Case Study: Mabe achieves improved white-goods protection and reduced packaging cost and weight with Altair HyperWorks

Improved Protection of White Goods through Packaging Optimization

Mabe, a manufacturer of white goods, needed packaging that would protect washers and dryers from drops, impacts and other distribution hazards while avoiding over‑engineering that raises cost and weight. To address this tradeoff, Mabe worked with Altair using the HyperWorks suite to analyze packaging performance against real‑world distribution events.

Altair used HyperWorks to simulate the distribution environment for Mabe’s washer and dryer and ran optimization studies to redesign the packaging. The solution improved product protection while reducing packaging material, weight and associated costs—delivering measurable reductions in material use and enhanced damage mitigation through Altair’s simulation‑driven optimization.

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