In 2009 Smurfit Kappa Argentina developed a new large corrugated container to transport blueberries all the way from the fields where they are picked to the markets of Europe, Japan and the USA. Branded as the “Harvester”, the SKG pack consists of 9 separate parts, easily assembled by hand, with all the characteristics necessary for safe transportation – ventilation optimisation, bulge resistance and careful use of various board grades to meet changes of temperature throughout the distribution chain.

The result has been the elimination of the use of non-renewable materials for local deliveries and the opening up of new international markets, making use of the excess production of blueberries which formerly went to waste.