PKSC 1020 FINAL PAPER REVIEW GUIDE
WITH VERIFIED ITEMS AND SOLUTION
WALKTHROUGH
●● Ancient Man-Made Packages
Answer: gourds, baskets, glass, paper, and cork
●● The Industrial Revolution yielded...
Answer: cans, celluloid, paperboard cartons
●● late 20th century
Answer: Moving towards flexible packaging
●● Industry is divided into 2 segments
Answer: users and suppliers
** unless you are a HUGE company, then you could potentially be both.
●● Users
Answer: consumer, industrial, institutional
, ●● Suppliers
Answer: converters, machinery, services
●● Functions of a package
Answer: contain, protect/preserve, inform/sell, provide convenience or
utility of use
●● 4 levels of packaging
Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
●● raw material for paper / paperboard
Answer: wood pulp, cellulose
●● thickness of paper / paperboard
Answer: <0.012" = paper
>0.012" = paperboard
●● 3 ways to make pulp
Answer: mechanical, chemical, semi-chemical
●● general papermaking procedure
Answer: screen, squeeze, dry
WITH VERIFIED ITEMS AND SOLUTION
WALKTHROUGH
●● Ancient Man-Made Packages
Answer: gourds, baskets, glass, paper, and cork
●● The Industrial Revolution yielded...
Answer: cans, celluloid, paperboard cartons
●● late 20th century
Answer: Moving towards flexible packaging
●● Industry is divided into 2 segments
Answer: users and suppliers
** unless you are a HUGE company, then you could potentially be both.
●● Users
Answer: consumer, industrial, institutional
, ●● Suppliers
Answer: converters, machinery, services
●● Functions of a package
Answer: contain, protect/preserve, inform/sell, provide convenience or
utility of use
●● 4 levels of packaging
Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
●● raw material for paper / paperboard
Answer: wood pulp, cellulose
●● thickness of paper / paperboard
Answer: <0.012" = paper
>0.012" = paperboard
●● 3 ways to make pulp
Answer: mechanical, chemical, semi-chemical
●● general papermaking procedure
Answer: screen, squeeze, dry