Definition of Packaging - Answers A protective unit for storing or shipping a commodity
3 M's - Answers method, machinery, materials
3000 B.C. - Answers Egyptians blow and cast glass
105 A.D. - Answers paper invented in china
c. 1500 - Answers Cork stopper used for bottles such as wine (First evidence of protective
packaging)
1809 - Answers Nicholas Apport develops the canning process
1810 - Answers Peter Durand develops the "tin cannister"
1868 - Answers John Hyatt - patent for celluloid, leading to development of cellulose, first
"plastic"
1895 - Answers Toothpaste first offered in tubes
1877 - Answers Quaker Oats first used "Quaker Man" to represent their product
1897 - Answers First major use of paperbaord for National Biscuit Company "uneeda" Biscuit
Product
Late 1800 - early 1900's - Answers first major use of graphics to help sell product
End of Industrial Revolution - Answers movement from bulk packaging to retail packaging
Around WW 2 - Answers illustrates how social changes interact with packaging developments
1930 - Answers Polyethylene discovered in England, eventually one of the most commonly used
packaging plastics
1950's to 60's - Answers Convenience and Brand Expansion
1970's - Answers Improvements in Distribution and Material Handling
1980's - Answers Improvements in Barrier films and Microwave packaging
1990's - Answers Environmental awareness and market globalization
1954 - Answers Polypropylene used for packaging
1960-1970 - Answers Laws clarified and improved
1987 - Answers New Jersey Enacts first statewide recycling law for plastic containers