The definitive reference at the paper and paperboard packaging sector.

Now in a completely revised and up-to-date moment version, this ebook discusses the entire major varieties of packaging in accordance with paper and paperboard. It considers the uncooked fabrics, the manufacture of paper and paperboard, and the fundamental homes and contours on which packaging made of those fabrics relies for its visual appeal and function. The manufacture of twelve varieties of paper- and paperboard-based packaging is defined, including their end-use purposes and the packaging equipment concerned. the significance of pack layout is under pressure, in addition to how those fabrics supply packaging designers possibilities for imaginitive and cutting edge layout ideas. Environmental elements, together with source sustainability, societal and waste administration matters are addressed in a committed chapter.

The e-book is directed at readers established in businesses which manufacture packaging grades of paper and paperboard, businesses interested by the layout, printing and creation of packaging, and corporations which manufacture inks, coatings, adhesives and packaging equipment. will probably be crucial interpreting for college kids of packaging know-how and technologists operating in nutrients production who're clients of paper and paperboard packaging products.

Praise for the 1st Edition

‘This ebook is a worthy addition to the library of any forward-looking corporation by means of offering in-depth assurance of all features of packaging which contain the main ecologically appropriate fabric, particularly paper and paperboard.’—International magazine of Dairy Technology

‘...a welcome contribution to a box the place assurance was once formerly restricted to subject-specific books... or to unmarried chapters in textbooks on broader elements of packaging technology.’—Packaging expertise and Science