Packaging - Functions

Everything you buy is packed. On average each household have 33 kg packaging waste per year. Packaging play an important role in our society. Packaging has along the value chain diffrent functions and tasks. They bridge time and ways, make the use and handling easier, they inform and attract the customer through an attractive appearance.

The packaging material is diffrent suitable for filling goods. This is because of their diffrent properties. To select the right packaging material you should look at the properties carefully to protect your filling goods the best way. You should not only focus on the use of the consumer also look at the following utilization. Because the accrue packaging waste have consequences for the whole society and the living conditions.

Protection & safety

Protection of the goods against harmful external influences as soon as protection of the environment against filling goods.

Transport

Only the packaging makes products transportable and storable.

Handling

A package must support the consumer in the application of the product.

Communication

The packaging is the communication tool to the costumer.

Recycling

With increase of the population, rise also the packaging demand and thereby also the question of the disposal of the waste.

Tinplate packaging

Tinplate means a cold rolled steel sheet in the common thickness ranges of 0,15 to 0,35 mm, for protection the surfaces is coated with a thin layer of tin.