Supply Squeeze
Shipping Containers Get Foldable Design as Logjam Cure
- Box shortage, repositioning issues hit factories, retailers
- Foldables solve inefficiency of moving ‘air,’ 4Fold CEO says
4Fold foldable shipping containers.
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Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.