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Shockwatch A precision impact detector that puts you in control whenever your product moves

Prevent mishandling of your shipments with Shockwatch.  If your products are protected, so is your bottom line. With Shockwatch, your shipments get the careful treatment in transit that you and your customers demand.  A Shockwatch® Label alerts handling personnel that your shipment is being monitored.  Carriers will be as interested as you are in avoiding damage claims.  Simple and cost-effective, Shockwatch adds real accountability to your shipping program. The results?  Reduced costs for repairing or replacing goods, and reduced time spent settling disputes and re-establishing customer confidence. What is Shockwatch® Shockwatch is a precision impact detection device that senses and indicates a magnitude of shock.  Non-mechanical and non-magnetic, Shockwatch features a tiny liquid filled glass tube housed in a self-adhesive label.  If a carton bearing a Shockwatch label is dropped or roughly handled, Shockwatch reacts instantly.  The liquid in the tube changes from clear to bright red, providing indisputable evidence that excessive impact has occurred. Normal movement or road shock won’t activate Shockwatch – only the specific impact for which it was designed. Shockwatch labels utilize a very aggressive adhesive.  All components are relatively unaffected by moisture or normal temperatures.  Once activated, Shockwatch cannot be reset. Shockwatch demands attention Does a carton labeled “Handle with Care” really get special treatment?  Shockwatch is more that a passive warning.  The Shockwatch label cannot be ignored because it provides immediate evidence of mishandling.  With Shockwatch, the burden of proof is on the carrier.  The Shockwatch program can even be incorporated in to your contract of carriage. Over the past 15 years, more that 70 million Shockwatch® labels have moved through the worlds transportation corridors, safeguarding the goods of the worlds best-known corporations.  In fact, Shockwatch is now the single most recognized “Handle with Care” label in the world.  It is distributed in more that 27 countries in many different languages.  Regardless of the language, the message is universal: DON’T MISHANDLE THIS SHIPMENT.

Why should Shockwatch appear on your shipments?

An American Packaging Council study indicates that an average shipment is dropped 7 to 14 times from 1-32”.  1% are impacted above 32” inches.  That means up to fourteen opportunities to damage your products and your bottom line. Shockwatch has a proven record of improving the intact delivery of products like: • Sensitive computer and electronic equipment • Avionic instruments • Furniture • Calibrated devices or component parts • Medical equipment • Automotive parts • Works of art

Shockwatch is prevention, pure and simple

Recognised by carriers worldwide, the Shockwatch label affixes directly to shipping cartons and turns from clear to red if a carton is dropped or mishandled.  You match the sensitivity of the Shockwatch label to the level of impact your product and packaging can withstand.  Fewer abusive incidents means less damage.  It’s that simple.

Thousands of the best known companies in the world trust their shipments to Shockwatch every day.  No other monitoring product is more recognizable or offers a better reliability record.  Shockwatch® ensures the quality you built into your product is still there when your customers receives it.

The Shockwatch label is part of a complete Shockwatch shipping damage control program that gives you the control to:

• Reduce damage by preventing mishandling
• Determine when and to what extent your products were dropped or mishandled
• Make a quality statement about your products
• Pinpoint problem carriers or routes
• Add a psychological dimension to your packaging
• Reduce administration and field service costs
• Help bring damage claims to a quick resolution
• Protect against warranty abuse
• Build and maintain good carrier and customer relationships

A Shockwatch solution can be tailored to fit your needs

Shockwatch® labels are available in four stock sensitive levels, ranging from 25 to 150 G’s.  Regardless of the amount of impact your product can withstand, there’s a Shockwatch label specifically designed to protect it.  The adjacent Shockwatch® Selection Guide will help you choose the right Shockwatch® label for your product by matching the mass of your shipment to the anticipated handling environment.  Custom sensitivities are also available.

The Shockwatch Clip extends your control

The Shockwatch Clip adds another dimension to your quality control program.  The Shockwatch® Clip is mounted on the product itself to provide impact detection at every phase of product lifecycle; during manufacturing, in-transit, even in use by the final customer.