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09/30/2012

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Term
Containment
Definition
The most basic function of a package, materials used were skin, leaves, intestines
Term
What are some free flowing solids?
Definition
sugar, salt, NOT flour
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What is protection?
Definition
Maintaining the integrity of the product throughout the package environment (physical issues like shocks, vibration, stacking, atmosphere)
Term
What are communications within packaging?
Definition
Conveying of information by advertising
Term
What were some acts of legislative/regulated comunication
Definition
Fair packaging and labeling act og 1967
Nutritional labeling education act of 1990
labeling requirements on over the counter drugs
Presiption drug inserts
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What is a package often called?
Definition
The silent salesman
Term
Utility definition
Definition
Package feature that deals with function and performance
Term
Convenience definition
Definition
package feature that addresses ease of use, reduced time, effort, and steps
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What are some environmental hazards for packages
Definition
moisture, oxygen, CO2, temperature, light, bugs, shock, tampering
Term
How to fix shock and vibration problem?
Definition
Cushioning, restraints, unitized loads, redesign to make product to make less sensitive
Term
Classification of Packages, What is the primary level?
Definition
First layer of protection and containments, plays important role in comm/utility functions, tubes, bags, cans, envelopes
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Classification of Packages Secondary level
Definition
Packages that hold other package, wrappers plastic rings, cereal bags
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Classification of Packages, Tertiary level
Definition
Outside layer of packaging of the secondary pack, stretch wrap, mental or plastic banding, shipping container
Term
What is marketing?
Definition
The promotion of products with a focus on advertising and branding
Term
Products are often developed to_________
Definition
meet the desires of groups of customers or specific customers
Term
Who identified the marketing mix and when?
Definition
Professor Neil Borden in early 1960s
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What are the 4 elements in the marketing mix?
Definition
product, price, placement, promotion
Term
Four P's of Marketing, product
Definition
specifications of the actual goods or services and how it relates to the end users needs and wants. Warranties, guarantees and suppors
Term
Four P's of Marketing, Pricing
Definition
Process of setting a price for a product (discounts, time, money, energy, attention)
Term
Four P's of Marketing, promotion
Definition
advertising, sales promotion, publicity, personal selling, branding
Term
Four P's of Marketing, placement (distribution)
Definition
How the products get to the customer
Term
Five P's of Marketing, people
Definition
function of people to present an appearance or an attitude
Term
Where is packaging in the marketing mix?
Definition
Product
Term
What did a company do when North American milk sales were declining in the late 90s
Definition
Dean's came up with CHUG which is an alternative to a mik carton to fit with consumers lifestyles
Term
What was developed to package sugar more efficiently?
Definition
plastic container by domino to avoid transfer from bag to storage and always have brand out in the open
Term
What did Kleenex do to boost sales?
Definition
Developed an oval container with designs and graphics to match the holiday season.
Term
Product Value =
Definition
Quality X Service/ Cost X Time
Term
What is equity?
Definition
The trust in a product, company, or symbolic representation of a product or company built over a period of time
Term
What is persona?
Definition
A description of a product or package as if it were a person or having the attributes of a person
Term
WHat should a package persona do?
Definition
Appeal to the targeted customer and suggest favorable product attributes
Term
When was pottery invented?
Definition
7000 BC
Term
When and by who was the blowpipe invented?
Definition
300 BC by the phoenicians it speeded production and allowed for round containers
Term
When was the machine to make containers invented?
Definition
1800s
Term
What was the Libby-Owens?
Definition
First fully automatic bottle making machine
Term
What is glass?
Definition
an inorganic, non-crystalline, brittle solid that is formed by cooling from a liquid state
Term
Is packaging glass non crystaline? What is it?
Definition
Yes, it does not have a crystalline structure, it is structureless and made up of random unordered molecules
Term
What does a no discontinuous change at any temperature mean?
Definition
glass does not change its shape in the temperature
Term
What does it mean to be brittle?
Definition
Very fragile, tend to fail in a single sudden action
Term
WHat are brittle materials in terms of compression and tension?
Definition
Strong in compression, weak in tension
Term
What kind of structure does glass have?
Definition
molecular structure of a liquid but the physical properties of a solid
Term
GLASS IN INORGANIC
Definition
Term
What is the composition of container glass?
Definition
Sand(Silica)
Soda (Melts first acting as a solvent for melting of the sand)
Lime (Provides insolubility without this glass be water soluble)
Alumina(increases hardness and durability)
Term
How is the amber color produced?
Definition
Carbon and sulfur compounds
Term
What is cullet?
Definition
broken or waste glass returned for recycling, as much as 80% of container is cullet
Term
What are some advantages of glass?
Definition
moderate in cost, resistant to most chemicals, strong, low coefficient of thermal expansion, microwave safe, rigid, non permeable, tasteless, odorless, transparent, uv protection
Term
Disadvantages of glass
Definition
heavy, costly for processing, easy to break
Term
Steps of the Glass manufacturing process
Definition
Batch House
Furnace
Melter
Brudgewall
Refiner
Forehearth
Term
What are the raw materials in glass?
Definition
sand, soda and limestone
Term
what is the batch house?
Definition
The part of the plant where the ingredients are mixed in the appropriate quantities to be added to the glass furnace
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What does the melter do in glass making?
Definition
Temps are 2600-2900F range and melts the materials
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What do the bridge wall and throat do?
Definition
The bridgewall allows liquid glass to flow through the throat and leave the melter, the bridgewall forces all glass that flows past the wallto come from the bottom of the melter into the refiner section.
Term
What is slag?
Definition
All of the impurities that were added to the glass mix float to the surface and trapped on the bridgewall
Term
What is a refiner?
Definition
The section on the downstream side of the bridgewall, it receives the glass mix as it flows out of the throat and is free of impurities.
Term
What is the forehearth?
Definition
Ceramic lined bath tubs or troughs that convery the glass from the refiner to the glass container machines.
Term
What processes are containers in glass making made?
Definition
blow and blow molding & Press and blow molding
Term
What is a blank mold?
Definition
generates the initial shape of glass container
Term
What is a blow mold?
Definition
Used to produce final shape of glass container
Term
What is the blow and blow process?
Definition
Narrow necked bottles are used, first step is glass gob blown into preform or parison using air and second step its blow to final shape
Term
Press and blow process
Definition
Wide mouth containers are used (jars, cups)
first step: glass gob is pressed into shape mechanically
Second step:blown into final shape
Term
WHat is an advantage of press and blow?
Definition
Better control of glass distribution
Term
WHat are 3 ways to improve strength of glass?
Definition
Anneal containers in a lehr oven, coatings to reduce surface damage and change the package design
Term
What is annealing?
Definition
When containers are annealed in lehr it relieves stress
Term
Why are surface treatments used?
Definition
To reduce scratching or bruising of glass
Term
What is applied at the cold end of the lehr?
Definition
Friction reducing agent such as polyethylene, waxes, silicones
Term
What are the container strength factors?
Definition
thickness, shape, surface condition, and type of load
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