Paper & paperboard packaging technology

Packaging based on paper and paperboard supplies 40% of packaging needs. The largest product sector usage (over 50%) is in the packaging of food. Significant non-food product sectors are cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Paper and paperboard are also used to facilitate the distribution of goods in bulk. With the application of new technology, paper and paperboard continue to offer opportunities for imaginative and innovative packaging design solutions. This is the first book devoted exclusively to packaging based on paper and paperboard. All the main types of packaging are discussed in terms of the type of paper and paperboard used, how the package is manufactured, and the applications. Contributors are drawn from respected packaging manufacturers. The book discusses the raw materials for paper and paperboard manufacture, how they are processed, and the ways in which they are made into the various types of paper/paperboard packaging. The properties and features of paper and paperboard that lend themselves to cost-effective packaging are discussed. The chapter on the environment and waste management is included in view of the heightened importance of these issues, especially in the USA and Europe. The volume provides a comprehensive work of reference to this major sector of the packaging industry which has enormous relevance across the supply chain and a wide range of product sectors.

Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Paper and paperboard raw materials, processing and properties.

(Mark J. Kirwan).

2. Environmental and waste management issues.

(Mark J. Kirwan).

3. Paper based flexible packaging.

(Mark J. Kirwan).

4. Paper labels.

(Michael Fairley).

5. Paper bags.

(Welton Bibby & Baron Ltd).

6. Composite cans.

(Catherine Romaine).

7. Fibre drums.

(Fibrestar Drums Ltd).

8. Multiwall paper sacks.

(The Environmental and Technical Association for the Paper Sack Industry).

9. Rigid boxes.

(Michael Jukes).

10. Folding cartons.

(Mark J. Kirwan).

11. Corrugated fibreboard packaging.

(Joël Poustis).

12. Solid fibreboard packaging.

(Mark J. Kirwan).

13. Paperboard based liquid packaging.

(Mark J. Kirwan).

14. Moulded pulp packaging.

(Chris Hogarth).

Index