Packaging for products has the effect of containing and packaging goods. Packaging aims to make the preservation, transportation, and consumption of products convenient, prolonging the shelf life and safer.
After understanding what packaging is, we can classify packaging when packing according to its use, by the number of uses, properties or materials. As follows:
– According to the use of the packaging: Outer packaging and inner packaging (closed packaging, easy-to-open packaging)
– According to the number of times of use: The packaging is used many times, the packaging preserves the product for 5 years
– According to the compression characteristics of the packaging: Soft packaging, semi-rigid packaging, hard packaging.
– By material: metal packaging, equipment
In the above, we have learned about the concept of form and function of packaging, what is packaging? However, when we pack goods, we need to keep in mind some packaging requirements as follows:
– Packaging must be suitable for the type of transport (ships, airplanes, trucks, bulk cargo, container goods, etc.)
– Packing size must be reasonable for storage, on pallets, containers.
– Meet the necessary requirements for durability, withstand collisions during loading and unloading and transportation.
- Suitable for each type of climate, weather in different areas.
– Make sure to protect the products packed inside the package such as not being moldy, smelly, damaged.
– Should leave information on the packaging about the notes in the process of loading, unloading and transporting.