Packaging plays a vital role in supplying products to the public. Throughout the life of a product, packaging must serve a wide range of functions including, preserving, protecting, providing information to the consumer, allowing for easy handling, opening, dispensing and occasionally resealing.

These 6 steps will show you what a packaging technologist might need to consider at each stage of the packaging life.

converting materials into packaging product manufacturing and filling distributing the products selling the products to consumers using the product and disposal of the packaging summary of the process