for warehouse operations. It operates through a dealer and distribution network in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. It has warehouses in Florida, Michigan and California. Headquarters are located in Jacksonville, Florida.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology Recognizes Cascade TEK Front Range Test Facility for Innovative Product Testing.
Longmont, Colorado - January 9, 2012: Environmental test provider Cascade TEK’s Front Range environmental testing facility in Longmont, Colorado was recognized this month by the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT) for its innovative product testing services. The Colorado test facility began offering product reliability testing in July of 2011.
“The response to the new Front Range facility has been very positive,” said Cascade TEK Vice President Mary Babitz. “With the closing of the Oracle – APT Testing Lab to outside customers, Cascade TEK jumped on the opportunity to meet Colorado’s need for environmental testing services. Between our Hillsboro, Oregon and Longmont, Colorado laboratories, our test capabilities continue to expand.”
By mid January the Longmont, Colorado Laboratory will add:
- 2500lb capacity incline impact tester for ISTA package testing. Cascade TEK is ISTA Certified for package testing.
- 150g – 8’ arm centrifuge for crash safety tests associated with RTCA DO-160 Avionics (The 2nd centrifuge at the Colorado lab)
- 40,000lbf electro-dynamic vibration system. (The 4th vibration system to come on line)
• Free Fall Shock Tower
“Making sure we continuously expand test capabilities is crucial to the success of Front Range,” noted Babitz. “Our customer’s test requirements are ever changing. It’s our job to have the test equipment they need to help bring products to market as quickly as possible.”
It is this dedication that has made the Colorado testing facility so successful. Front Range recently acquired certification from the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) for package testing. Cascade TEK provides a broad range of testing services for the automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical and packaging industries.
Testing services available at Cascade TEK’s Front Range (http://www.cascadetek.com/testing-services.html) include vibration, shock, temperature and humidity, thermal shock, sand and dust, UV exposure, salt-fog, altitude, rapid decompression, g-force acceleration, IP (ingress protection)and ISTA package testing. Read more about Cascade TEK’s testing services on the CAMT website (http://camt.com/content/innovative-manufacturer-cascade-tek).
About Cascade TEK: Cascade TEK is dedicated to product reliability testing, specializing in vibration testing, shock testing, package testing, and salt spray and fog testing. The company was founded in 1992 and has become the Northwest's premier environmental testing lab and recently expanded into the great Denver, Colorado area. Visit Cascade TEK (http://www.cascadetek.com) to learn more about Cascade TEK’s product testing services.
Press Contact: Kathleen Martin
Phone: (971) 533-7223 kathleen@outliersolutions.com
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Wooden Crates Organization has announced a comprehensive project to provide clean, easy-to-use, free copies of government standards for wood shipping containers and transport containers of all types in a convenient online database. The project is the first of its kind from the only organization in America dedicated to the wood shipping container industry, and provides a much-needed service.
Most of the logistics and transportation specifications in the transport packaging industry were developed and refined by the U.S. government from the 1950s to the 1980s. Because of technological limitations, these documents were typewritten and had minor flaws that made them difficult to read — and often unusable — after multiple photocopies.
A newer yet similar set of standards has been available for a fee from ASTM International, but because of the fees, many packing and crating companies have opted to simply avoid following the protocol altogether.
“My experience in the industry over the past 20 years leads me to believe that more than 50 percent of the people that make wood shipping containers have never even seen the standards for them, and more than half of those that have seen them have great difficulty in understanding them," said Wooden Crates Organization founder Jeff Duck.
The database at WoodenCrates.org provides a clean, organized and more accessible version of the specs for wooden shipping crates and more. Extensive proofreading has eliminated errors that could lead to serious design flaws, and crating standards are easier to understand in their new version. Links have been added that provide further information, as well as helpful sources. The documents are simpler to find and search through than ever before, as they're named and organized logically to allow for easy, permanent access.
"The importance of streamlining military specs is tremendous," explained Paul Vieria, chief engineer at Specialized Packaging Solutions in Newark, California. "The new index will allow quicker discovery and more efficient production, which will give all companies involved greater profitability. I applaud WoodenCrates.org for taking on this time-consuming step."
However, the project is not complete. WoodenCrates.org has plans to upload, update, and refine over 100 additional documents to offer visitors a complete resource for shipping container standards and guidelines.
"We hope that our website allows manufacturers to make safer, more reliable products that meet and exceed guidelines," Duck said. "This type of free resource has been in demand for a long time, and we're happy to finally provide it."
The refined standards are available free of charge on the Wooden Crates Organization's website, www.woodencrates.org.
About The Wooden Crates Organization:
The Wooden Crates Organization (WoodenCRATES.org) was founded in 2002 to promote the use of renewable and eco-friendly wood packaging. WoodenCRATES.org is a web based industry community that provides informational and educational resources to both manufacturers and consumers of wood transport containers. WoodenCrates.org strives to fill the needs of the transport packing and crating industry by connecting all relevant parties via one established website.
The Wooden Crates Organization
Crystal Monet, 800-577-2447 x703
crystal@woodencrates.org
or
Marcel Gauthier, 800-577-2447 x704
marcel@woodencrates.org
Brussels, October 12th - The European Federation of Wooden Pallet and Packaging manufacturers (FEFPEB) has announced a new public relations campaign to promote wood as the raw material of choice for pallets and packaging.
Entitled ‘Packaging from Nature’, the initiative will communicate the economic and environmental benefits of timber use in packaging and pallets, particularly compared with alternative materials such as plastics. It will be active across Europe, with the aim of presenting “a powerful, accurate and consistent message” about timber use in the industry, in countries represented by FEFPEB, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK. It is being funded by FEFPEB members, representing the manufacturing sector, as well as pallet pools and associate members.
The campaign will be in contact with the major industry and logistics magazines and online news sites across Europe, targeting packaging users and decision makers, as well as NGOs. FEFPEB is also encouraging its members to include the logo and website on their company websites, and to make use of the other resources to educate customers on the benefits of timber pallets and packaging.
The campaign resources are based online to give maximum accessibility throughout Europe, and have been launched in FEFPEB’s first language, English. They will be available in French, German, Italian and Spanish by the end of the 2011.Versions of the Packaging from Nature logo (above, right) will also be produced.
A website, www.packagingfromnature.com, has been set up featuring information about timber’s benefits for the environment; questions left unanswered about plastics, key facts and figures about timber use; as well as news, media resources, downloads and further useful links, including social media sites.
Information sheets about the benefits of timber, plastics, facts and figures, and the issue of biomass have been produced. These sheets are now available to download free of charge from the website.
Gil Covey, FEFPEB President, said: “The launch of a Europe-wide campaign is great news for the European timber packaging and pallets industry. Timber is the first choice in the manufacture of these essential products because it is better for the environment, is less expensive and sustains many more jobs – at least half a million in Europe alone – than any other packaging material.”
“We estimate that €40 billion worth of product is moved on wooden packaging and pallets every year in Europe alone. In the face of increasing competition from plastics and other competing materials we need to ensure that businesses across Europe have a good understanding of the clear advantages of using wood.”
“The Packaging from Nature campaign gives us a universal message and means of communicating it in countries represented by FEFPEB, through news and contact with the European press. We are encouraging our members to make full use of this activity, and to use the logo and link to the website to make sure their customers are aware of the compelling environmental and economic reasons for using timber.”
Following the launch of the campaign this month, news releases will be issued to European media throughout the coming year. A press office based in the UK will handle all queries from European media.
FEFPEB currently represents more than 20 associations, which account for 1,000 companies.
The MEP visited last Friday the companies, FUSTEK, CATENVA and SERRAENVÁS with D. Francisco Pons, Secretary General of CONFEMADERA, and representatives of FEDEMCO.
By FEDEMCO’s invitation, MEP Andrés Perelló visited last Friday three companies of the wood packaging sector in the province of Valencia, to learn first hand their manufacturing processes.
He was accompanied by D. Francisco Pons, Secretary General of CONFEMADERA (Spanish Confederation of Wood) and D. Fernando Trénor, General Manager of FEDEMCO.
At the company FUSTEK SL, the process of peeling poplar and veneer manufacturing was explained highlighting the national origin of this important timber crop.
Then at the company CATENVA SL, Mr. Perelló met D. Juan Aquino on behalf of D. Jose Aquino, CEO and member of the Governing Board of FEDEMCO, and saw the different stages of manufacturing plywood from veneer.
As a member of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament, Mr. Perello was particularly interested in the efficient drying of veneer from the generation of heat energy in a boiler by the recovery of wood waste generated by the industry itself .
Already at SERRANVÁS SL, D. Eleuterio Donat, Manager and Executive Committee member of FEDEMCO accompanied the MEP on a tour of their facilities to show the assembly process of wooden crates. Mr. Perelló asked about the different materials used, the quality of printing marks, the high performance of the assembly line and service capability in time developed by the sector.
Finally, D. Bernardo Lorente, President of FEDEMCO, gave a dinner to Mr. Perello and his companions. In a relaxed atmosphere, the current issues of EU were discussed and especially the recent challenges in the management of food safety and consumer protection (Mr. Perello is also a member of the Food Safety Commission). Moreover, Mr. Perelló confirmed its commitment to continue to defend claims in Brussels of timber industry and packaging, especially with regard to food compliance of wooden crates for fish.
More information:
Roberto García, Marketing & Communication
rgarcia@fedemco.com
FEDEMCO
Deploy Tech, the leading provider of technology solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, announced that Jeffrey R. Duck, founder and CEO of Deploy Tech, was invited to present his recommendations and findings for the wooden crating industry at the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International) Committee D10 on Packaging’s semi-annual meeting held on October 13-15, 2002 in Norfolk, VA. The ASTM International is a not-for-profit organization that provides a global forum for the development and publication of consensus standards for materials, products, and systems. The Committee D10 on Packaging is the lead entity that holds jurisdiction of over 135 packaging related standards published in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.
“We are privileged to have such an esteemed colleague in Jeff Duck to present at our meeting,” said, Mr. Roger Young, Chairman of ASTM’s D10.26 Subcommittee. “Our industry has been overwhelmed with a number of issues regarding the lack of common standards and regulations that are easily accessible and transferable. Mr. Duck has offered a set of recommendations that I believe will help to alleviate many of the current issues and improve the transport packaging industry, including wood box and crating, as a whole.”
Mr. Duck is a veteran in the crate packaging industry. He has spent numerous years developing solutions that benefit manufacturers and freighters within the crating industry. His hands-on experience and research within the industry, where 75% of wood box and crate manufacturers do not use terminology set forth by both government and/or military standards, formed the basis of his recommendations to Committee D10. The presentation delivered to a group of 15 top industry professionals that form the influential D10 Committee, focused on simplifying the convoluted classifications and terminology inherited by ASTM International from archaic military specifications, by proposing a new guideline to create a common set of crate definitions. The key recommendations delivered in the presentation included:
1) Providing a new set of standards for wood boxes and crates built outside of current parameters/standards;
2) Redefining standard terminology by simplifying terms and defining acronyms;
3) Developing a common set of classifications for wood box and crate specifications; and
4) Instituting assembly method standards for container applications.
“Jeff’s presentation is a good start in further refining the standards in the packaging industry,” said Elmer Kuhlman, founder of the American Wood Packaging Association. “The D10’s role is to develop and define standards that benefit the industry and I believe Jeff’s hands-on experience provides solid insight for the future. Jeff has always been a visionary in developing new solutions to improve our industry.”
“I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to present my recommendations to the Committee,” said Jeffrey R. Duck, CEO and founder of Deploy Tech. “My presentation was developed based on my research work and experience with manufacturers and freighters, where efficient processes and quality construction is key. My proposal is focused on simplifying manufacturing standards and developing a common ground to ensure the container industry is ‘speaking the same language.’ There are so many different classifications and definitions that the current regulations and standards are rarely instituted in the manufacturing process. I believe my recommendations will be a solid foundation to further strengthening the wood box and crating industries.”
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WoodenCRATES.org has proven to be a valuable resource for our company. Two days after registering, we received a call from a company that found our information on the website. I am very pleased to say that they are a regular customer for our Chicago facility now. One new customer alone has more than paid for advertising on the website.
WoodenCRATES.org allows proven companies to introduce themselves to larger markets, and better educate themselves with what's going on in the industry. This site is a great tool for the industry and has wonderful information for the end user. I very much recommend registering your company with WoodenCRATES.org.
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