The origin and development of packaging
Packaging is an ancient and modern topic, and it is also a subject that people have been studying and exploring all the time. From ancient primitive society, farming era, to the modern society with highly developed science and technology, packaging has gradually developed with the evolution of human beings, the emergence of commodities, the development of production and the progress of science and technology, and has made major breakthroughs one after another. Generally speaking, packaging has experienced three development stages: original packaging, traditional packaging and modern packaging.
1、 Original packaging
The history of human use of packaging can be traced back to ancient times. As early as 10000 years ago in the late primitive society, with the improvement of production technology, production was developed, and surplus goods had to be stored and exchanged, so the original packaging began to appear. At first, kudzu was bound up with its prey and wrapped with plant leaves, shells, animal skins, etc., which was the embryo of primitive packaging development. After that, with the improvement of labor skills, people made the most primitive baskets and baskets with plant fiber, and made clay pots, clay bowls and mud pots with fire to calcine stones and clay, which were used to hold and preserve food, drinks and other articles, so that the functions of convenient transportation, storage and storage of packaging were initially improved. This is the ancient packaging, that is, the original packaging.
2、 Traditional packaging
The Bronze Age began around 5000 BC. More than 4000 years ago in Xia Dynasty, the Chinese people were able to smelt bronze ware, and the bronze smelting technology was further developed in Shang and Zhou dynasties. During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, people mastered the technology of cast iron steelmaking and painting, and iron containers and painted wooden containers appeared in large numbers. In ancient Egypt, blowing glass containers began in 3000 BC. Therefore, the use of ceramics, glass, wood, metal processing of various packaging containers has a history of thousands of years, many of which after continuous improvement and development, has been used until now.
As early as the Han Dynasty, Cai Lun invented papermaking in 105 BC. In 61 ad, Chinese papermaking was introduced to Japan through Korea; in the 13th century, it was introduced to Europe, and Germany was the first to build a large paper mill. In the middle of the 11th century, Chinese Bi Sheng invented movable type printing. In the 15th century, letterpress printing began to appear in Europe, and packaging printing and packaging decoration industry began to develop. In the 16th century, European ceramic industry began to develop; the United States built glass factories and began to produce various glass containers. So far, the packaging industry with ceramics, glass, wood, metal as the main materials began to develop, and modern traditional packaging began to transition to modern packaging.
3、 Modern packaging
Since the 16th century, the rapid development of industrial production, especially the European industrial revolution in the 19th century, has greatly promoted the development of packaging industry, thus laying the foundation for the emergence and establishment of modern packaging industry and packaging technology.
At the end of the 18th century, French scientists invented the sterilization method to package and store food, which led to the appearance of canned glass food and tinplate food in the early 19th century, which made food packaging science develop rapidly. In the 19th century, the packaging industry began to develop in an all-round way. In 1800, machine-made wooden boxes appeared. In 1814, the first fourdrinier paper machine appeared in England. In 1818, tinned metal cans appeared. In 1856, corrugated paper was invented in the United States. In 1860, bag making machine was made in Europe. In 1868, the United States invented the first synthetic plastic bag celluloid. In 1890, the United States railway freight yard Transportation Committee began to recognize corrugated Cartons are officially used as transport containers.
In the 20th century, with the rapid development of science and technology, new materials and new technologies are constantly emerging. Polyethylene, paper, glass, aluminum foil, various plastics, composite materials and other packaging materials are widely used. Aseptic packaging, shockproof packaging, anti-theft packaging, insurance packaging, combination packaging, composite packaging and other technologies are increasingly mature, strengthening the function of packaging in many ways.
Since the middle and late 20th century, with the rapid development of international trade, packaging has attracted the attention of all countries in the world. About 90% of goods need to be packaged in different degrees and types. Packaging has become an indispensable part in the process of commodity production and circulation. At present, electronic technology, laser technology, microwave technology are widely used in packaging industry, packaging design to achieve computer-aided design (CAD), packaging production is also realized mechanization and automation.
The development of packaging industry and technology has promoted the formation of packaging science research and packaging science. Packaging science covers physics, chemistry, biology, humanities, art and other knowledge. It is a comprehensive science in the interdisciplinary group. It organically absorbs and integrates new theories, new materials, new technologies and new processes of different disciplines, and solves the comprehensive problems in the circulation process of commodity protection, storage, transportation and sales promotion from the perspective of system engineering. The classification of packaging discipline is quite diverse. It is usually divided into packaging materials science, packaging transportation science, packaging technology, packaging design, packaging management, packaging decoration, packaging testing, packaging mechanics and other sub disciplines. At present, more than 40 colleges and universities have set up the packaging engineering specialty, and the packaging talent team is growing day by day. Dongguan Beite packaging materials Co., Ltd. - located in Dongguan City, the world's manufacturing city, is a subsidiary of Beite packaging (China) Co., Ltd., with a plant area of 6000 square meters. It is a flexible packaging enterprise integrating R & D, production and sales. It has a complete set of domestic advanced production equipment, a scientific and humanized management system and a group of experienced technical personnel For backing, to provide customers with quality products and first-class service.
The company produces composite bags, roll film, fruit bags, aluminum foil bags, suction mouth bags, self-supporting bags, zipper bags, anti-static bags, special-shaped bags, etc., which are suitable for the internal and external packaging of food, daily chemicals, electronics, toys, medicine, cosmetics, industrial products and other industries.
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Bag can be made into flat bag, self sealing bag, organ bag, stereo bag, etc. the specifications can be customized according to your requirements!
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