UPS and Sealed Air Corporation have entered into a partnership to help customers maximize the efficiency of their packaging solutions, minimize packaging waste, and reduce annual shipping costs.

According to UPS, its customers will be able to take advantage of package engineering expertise and services at Sealed Air’s 27 Packaging Application Centers worldwide, which provide design, testing and performance analysis.

“Our partnership with Sealed Air provides a powerful suite of products and services to businesses operating in the booming e-commerce arena, which is expected to grow at three times the rate of GDP,” said Alan Gershenhorn, chief commercial officer of UPS. “We are focused on providing the tools, products and services that our business customers need to efficiently, cost-effectively, and sustainably drive their operations forward, while at the same time, continuing to provide convenience, choice, and control to consumers.”

Sealed Air will also be part of the UPS Customer Technology Program which connects small- and medium-sized businesses with best-in-class vendors of hardware, software and peripherals.

“E-commerce is perhaps the most important consumer goods revolution of the last 15 years and companies like UPS and Sealed Air have transformed themselves to serve it,” said Jerome A. Peribere, president and chief executive officer of Sealed Air. “As industries continually strive for increased efficiency and consumer satisfaction, we have the distinct ability to make an impact: on the environment through the elimination of damage and void waste, on cost efficiency by optimizing package dimension, and on customers through an enhanced at-home experience.”

The partnership will begin in early 2017 and customers will be able to see the new solutions at a Sealed Air showroom at the UPS Supply Chain Solutions facility in Louisville, Kentucky, according to UPS.