A LANCE IN FAVOR OF PACKAGING
The years of the seventies are far away, when the green flag was waved by marginal groups encouraged by the latest derivations of the ideological drunkenness that dominated a part of European youth. Fortunately, environmentalism in most cases is serious and...
THE AEROSOL CONTAINERS AND THE OZONE
SUMMARY The industry of the packaging of products in the form of aerosols has lived a critical period, because it was attributed to a large extent to be guilty of the deterioration of atmospheric ozone. This was a half-truth, which today clearly results. This article...
CAN BOAT CONTAINER?
When we try to talk – or write – about the products manufactured by the metal industry and used by the canning industry, a question frequently arises. What noun should be used to designate them? Can? Boat? Container? It is usual to use either of them...
TIN
The metal packaging industry has tinplate as the most important raw material. This material although it is based on the characteristics of steel, however its most significant component is tin, metal that contributes to it its properties of resistance to corrosion,...
THE PEWTER A LITTLE KNOWN METAL
Relative of tinplate, the use of pewter is linked to an ancient craft tradition. Its properties lend themselves to being a good vehicle for art. INTRODUCTION TO PEWTER Often those beautiful chandeliers that we sometimes see in a shop window and that if we are not...
MAIN QUALITIES OF CANS
Do materials for steel-based packaging belong to the past or the future? When dealing with this Web frequently, the most common problems that arise in the use of cans, can lead to think that they are already inadequate means. On the contrary, having been advised on...
THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE METAL PACKAGING
INTRODUCTION In another article published on this website the history of metallic packaging has been described in an extensive way. Now we intend to summarize in a few lines the same, for those who may need it as an introduction to other jobs linked to this industry....
