Archive boxes withstand the test of time
Professional archiving is a passion.
Take the two types of Merak boxes. They are water resistant and protect their contents against oxidation. For each batch of boxes, the cardboard composition, the puncture and collapse resistance, as well as the inherent acidity are all tested and noted and recorded for reference. Extreme measures? We don’t think so.
Two archive box types
 Professional archivist Merak let’s you choose from two types of archive box. You can store (almost) anything. Characteristics:
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Carefully determined formats. You can store
(almost) anything;
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Exceptional quality according to
norms applied by Merak;
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Handy for in-office handling, calculated for
long-life, even with repeated handling;
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Quality control: each delivery is extensively tested in professional labs.
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Up to 40% space saving
A standard Merak box didn’t get its dimensions by some coincidence. It had to be manageable by the customer. Endless testing with all available sizes of paper and binders brought about this form. A few tips for saving even more space.
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Ring binders with the wide back pointed up?
Neatly ordering all the ring binders with their back facing up may
look nice, but the result is a lot of wasted space as well as the
shifting of the contents. Using an alternating placement you
immediately save 25% of the space usage in each box. Not worth the
trouble?! Think again; because with Merak you pay only the
variable cost for the actual volume of space in use. Worth
checking after all?
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What value is there in storing the binders? A
plastic binder system is equally practical for documents that are
seldom required. And does away with the need to always be buying
new folders.
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Larger boxes? Impractical! The use of
super-sized boxes may possibly reduce the handling costs with the
number of access activities, but you won’t be happy about it. The
larger boxes are not manageable. And what do you do with such
boxes if you ever decide to move to another external archive
manager?
Merak loves archive boxes
Your archive boxes can’t find a
better home anywhere than with Merak. With a storage capacity of 640
kilometres of shelf space for the professional archiving of your
documents. Optimally protected against light, dust, moisture, cold
and heat. Anonymously stocked, but with every box movement being
recorded. So you know who accessed any given document and
when!
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Sealing archive boxes
Do you prefer a system of sealing for certain cases or boxes? Then that happens when they are picked up, in your presence. The seal numbers are then immediately listed on the pick-up list and later in your inventory.
Random stacking of the archive boxes
 Every standard box is assigned a location upon arrival in the Merak archive center. Not according to the customer, the acting warehouse supervisor or the time of arrival, but in function of the available space and the weight of the box. So the boxes from a single sending are spread randomly around the facility, and that is good. A busy warehouse worker has other things to be occupied with than snooping for good luck through hundreds of unmarked boxes!
Merak archive boxes – yes/no
What do you find on a Merak box?
- 1 unique and anonymous Merak barcode
What do you NOT find on a Merak box?
- contents
- owner
- client info
- a big red sticker reading ‘confidential’
- date of scheduled disposal
- etc.
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