History Of Packaging
Packaging has begun with natural materials such as leaves.
glass and wood packaging are being used for around 5000 years
In 1823 Englishman Peter Durand obtained the patent for the first metal packaging made from sheet metal "canister”
Paper and cardboard have become important packaging materials in 1900s
With the invention of plastic, it started replacing paper as a packaging material.
types of packaging
Polyethylene was produced in abundance during the war years and became an easily found material in the market right after the war.
Glass Packaging from Egypt to Present Day
After the invention of the blow pipe in 300 B.C by the Phoenicians, the production of completely transparent glass was during the times after A.C.
After the invention of the blow pipe in 300 B.C by the Phoenicians, the production of completely transparent glass was during the times after A.C.
After the invention of the blow pipe in 300 B.C by the Phoenicians, the production of completely transparent glass was during the times after A.C.
"automated rotary glass manufacture machine” in 1889
After the 1970s glass packaging begun to be used in high value products' protection and has a wide range of usages today.
Bonaparte Leadership in Metal Packaging
Since ancient times metal packaging seen in forms of gold and silver boxes as well as strong alloys and coverings is today being used to protect many products.
The idea of putting food safely in metal packaging was first had in 1809 when Napoleon Bonaparte said he would award 12thousand Franks to whomever comes up with a method to protect the army's food supply.
Afterwards in the beginning of 14th century tinned food cans have started to be used.
Nikolas Appert presented that tinned can pressed with stannic has an ability to preserve food after it has been sterilized.
The production of tin sheet was invented in Bohemia in 1200 A.C.
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Plastic -The Newest Form of Packaging
Paper Packaging Begins In China
With today's technology and conditions, these previous materials have been replaced by more suitable and economic materials such as glass, metal, plastic, paper and cardboard.
Peter Durant, earned to right to patent the cylindrical can with his pressed stannic invention.
first printed box in the history of metal packaging was made in 1866 in USA.
The first aluminium canned food came out in 1959.
packaging with tearable lids was made. In 1875 can opener was invented.
Screws and hammers were being used to open metal packaging until 1866.
plastic was intended to replace natural materials such as ivory and was dubbed "parkesin”
In 1849 Charles Goodyear and Thomas Hancock developed a procedure that destroyed the sticky property and added elasticity to natural rubber.
First artificial plastic was prepared by Alexander Parker in 1838 and was displayed at the Grand International Fair in London in 1862.
This invention is the first commercialized plastic and has remained as the only plastic until 1907 when Leo Hendrik Baekeland produced "Bakelite”.
1851 hard rubber or "ebonite” has become commercial.
Paper is the oldest re-shapeable packaging material.
Mulberry tree barks were used in China in the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C to wrap food, and paper making techniques have improved during the following 1500 years
Paper making techniques have reached Europe and from Europe they reached England in 1310 and America in 1609
The first commercial cardboard box was produced in England in 1817, 200 years after China and corrugated cardboard was invented in 1850s, replacing wooden boxes in trade.
The 20th century was the brightest era for paper and cardboard.
New Yorker John Wesley Hyatt was given a patent for "celluloid” produced in high temperatures
Plastic packaging has begun to be used widely after 1950s. Towards the end of 1970s plastic packaging sector has begun to grow.
All plastics, rubber and cellulose were claimed to be polymers or macro molecules.
