The Packaging User’s Handbook

The first version of this book, Packaging Materials and Containers was published in 1967 and was revised extensively ten years later under the title The Packaging Media. Some thirty or so authors were involved in producing the initial texts for these books, and I must acknowledge their material, muc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paine, Frank A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Introduction
  • 1 Introduction
  • B Packaging Materials
  • 2 Wood and wood-based materials
  • 3 Pulps and papers
  • 4 Paperboard
  • 5 Metal packaging
  • 6 Glass
  • 7 Plastics
  • 8 Adhesives
  • C Retail Packaging
  • 9 Packaging with flexible barriers
  • 10 Folding boxboard cartons
  • 11 Rigid and cylindrical boxes and composite containers
  • 12 Metal cans
  • 13 Aerosols (pressurized containers)
  • 14 Metal and plastic collapsible tubes and aluminium foil containers
  • 15 Glass containers
  • 16 Moulded pulp, expanded polystyrene, moulded and thermoformed plastic containers
  • 17 Closures and dispensing devices for glass and plastic containers
  • 18 Decoration of packaging
  • D Distribution Packages
  • 19 Cylindrical shipping packages
  • 20 Rectangular shipping containers
  • 21 Flexible shipping packages
  • 22 Pallets and unit loads
  • 23 Package cushioning systems