15/10/2014 | 11:40:17HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT PACKAGING CARTON
Today, the packaging manufacturing industry as we know it is the result of a long development process. . It was born from the success of the ongoing research in search of better methods for the production of different goods packaging purposes best protection for goods.
Back in the depths of prehistory, the first people on earth have sought to preserve their surplus food collected during hunting and fishing in the longest time possible and also to be better prepared for any future food shortages. They used the leaves, baskets woven fabrics and animal skins to store their food. Earthenware is used to contain the liquid.
The old packaging such as pots, earthenware and leather bags today still in the museum of archeology and paleontology. It has proved very premature birth and the importance of packaging for ancient life of our ancestors'. Although the original form of rudimentary packaging, but also confirms the usefulness of it.
The seeds were sown between 11,000 and 12,000 years ago, the advent packaging is necessary and is an effective means to protect the seed and harvested products. Glass, emerged in the Far East some 5,000 years before Christ was born, is one of the inventions created revolutionizing the ability of humans to preserve and transport goods. At that time, glass was only used to make jewelry, but 1,000 years later, the Egyptians used this material to create all kinds of other useful items.
Moreover undergone centuries, ancient civilizations left us with quite the same category as packaging artwork than the ordinary items. In fact, it is the predecessor to the current product packaging and our container. Although very few technical improvements, but the collection of pottery and blown glass which in our museums today demonstrated how important that packaging brings and become an indispensable tool in the daily lives of our ancestors.
In the Middle Ages, wooden crate packing has become the most frequently used for storage of goods. They are used to store all kinds of solids and fluids, to protect them from light, temperature and humidity. The strength of wood packaging is used to transport goods on the hard path and will go by sea. Wooden packaging crates birth also makes the packaging industry in Europe really took off. The wide range of products made available to consumers to bring a change in lifestyle, providing consumers with more choice and allow commerce development.
A Frenchman named icolas Appert invented glass bottles in 1810 Although it has been made from glass rather than metal, but it represents the birth of a term preservation methods term for food.
Cardboard boxes emerged in the late 19th century, the invention of simple but revolutionary. An American, Robert Gair, had creative ideas and produce large quantities of concrete panel pre-cut that, once folded, will make a box. This makes the transportation of goods much easier and box method has become the most widely used packaging in the beginning of the century, due to very low price and ease of use. Today, these boxes are used to store fragile devices such as video cameras or computers ...
In 1920, the invention of cellophane transparent marking the beginning of the era of plastic, the plastic bags were first used for packing was discovered in 1933. As aluminum bag was invented sliced for use of drugs and pharmaceutical products.
Today, packaging and continuous improvements made many types to meet a variety of goods, thereby raising the level of our daily lives. In the 1940s, has been developed packaging for frozen food. In 1952 the aerosol market. Lon packaging, available from the 1960s, which heralded the outbreak of the beverage market. Sterile box, was invented in 1961, has been used to preserve milk oldest ever.
People constantly seek out new methods of food preservation and transportation of products has allowed us to significantly limit damage during transport. Efficient packaging can be adapted to all kinds of goods. Modern packaging is what allows us to reheat a frozen meal, as well as to ensure that the Mona Lisa may be sent to the other side of the world.