Flexible plastic packaging technology

Author: Zhou Xiangxing
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: The book consists of seven chapters. It introduces the basic knowledge and future prospects of plastic packaging, as well as the types of plastics and additives used in flexible plastic packaging. It then elaborates on the production processes and properties of various single-layer and composite plastic films, printing and decoration techniques, and various food packaging technologies and preservation methods. The former covers cast films, blown films, biaxially oriented films, heat-shrinkable films, stretch-wrapping films, high-barrier films, as well as preservation films, coating films, dry-lamination films, co-extruded composite films, and various functional films. Food packaging involves technologies such as aseptic packaging, vacuum packaging, preservation, moisture-proofing, freezing, and inflation, as well as various packaging processes and preservation methods. The final chapter is in the form of Q&A, addressing 130 questions related to flexible plastic packaging. The book is highly practical and serves as a reference for production, supply, and sales professionals in the packaging industry.