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Everything about Packaging
Enclosure or protection of products
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. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PackagingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Recent Advances and Trends in Advanced PackagingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: PlateformeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: An Overview of Polylactides as Packaging MaterialsCited 3,285 times
- Go sideways: Corrugated box designA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Intermediate bulk containerA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of package
Noun The act of packing something.
Noun The materials used to pack something.
Noun The industry that produces such material.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
An Overview of Polylactides as Packaging Materials
Clumpak : a program for identifying clustering modes and packaging population structure inferences across K
A Third-Generation Lentivirus Vector with a Conditional Packaging System
Biodegradable polymers for food packaging: a review
Applications of nanotechnology in food packaging and food safety: Barrier materials, antimicrobials and sensors
Bio-nanocomposites for food packaging applications
Advanced mammalian gene transfer: high titre retroviral vectors with multiple drug selection markers and a complementary helper-free packaging cell line
Mechanical Recycling of Packaging Plastics: A Review
🆕 Influential since 2022
Recent Advances and Trends in Advanced Packaging
A comprehensive review on polylactic acid (PLA) – Synthesis, processing and application in food packaging
Chitosan for food packaging: Recent advances in active and intelligent films
Sustainable and Bio-Based Food Packaging: A Review on Past and Current Design Innovations
Biopolymer-Based Sustainable Food Packaging Materials: Challenges, Solutions, and Applications
đź“š Books worth reading
PlateformeMichel Houellebecq · 2001
Packaging designMarianne R. Klimchuk, Sandra A. Krasovec · 2006
The packaging designer's book of patternsGeorge L. Wybenga, Lászlo Roth · 1998
Handbook of Aseptic Processing and PackagingJairus R. D. David, Ralph H. Graves · 2012- 📕Food and Package EngineeringScott A. Morris · 2011
- 📕Food PackagingGordon L. Robertson · 2005
Food biochemistry and food processingBenjamin K. Simpson · 2007
The packaging development processKristine DeMaria · 1999
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