Wiley Encyclopedia of Packing Technology - Hardcover

The Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology addresses a technical audience of engineers, technologists, and scientists who need an introduction to unfamiliar aspects of the packaging process. The encyclopedia will be a valuable reference for packaging engineers, but also for polymer chemists developing packaging materials and food technologists developing new products. This single-volume work contains alphabetically-arranged articles written by experts in academia or in industry. Each major article contains cross-references to related subjects within the encyclopedia, as well as a bibliography of supplemental references sources, reviewed by other experts in the field to insure completeness and objectivity.

Editorial Board Members of the Advisory Board Mr. Bernard P. Braun, Package Works, Inc., Wilton, CT Dr. Aaron L. Brody Vice President, Strategic Services, Schotland Business Research, Princeton, NJ Mr. Edmund A. Leonard, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Mr. Alfred H. McKinlay, Consultant in Packaging and Handling, Pattersonville, NY Dr. Chester J. Mackson, Director Emeritus, School of Packaging, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Mr. Frank A. Paine, Consultant in Packaging Technology and Management, Surrey, UK Mr. Stanley Sacharow, Executive Director, The Packaging Group Inc., Milltown, NJ Managing Editor Dr David Eckroth, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology contains important information about every aspect of the packaging industry?covering:

• Materials: polymers and films, papers, and foils
• Conversion Processes and Products: glass manufacture, plastics and processing methods, tin-mill products, heat sealing, laminating, multilayer flexible packaging, can fabrication
• Packages and Supplies: corrugated boxes, sealing tapes
• Packaging Machinery and Equipment: fillers, cappers, conveyors
• Design: cushion systems, bottles

Plus articles on regulations, standards, environmental concerns, recycling, economics, education, trademarks, patents, and much more.