From A to Y, Alpha Packaging's site offers a basic glossary that may be especially useful to those who don't have a solid grip on bottle packaging terms.
And even for those who may think that they do.
As a sampling, here are the alpha and omega of 90 of Alpha's definitions:
AESTHETIC FILL - Filling to a specific level in a clear package where the fill level is visible.
YIELD POINT – That point beyond which the stresses applied to a material will cause permanent deformation.
Several terms were unfamiliar to me, including CONCENTRICITY - The characteristic of circles or circular cylindrical surfaces of different radii having a common center.
I'm sure I've heard it before, and it's a term I probably should have known, but at least rather than guessing, now I know exactly what it means.
Another I could guess at is POUR-OUT FINISH - A bottle finish having uniform undercut lips as a dealing surface, to facilitate pouring without dripping.
Frankly, I wasn't familiar with the term "dealing" as used this way, but a dictionary kept handy provided the needed explanation.
If your company's packaging repertoire includes bottles, the glossary is helpful whether your specialty is marketing or production. It wouldn't hurt to be conversant with the terms Alpha defines.
Perhaps during your next interdepartmental meeting you can express concern that the pour-out finish proposed for the new bottles may affect the concentricity of the new bottle design, which of course could adversely affect production efficiency.
