Verpackung 1

Packaging 1
Packaging materials

Please note: This publication is only available in German.

Packaging materials ensure that goods can be transported without being damaged as easily. They are used in almost all areas and the demands placed on them re correspondingly diverse. From maximum impact resistance to maximum weather resistance and chemical resistance and many other attributes, users are spoiled for choice and can find the ideal solution for their area of application.

This DIN handbook brings together 52 standards in well over 800 pages and thus offers a comprehensive wealth of knowledge on the subject of packaging materials. It contains basic principles and detailed specifications as well as test methods for various aspects such as tear resistance, germ proofness, bending stiffness, water and flavour absorption and much more. Professionals will find this compendium of standards to be an irreplaceable aid for working with and checking packaging materials.

“Packaging 1 — Packaging materials” provides information on the following packaging materials:

• Paper and cardboard
• Plastic
• Aluminium
• Wood

Almost half of the standards included have been revised since the previous edition, the 2nd edition provides all relevant documents on packaging materials in an up-to-date, compact handbook.
 

2nd edition with a multitude of innovations

With the three-volume series on the extensive subject of “Packaging”, DIN Media offers a wealth of information that is a valuable aid in professional practice and development. The documents contained in the catalogue reflect the enormous range of the field. The standards cover test methods for film packaging, measuring the germ proofness of medical packaging, the requirements for corrugated cardboard as a packaging material and the determination of exudation of plasticizers to the test conditions for plastics or the effect of microorganisms on them.

The 2nd edition contains a long series of new features in the collected documents. In “Packaging 1 — Packaging material”, you will find:

• 23 revised documents
  From minor editorial adjustments and layout changes to major additions, deletions or updates of the content: “Packaging 1 — Packaging materials“ features an enormous number of revisions, which also reflect the many developments in the packaging sector.
   
• 6 important sub-areas
  The selection of documents covers six areas of the topic of “packaging materials in sheet form”: General, paper/cardboard, plastic, aluminium, wood, mixed. The resulting compendium of standards covers most applications of packaging materials.

An index provides orientation across over 800 pages of standards. The DIN 490 handbook series comprises three volumes, volume 2 contains standards on means of packaging, volume 3 contains documents on inspections and transport.
 

Newly included standards:

DIN 55543-5
DIN EN 17679
DIN ISO 4593
DIN ISO 7765-2
DIN ISO 8296
 

Revised standards:

DIN 10950
DIN 10955
DIN 16726
DIN 16906
DIN 53377
DIN 54518
DIN 55468-1, -2
DIN 55529
DIN 55543-4
DIN 58593-6
DIN 68705-2
DIN EN 868-2
DIN EN ISO 177
DIN EN ISO 178
DIN EN ISO 527-1, -3
DIN EN ISO 846
DIN EN ISO 877-3
DIN EN ISO 4129
DIN EN ISO 5495

This book is for:
Packaging material manufacturers, transport departments, freight forwarders, specialized transport companies, experts and inspectors