This volume examines the technologies relevant to packaging closures and sealing systems, featuring chapters contributed by leading professionals in the packaging industry. To date, this is the only book dedicated specifically to closures and seals. It is organized according to the various types of packaging — metal, glass, plastic, and composite containers — and contains chapters on general design requirements, push-on closures, and flexible packaging. The book closes with a discussion of child-resistance, tamper evidence, and openability.

From the Preface: “Consumer attitudes to domestic packaging are predominantly focused on issues relating either to getting into the packaging and/or getting the product out of the packaging. Packaging openings (or, in packaging industry speak, packaging closures) are therefore critical in making or breaking a product...[T]he chapters have been written in such a way that they can readily be understood even by those with limited knowledge of the specialist area being discussed. Care has been taken to sufficiently explain the relevant technologies and to keep packaging jargon to a minimum (or, at least, to explain it to the reader)...”

Target Audience: Packaging technologists and designers; specifiers and purchasers of packaging products.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

The Design of Packaging Closures

Closures for Metal Containers

Closures for Glass Containers

Composite Containers

Closures for Plastic Bottles and Tubs

Push-On Closures

Flexible Packaging Closures and Sealing Systems

Child Resistance, Tamper Evidence and Openability

Index