Some popular types of packaging today

In the face of thousands of diverse packaging designs, it is not easy to choose a suitable packaging design for your product. Therefore, to be able to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of different types of packaging available on the market, the article would like to divide packaging by manufacturing materials.

Packaging from animals and plants

This is considered the oldest type of packaging in human history. Since ancient times, people have used leaves and animal skins to pack, transport and store food.

Advantages: Materials are easy to find in nature, easy to manufacture, and easy to use, wood materials are durable, environmentally friendly, and recyclable, especially with food such as spring rolls, cakes, and meat. Using this packaging is extremely attractive and stimulates the taste buds.

Disadvantages: Easily damaged by external conditions such as termites, termites, rats…, does not isolate the product well from the environment, heavy weight, poor moisture tolerance (wood).

Glass and ceramic packaging

This type of packaging was once very popular in the West (Glass) and the East (Ceramic). Even today, this type of packaging plays a huge role in product packaging design.

Advantages: Overcoming the disadvantages of packaging from wood and animal skins… because they are durable, hard, non-degradable, non-chemically reactive, non-toxic, and especially able to contain liquids. Easily create impressive packaging designs. Typical are Chinese porcelain boxes, wine jars or bottles of Coke, and Pepsi.

Cons: To break and vibrate during loading and unloading.

Metal packaging

After metallurgy was born and developed, metal packaging was also improved and used to this day.

Advantages: This packaging overcomes the disadvantages of glass, ceramics, and wood packaging. This type of packaging is durable, sturdy, and resistant to strong impacts and harsh environments. Some special products with this type of packaging include flammable and explosive substances (gasoline, oil, oxygen, compressed hydrogen…), toxic substances (chemicals, plant drugs, insect repellents, etc.) Most high-end milk powder and cake boxes often have this packaging model because it creates a sense of security and luxury.

Disadvantages: High cost of materials, large volume, difficult to transport, easy to corrode by alkalis or acids.

Paper, cartons, and plastic packaging 

Paper, cartons, and plastic packaging are currently the most common types of packaging on the market. 70% of current packaging types are of this type because there are many outstanding advantages.

Advantages: Good chemical properties such as resistance to chemicals with strong redox properties, difficult to burn. Excellent physical properties include good moisture resistance (paper milk cartons) and easy orthopedic (easy to tear, fold, shape, soft and impact resistant). Outstanding biological properties include odourless, tasteless, non-toxic, insect and germ resistant, and non-degradable. In terms of design, it is easy to decorate, express ideas, and print. Economically reducing costs, recyclable and very easy to use.

Cons: Less durable with metal packaging. It’s pretty popular right now, doesn’t necessarily make a big difference.

Textile packaging

Textile packaging is mainly woven with hemp, jute, nylon or fabric. Famous for bags of rice, and bags of sugar… mainly containing products made of seeds and flour.

Pros: Low cost, easy to use. Store products in large quantities.

Cons: Certain durability, unstable. Particularly susceptible to tearing or rodent damage.

Packaging made of rattan, cork, woven bamboo

Packaging of this type is common in forms such as baskets, baskets, baskets or baskets.

Advantages: Materials used are easy to find, abundant, simple to manufacture, and easy to use. Create impressive, attractive and sexy designs with flower baskets or fruit baskets…

Cons: Need high skills and artisans to make quality packaging samples. Easily susceptible to mould, damaged by insects and animals.

Packaging design with man-made materials

This is a type of packaging manufactured from materials such as polymers, artificial rubber, artificial plastics, hard plastics … or synthesised from different materials, typically such as rice packaging. , fertiliser packaging, …

Advantages: It can be manufactured industrially, bearing the properties of the resins that make them up. Easy to print and decorate.

Cons: Some toxic plastics can affect user health. Difficult to handle the waste.