3. Choice of 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...

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(2) - HOARE (W.E.) - Tinplate testing. - Tin Research Institute OCI 1964.
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