Packaging materials, types, and industry insights
Paper cups, takeaway boxes, and baking bags are often grouped under paper food packaging, although the conditions they face during use can be quite different. A cup holds liquid against its inner wall, a...
A package can look fine on the shelf and still cause trouble once it gets home. A snack bag splits along the side instead of across the top. A pull tab slides between two...
A shipping box needs enough room for the product and the material placed around it, yet empty space inside a package is not automatically useful. When a product can move freely inside the box,...
Packaging often contains several layers because each material can serve a different purpose. One layer may provide strength, another may help keep moisture away, while another can support sealing or protect the contents from...
Anyone who has watched a column of boxes begin to lean knows the feeling that follows. There is a brief moment when the stack seems fine, then a slight shift somewhere in the middle,...