PERSPECTIVES OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & WASTAGE REDUCTION IN CORRUGATION PRINTING

Packaging plays a very important role in the country`s economy. Till recently only the western world, more particularly the developing countries cared about proper packaging. However, now an even developing country like India have changed their outlook towards packaging and in the last few years increasing stress has been laid on improved and proper packaging. In fact, today, packaging is as important as the contents.Corrugated boards were first produced in India in early fifties. Since then the production of corrugated boards has increased steadily. Corrugated boxes have replaced wooden boxes & crates in many applications. Today, about 80 % of all shipments in the world are being made in fibre board boxes. In India, about 60 % of the packaging is being done with corrugated fibre board boxes.