Thesaurus Verpackung. Bd.2: Englische Ausgabe

This second edition on the "Thesaurus Verpackung - Thesaurus Packaging" has been compiled from terms encountered during the indexing process of the database Packaging Science and Technology Abstracts (PSTA) in the Fraunhofer-Institut für Lebensmitteltechnologie und Verpackung (ILV), Munich, since 1960. The terms included in this thesaurus are in both English and German. The descriptors were chosen on the basis of their conceptual suitability as well as for their impact on information indexing and retrieval and of the current usage in each language. The main rule was that each concept introduced had to be represented by a descriptor in each language. Further terms were given the status of non-descriptors. Packaging Science and Technology is a cross-road between many fields of knowledge. For practical purposes, it was decided to restrict the scope of the thesaurus to the areas of major interest. These areas are: Packaging economics, -science, -institutions (including economics, statistics, laws, standardization, environment and waste recycling); packaging materials;processing and production machinery; packages; packaging accessories; products to be packed; packaging machines; packs; testing and stress loading; transport and storage. These above disciplines are still being explored and thus experience frequent progress. Since it is essential to keep abreast of any developments the Thesaurus will be updated accordingly.