The 3rd major function of Packaging is Transport.
It is a function which ensures that the Coffee you had in the morning, or the new Smartphone you bought for yourself or as an online-delivery gift to your loved ones abroad, is in perfect shape and condition without any physical damage.
The full Supply Chain systems that is developed to ensure successful delivery of goods via import or export is a function of packaging, and help builds brand equity in the market
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. ...
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