Packaging is the technique of storing or placing a product be it liquid, solid or powdered into a protective container or wrapper to protect, carry, identify and merchandise the product. Packaging of any product is a vital link between the manufacturer and the consumer for the safe delivery of the product through the various stages, starting from manufacturing, storing, transporting, distribution to marketing. Click here for Packaging Products

Functions of packaging

• Packaging must protect and preserve the commodity right from the time it is packed to the point of consumption.
• Packaging should be such that it is suitable for the chosen selling and distribution system.
• Packaging must be attractive to the consumer.
• It should be consumer friendly such that it is easy to open, store and dispose.
• Most important of all is that packaging of any product should help in selling the product. The shape of the package should be advantageous to dispensation and reclosure and to its disposal and reuse

Packing materials

• Paper and paper based products : They are in the form of cartons, boxes, bags wrappers, etc. The advantages of paper are its low cost, relative weightlessness, easy disposal, easy availability in various types etc. The main demerits are it is of low tear and wet-strength. However they are durable if they are properly treated or coated.
• Plastics : Flexible plastic packaging films are used to make bags, wrappers, pouches while a wide variety of rigid plastics can be used as thermoformed, like cartons, bottles etc. These are of two types of plastics for packaging-high polymers which includes polypropylene, polystyrene, polyester etc. and low polymers which includes cellophane (coated with polyethylene).
• Aluminum foil : A very popular packaging material. It has good barrier properties, is greaseproof, shrink-proof, tasteless, odorless, hygienic etc.
• Timber : This is used in the form of box, tub or barrel. It has an attractive appearance and necessary mechanical strength. The packaging can be treated with casein-formalin, or spread with paraffin-wax or plastics, so that it becomes more water resistant.
• Glass : It is found in the form of bottles, jars, jugs etc. It is transparent or opaque. It has the merits of strength, rigidity. It acts as an excellent gas and water vapor barrier.
• Tinplate : This is a thin sheet of mild steel coated on both sides with a layer of pure tin. It has good strength, excellent barrier properties. It is used in the form of cans.
• Laminates : Some typical laminates for packaging are paper polythene, cellophane-polythene, and polyester-polythene. Laminations are made for various reasons such as follows
  • To strengthen the film material.
  • To improve barrier properties.
  • To improve grease-resistance.
  • To provide a heat-seal surface etc.

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