In-depth, vendor-neutral reference guides on packaging technologies, materials and machinery — the how-it-works layer behind every packaging decision.
Formats and processes — thermoforming, MAP, vacuum skin, flow wrap, blister and form-fill-seal — how each one works and where it fits.
Skin packaging applies a heated high-barrier film directly over fresh meat, fish, or poultry, creating a vacuum-tight skin that eliminates residual oxygen…
Pharmaceutical blister packaging is the dominant primary packaging format for solid oral dosage forms, protecting drugs from moisture, oxygen, and light…
Flow wrap packaging (flowpack) uses a continuous horizontal sealing process to wrap products in flexible film at high speed. Two main machine orientations…
Tray sealing applies a film lid to a pre-formed tray using heat and pressure — delivering airtight seals for MAP, standard atmosphere and VSP formats.…
Form fill seal (FFS) machines form a package from film, fill it with product and seal it in a single automated sequence on one piece of equipment.…
Blister packaging uses a pre-formed plastic cavity sealed with a lidding material — thermoformed and cold-formed variants serve different barrier needs.…
Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP) forms a tight transparent film directly over a product, eliminating headspace and creating a visually compelling,…
Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) replaces the air inside a sealed pack with a precisely calibrated gas mixture — typically CO₂, N₂, and/or O₂ — to slow…
Thermoforming packaging uses heat and pressure to shape plastic sheets into trays, blisters, cups, and lidding — it is the backbone of modern food and…
Films, laminates, mono-materials and medical-grade substrates — barrier performance, recyclability and sterilisation compatibility.
DuPont Tyvek is a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) nonwoven material that is the dominant substrate for porous medical device packaging worldwide. Three…
Blister packaging for medical devices falls into two main categories: thermoformed rigid blisters and cold-form foil blisters, each suited to different…
Medical packaging materials must satisfy biocompatibility, microbial barrier, sterilization compatibility, and physical performance requirements under ISO…
Mono-material packaging films use a single polymer family throughout all functional layers, enabling direct compatibility with existing recycling streams.…
Biopolymer packaging materials such as PLA, PHA, PBAT and PEF are derived from renewable feedstocks like corn starch, sugarcane and microbial…
Food packaging films are multilayer laminates — each layer contributes a specific function: barrier, structure, print surface or heat-seal. WVTR (water…
Sustainable packaging materials in 2026 span five major categories: bio-based polymers, fiber-based materials, mono-material recyclable structures,…
The equipment behind the pack — tray sealers, thermoformers, MAP and vacuum-skin machines, and integrated processing lines.
A food processing line is an integrated sequence of machines that transforms raw ingredients into prepared, portioned, and packaged products with minimal…
A modified atmosphere packaging machine replaces the air inside a pack with a controlled gas mix — typically nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and sometimes…
A thermoforming machine heats a plastic web, forms it into a cavity, fills it with product, and seals it under vacuum or modified atmosphere — all in one…
Vacuum skin packaging (VSP) machines range from manual benchtop units (5–15 cycles/hour) through semi-automatic chamber machines (30–120 cycles/hour) to…
Tray sealer machines apply a lidding film to pre-filled trays using heat and pressure, producing hermetically sealed packs for fresh and processed food.…
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