Packaging   has positive and negative impact on the environment. The negative impact  include resources use and the effect of packaging related wastes and emissions. The positive impact is that packaging consumer goods facilities their distribution and thus make it possible to obtain goods otherwise not accessible.

The packaging industry is one the oldest industries that has been around since the beginning of man. Early man used vessels and containers made of natural materials in form of leaves, nuts or gourds, bamboo, coconut shells animal skin, wood as a packaging material for transporting, storing, and protecting food and tool related items.  

You growl if anyone says “Dabba banaate ho” (you make boxes) You follow your experience and knowledge to open a pack, rather then mere tearing or twisting it. You can spend countless hours in retail stores or hyper marts simply by ‘just’ looking at the packaging of different products

Stories are always interesting to hear, no matter what your age is. An adult equally enjoys reading a story book (may be called as a ‘novel’) just like a child does. Packaging Connections have lot of activities happening in the same interesting way. Based on our members engagement on our services and their popularities, here are the top 5 stories of Packaging Connections –

During World Environment Day 2018, the theme was "Beat Plastic Pollution" and slogan was "moving towards  a plastic-free future". But don't you think blaming plastics alone is not right. It is true disposable plastics, bottles and non-recyclable waste is the worry of every one but banning all the plastics is definitely not the solution. 

We have started our Adoption programme to increase the sales of packaging companies. We would be adopting 5 such companies and would promote their business free of charge and that too globally. Our idea is to make sure packaging grows.

Paperboard is coated with plastics to combine the mechanical properties of the paperboard with the barrier and sealing properties of plastics. Paperboard combined with a relatively small number of plastic materials will provide the extra features needed to make the paperboard suitable for a number of specially demanding applications.

"Packaging is like a soul to the body". It provides life to the product by protecting it from environmental spoilage, gives shelf appeal, provides information to the end customer and many others. Often, packs are designed such that they directly conveys the "key role" of the product to the customer.

Being Packaging professional have we ever thought of the problems faced by elderly people while designing a package, especially medicines. There are lot many surveys which are done time to time for finding the answer of this question.

Years ago, packaging salespeople were extremely valuable to customers because they were the holders of information. Without salespeople, customers were hard-pressed to uncover facts and gain insight on pricing, product specifications, similar and innovative applications, and industry trends.

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TwinPak handles to club store customers that require a bundle of pharmaceutical bottles, most commonly for multivitamins and ibuprofen. Its a great way to bundle. This is quiet efficient and sustainable way of bundling. PakTech is the comapny offering this systema nd have many more options.

Money makes money is the popular saying.  

BitSecure copy detection pattern by the Competence Center Schreiner ProSecure is a printed digital security feature  based on a high-resolution, cloud-like random pattern.

All wine lovers will know the horror of pouring a bottle with elegance and perfect form, only to look down and witness drips of wine dribbling down the neck and falling on to the table/sofa/floor. The heartbreak. The humiliation. The wine stains on your sweatpants. Dr Perlman first noticed that the dripping was the most extreme when a bottle was full or close to full. 

The market for injection devices – autoinjectors and pens – is rapidly growing. Factors such as the trend toward self-medication, the increasing incidence of chronic diseases and a growing biotech sector all play a part and require innovative solutions.

The first one ever in the world? Avery did! To be more exact it was R. Stanton Avery who invented it in 1935, launching a new company and a new industry. These innovative products were manufactured in a 100-square-foot rented loft space in Los Angeles.

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT FOR PACKAGING INDUSTRY (ISPI) was a concurrent event held along with Indiapack Pacprocess 2017.

Everyday most of us spend at least 5 minutes to think, what we are going to wear today? Why we waste these precious 5 minutes? Have you ever think… I think the answer is …”To make ourselves stand out of the crowd, selection of clothes is very crucial. So this workout of 5 min is worth it.”

Going with gravity: in everyday life you will be pulled in all the different directions by various people and situations around you and you loose focus. Same happens with packaging professionals too, every department can give you gyan to make packaging better by pulling in different directions.

Uflex, a company that we met at Packplus 2017, is the India’s largest flexible packaging company and an emerging global player. The company has shown robust growth over the years and focusing on trust, value creation for customers, quality and innovation and customer satisfaction. We had a glimpse over the core businesses like Engineering, Cylinders & Chemicals and Holography divisions.

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