Developments in Anti‐corrosive Packaging Methods and Materials

Abstract

The amount spent by British industry during 1960 on packaging is estimated to be the same as the figure popularly quoted as being the cost to the U.K. of corrosion—£600 million. Precautions against corrosion in packaging must contribute much to this figure. Whilst new materials in the anti‐corrosion field do not occur with the same frequency as new package constructions or ancillary equipment, modifications to existing materials can make considerable differences. As the International Packaging Exhibition at Olympia (September 5–15) shows, a packaging film, paper or foil produced with a new coating, in a new grade or even in a new thickness may well be just as important as a completely new material. This short review of the exhibition, together with the packaging features on other pages, gives an up‐to‐the‐minute picture of what is now available.

Citation

(1961), "Developments in Anti‐corrosive Packaging Methods and Materials", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 8 No. 9, pp. 288-289. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb019880