The food packaging industry includes a wide range of sectors including packaging material and packaging alternatives. Fiber based materials including carton, liquid carton and corrugated contribute 31% of the total global packaging market. Food packaging is the largest end-user market for corrugated materials accounting for 40% of the total consumption. This infographic, created by Globe Packaging, revolves around the major trends and key success factors for food packaging industry.
Top 7 Product Packaging Tips
Powerful product packaging is not just about the product experience anymore. These days even the packaging need to be an experience and that has become quite a mandatory fact. Powerful packaging needs a lot more than just having a basic understanding of the simple packaging fundamentals. It is not just about being appealing and persuasive with packaging but it is also about being practical about the ways in which packaging is done. Powerful product packaging design can likely initiate a powerful social media also. So therefore one needs to be really careful while doing this. So here are some tips that can help you in packaging your products in the right way. 1. Know your market One very essential part to enquire about is who are you designing for? Proper and well planned research is the foundation for all the successful marketing and advertising campaigns. Therefore while packaging your products you should always be careful about the fact that you do it according to the liking of your client only then can you expect a perfect product packaging success. 2. Know your competition Take a walk down those crowded store aisles and see what your competition is doing, then do […]
Top Tips for Camping
Whether you are a beginner or a pro, camping is a fun and enjoyable experience for everyone. Even for those whose idea of sheer horror is sleeping outside with nature will find something pleasurable about camping. We can almost guarantee it! The anticipation of freedom can be stress-relieving, while being at one with nature can really boost your mood. And the simplicity of it all makes you slow down your pace, meaning you can enjoy that cup of coffee you brewed ever so slowly, without gulping it down as you dash out of the front door to work like you normally do. Whatever your location or destination for camping, we’ve put together our top tips for helping you camp in style! Loading the Car: The first and most important thing to put in your car boot is the tent. Yep, believe it or not, there have been occasions where people have forgotten their tent, almost rendering their trip a complete disaster! Try to put the tent at the bottom of the boot near the door or slide it in sideways so you don’t end up having to unpack the whole boot before you even begin anything! Avoid stacking items on […]
Brief History of Packing Tape [Infographic]
It’s hard to imagine a world without tapes. It mends our valuable keepsakes, hold the different parts together as a fast repairing solution, keeps our wounds together and sometimes saves lives. First patent for an adhesive was issued in Britain for fish-based glue. The first commercial glue factory in Europe was opened in Holland in 1750. Duct tape was created by Johnson and Johnson during World War II to meet the need for water-resistant tape that could seal canisters and fix equipment. Below infographic, created by Globe Packaging, revolves around the amazing history of packing tape.
Not So Heavy Duty
We’ve all been there. Desperately holding down the wrapping paper with your arm and elbows as you try to rip off the cello tape with your teeth to stick the paper down and then finding you’ve not torn enough off so you repeat the procedure again. You start cursing everything, the cello tape, the paper and even the present for not keeping still! Or you’ve found yourself leaning on the lids of a box to keep them closed as you awkwardly fiddle around with the tape trying to find the end of where it was last broken. Then even more annoying, you’ve run out of tape at the most crucial moment with no spare as backup! While you have most likely seen them in a warehouse or office environment, tape dispensers or tape guns are an absolute dream. Whoever invented it needed a good old handshake for a job well done. The first tape dispenser was invented by John A Borden, an engineer from the company 3M who was also employed as the engineer who created scotch tape in the 1930’s. John created the dispenser (roughly two years after the scotch tape was created) with a built-in cutter allowing tape […]
