product packaging
Sign in to savePackaging is the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, industrial, and for personal use.
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Product packaging is the science and technology of designing and creating containers that protect products during distribution, storage, and sale while also communicating information to buyers. It serves multiple essential functions—containing and protecting goods, preserving their quality, facilitating transport and warehousing, informing consumers, and helping to sell the product—making it an integral part of commerce and everyday life in most countries.
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient era
- Modern era
- Tinplate
- Canning
- Paper-based packaging
- 20th century
- Purposes
- Packaging types
- Labels and symbols used on packages
- Consumer package contents
- Shipping container labeling
- Package development considerations
- Environmental considerations
- Packaging machinery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Packaging is the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, industrial, and for personal use.
Package labeling (American English) or labelling (British English) is any written, electronic, or graphic communication on the package or on a separate but associated label. Many countries or regions have regulations governing the content of package labels. Merchandising, branding, and persuasive graphics are not covered in this article.