- Industry: Packaging
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The bliss box is a three piece box that is ‘formed’ by a piece of automated machinery. The three pieces of corrugate needed to make this box are shipped flat and separate.
Industry:Packaging
The food industry to describe the amount of sugar in beverages. The higher the brix, the higher the sugar content.
Industry:Packaging
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound containing two oxygen molecules and one carbon molecule. This gas enters the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, solid waste, trees and wood products, and also as a result of other chemical reactions. Carbon dioxide is also removed from the atmosphere when it is absorbed by plants through photosynthesis.
Industry:Packaging
The internal core of laminated papers which are laid down in an S pattern to form flutes (Usually used in the construction of cardboard boxes).
Industry:Packaging
Hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride are synthetic, powerful greenhouse gases that are emitted from a variety of industrial processes. Fluorinated gases are sometimes used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (i.e., CFCs, HCFCs, and halons). These gases are typically emitted in smaller quantities, but because they are potent greenhouse gases, they are sometimes referred to as High Global Warming Potential gases (“High GWP gases”).
Industry:Packaging
On boxes where there are four box flaps, these are designated based on their size and order which they are folded in (The minor flaps are normally smaller and are folded in first and the major flaps are larger and are folded in after the minors).
Industry:Packaging
A yield measures the coverage of a film per unit weight. It can be expressed in square inches per pound or meters squared per kilogram (in US or metric units respectively).
Industry:Packaging
A packaging machine that measures a product from bulk by some predefined value, e.g. volume, mass, or level in a container.
Industry:Packaging
The process in which the extrusion of molten resin occurs through a die, which then produces a film.
Industry:Packaging
