Conditioning and Packaging
Introduction
Packaging is a container or wrapper that temporarily contains products, mainly to group units of a product for handling, transportation and storage.
Other functions of packaging are: protecting the contents, facilitating handling, informing about its handling conditions, legal requirements, composition, ingredients, etc. Within the commercial establishment, the type of packaging can be useful when selling merchandise thanks to its graphic and structural design.
Container and packaging
The difference is established between:
Packaging Examples
The most common models or types of secondary packaging are:
Other packaging elements are:
Material used for packaging
More and more companies are opting for ecological packaging for their products,[1] not only will it differentiate them in the market with an eco-friendly brand image, but they will also be helping the planet with minimal action in their company.
Due to a growing environmental awareness in the population, electronic commerce or ecommerce chooses to use more environmentally friendly packaging, replacing plastic and other unsustainable materials. For example, it has become very fashionable to use cardboard and recycled paper to make boxes with different thicknesses and resistances, very practical for international shipping or even wrapping an original gift.
Regarding food packaging, there is a wide variety from PLA for cold foods to containers made with sugar cane. As resistant as any packaging made of plastic and even suitable for microwaves.
Packaging and labeling
Packaging and labeling constitute the wrapping or protection that accompanies a product "Product (object)"), but at the same time it is part of its characteristics and meets several objectives: