The history of lamination plastic flexible packaging

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In the early 1950s,plastic flexible packaging appeared in the United States. At that time, due to the excellent barrier properties and good variability of plastic films, people tried to develop different functional packaging bags with different functional layer materials.

In 1960s,plastic flexible packaging is becoming popular and widely used in the food and beverage industry. Plastic flexible packaging does bring more convenience to people. During this period, the production technology of plastic film was improved and the production cost decreased, making the manufacture of plastic flexible packaging more cost-effective.

In 1970s,the technology of plastic packaging has been improved continually, there appeared more and more types and specifications of plastic flexible packaging.At that time, due to the handiness of plastic flexible packaging, People are getting used to use plastic flexible packaging.The market size of plastic flexible packaging is gradually expanding.

In 1980s,Plastic flexible packaging has been further popularized and widely used in cosmetics, medicine and daily chemicals.The production technology of plastic flexible packaging improved advance rapidly,the printing on the packaging becoming nice.

In 1990s,with increasing awareness of environmental protection, people began to pay attention to the sustainability and environmental impact of composite plastic flexible packaging.People start to think about ECO friendly flexible packaging products. However,With the technology at that time, it was simply impossible to develop a truly environmentally friendly packaging.People once looked to paper bags, but paper bags can not provide fine printing like plastic bags, and the barrier of paper bags is not as good as plastic bags.

Enter the 21st century,Research and development of environmentally friendly packaging is still a top priority, and the diversity of traditional plastic packaging is a very important reason why it cannot be replaced temporarily.One reason why traditional plastic flexible packaging cannot be recycled is that they are made of a variety of materials, so in recent years some manufacturers have begun to develop plastic flexible packaging with a single material structure, so that it can be recycled. However, the plastic packaging bag with a single material structure still has many problems to be solved, such as barrier and diversity. The barrier properties of plastic flexible packaging with a single material structure can not reach the level of multi-layer material structure, but we believe that a more comprehensive environmental protection packaging will appear in the near future.