The modern sense of packaging, in what period of time appeared

The history of human use of packaging can be traced back to ancient times. As early as about 10,000 years ago, in the late primitive society, with the improvement of production technology, production has been developed, there are surplus items to be stored and exchanged, and then began to appear primitive packaging. Initially, the people of kudzu bundled hunted goods, with plant leaves, shells, animal skins and other wrapped items, which is the embryo of the development of primitive packaging. Later, with the improvement of labor skills, people with plant fibers and other production of the most primitive baskets, baskets, fire calcined stone, clay made of clay pots, clay bowls and clay irrigation, etc., used to hold, save food, beverages and other items, so that the packaging of the convenience of transportation, storage and safekeeping of the function of the initial perfect. This is the ancient packaging, that is, the original packaging.

Traditional Packaging

About 5000 BC, mankind began to enter the Bronze Age. 4000 years ago, the Chinese Xia Dynasty, the Chinese people have been able to smelt copper, the Shang and Zhou period of bronze smelting technology further development. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, people mastered the technology of cast iron and steelmaking and the technology of making and painting lacquer, and iron containers and lacquered wooden containers appeared in large numbers. In ancient Egypt, 3000 BC began to blow glass containers. Therefore, the use of ceramics, glass, wood, metal processing of various packaging containers has been a thousand years of history, many of these technologies through continuous improvement and development, has been used until today.

As early as the Han Dynasty, Cai Lun invented papermaking in 105 BC. In 61 AD, Chinese papermaking through Goryeo to Japan; 13th century into Europe, Germany was the first to build a larger paper mill. 11th century, China Bisheng invented the movable type printing. 15 century, Europe began to appear in the movable type printing, packaging printing and packaging and decorating industry began to develop. 16th century, the European ceramic industry began to develop; the United States built a glass factory, began to produce a variety of glass containers. In the 16th century, the ceramics industry began to develop in Europe; glass factories were built in the United States and began to produce various glass containers. So far, ceramics, glass, wood, metal and other major materials for the packaging industry began to develop, modern traditional packaging began to modern packaging excess.