Protect & Preserve

Now here comes the 2nd most important function of Packaging - Protect & Preserve. Yes, protect and preserve functions goes hand in hand, and the companies and managers need to first understand the physical damages and preservation method before selecting the packaging material. Protect - It means, protection from physical damages such as vibration, shock, temperature and humidity, tamper-proof etc. Preservation - It means, preventing the product's nature from bio-chemical and analytical changes such as impact of various gases, light, food spoilage, deterioration etc. The most obvious function of any Packaging is Contain. Its the first step to be considered for designing a package. We have to first understand the product's type, its form, its usage and its nature/reactivity, so the selected packaging can deliver the desired Contain function.

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The Innovations that shaped packaging over past 200 years

|| The packaging is a silent salesman. The packaging is responsible for creating the first impression to the customers. This packaging we see today has evolved from being only as a intended use to a tool for communicating and branding. || The packaging we see today revolves around branding, communication and consumer promotion and goes beyond above normal functions such as contain, caring and preservation. Today's packaging also plays a major role in ease of consumers use mechanisms such as simple dispensing systems like bottle opener in beer bottles, child resistant closures etc. Let’s take a look at "The Innovations that shaped packaging over past 200 years" Video Source:

The Medieval Packaging: The era of hunters and gatherers

The packaging is an ancient industry dating back to around 5000 B.C. when the humans were merely hunters and gatherers. The very first need for packaging was felt for the transportation of left over food form one place to another. The movement of tribes and own survival forced them to invent some sort of containers to contain and carry the food, water and tools with them and hence the hard shelled fruits were prized as their first containers. When the earlier cities were domesticated a plethora of packaging materials were used for storage, transportation and protect the essential items. Early protective packaging designs were made of plant leaves and animal skin as they were easily available in the proximity. Bottle Gourds Nuts and bottle gourds were used by these prehistoric people and radiocarbon dating indicates their presence in the Americas by 10,000 years ago. ...

Polymers in Packaging: Polycarbonate(PC)

. Polycarbonate was prepared in 1953 by Dr.H.Schnell(Bayer) AG, Germany, and by D.W. Fox(General Electric), USA. .. The largest formed polycarbonate structure is used in the cockpit canopy of the F-22 Raptor jet fighter in the US Army. … PC is one of the favorite materials for tech products because of its durability and scratch resistance …. Apple iPhone 5c, Nokia’s Lumia 925, and 1020 used sheet extruded PC. # polymer hashtag # polycarbonate hashtag # packagingdesign hashtag # packagingindustry hashtag # packaging hashtag # apple hashtag # iphone hashtag # nokia hashtag # lumia hashtag # plasticpackaging hashtag # wpo

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