| Packaging is very important for the sale, storage | | | | the products. To store solid and liquid food, glass |
| and shipping of supplies. The importance of | | | | containers are preferred due to their chemical |
| packaging increased significantly after the Industrial | | | | resistance, clarity and durability, whereas for boiled |
| Revolution but its usefulness is not new. Even in | | | | or frozen food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical |
| the times of yore, clay, glass and leather | | | | substances and toiletries plastic is used. For |
| containers were used for these purposes. In | | | | packaging of liquid, metal or plastic containers are |
| modern times packaging has become a complete | | | | used. |
| science which studies all aspects of the product to | | | | Customized packaging, however, meets the |
| be packaged; for example, its sensitivity to light, | | | | special needs of the product. Different materials |
| air, moisture, chemical reaction, degree of fragility | | | | are used for packaging different goods. For lighter |
| and more. It also tries to find a solution to | | | | goods, corrugated or solid cardboard is used. |
| increase protection and decrease cost. Apart | | | | Cardboard cartons are light, economical and easy |
| from the science and economics of packaging, its | | | | to manufacture, print and store. For heavy loads, |
| aesthetic sense and creativity is equally important. | | | | wood is required. Products weighing more than a |
| A major portion of packaging is used for food. | | | | hundred kilograms come in timber cases, and for |
| Packaging for food is mostly cheap as well as | | | | the merchandise weighing less than a hundred |
| light, and can fit any preferred size. Apart from | | | | kilograms fiberboard is used. |
| these, packaging elongates the storage period of | | | | |