The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology
The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, Second Edition
Edited by Aaron L. Brody and Kenneth S. March.
Published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997
This is a big 9"X11" hardbound book of 1023 pages, not including the long list of contributors, the preface, and the introduction.
The book is, as the title indicates, an encyclopedia of packaging technology. The entries look at packaging from an industrial engineering perspective, with much detail.
As an example, the entry CLOSURES, BOTTLE AND JAR is thirteen and a half pages and has the following section headings:
Closure functions
Methods of closure
Types of closure
Sealing systems
Closure materials
Closure selection
Closure specification
Closure trends
The bibliography to this article is a page in length and has 59 entries.
Here are some of the other entry headings, randomly selected:
COEXTRUSION MACHINERY, TUBULAR
DECORATING
ECONOMICS OF PACKAGING
FOAM PLASTICS
HOLOGRAPHIC PACKAGING
INDIA PACKAGING
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS, THERMOTROPIC
NUTRITION LABELING
RECYCLING, EUROPE
ROBOTS
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