Choice of packaging
Metal packaging

The metal packaging industry offers a wide range of packaging adapted to the conditions of transport and use. The main characteristics of the packaging depend essentially on the following factors:

• the nature of the product ;

• container/content compatibility ;

• mode of transport ;

• legislation in force.

The packaging of hazardous materials is subject to strict national, European and international regulations. This subject is covered in a separate article in this section.

The identification of the goods is the first basic data for the choice of a packaging, which is in fact the search for an adequacy between the container and the contents and the physical conditions of transport, handling and storage. This choice requires consideration of the following main elements:

• resistance...