Packaging and New Products (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student knows the most common packages made from renewable materials and can describe the manufacturing processes of them. The student knows the raw material used in the different packaging products and understands the end usability requirements and markets. The student recognizes the innovations of the bio economy.

Content (course unit)

Corrugated board and its uses, liquid packaging boards, folding boxboard, wrapping, bags and sacks, intelligent packaging, innovations of the bio economy: raw-materials and product characteristics, converting processes.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Knowing: recognizes different package materials, defines the most important properties of those, understand the basics of the factors affecting quality and basics of the processes.
Doing: manages the assigned tasks under supervision/assisted.
Being: can give and receive feedback, can work in a group, takes responsibility for his/her own work.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Knowing: Explains different kind of packages and new products and their manufacturing processes, compares the different products and processes, structures things in relation to one another.
Structures relations between field-related phenomena and concepts, applies knowledge on the tasks.

Doing: applies substance matter learnt in previous studies, makes a plan/plans before carrying out tasks, limits tasks/problems to have an appropriate scope, solves problems.
Being: can give and receive feedback actively and constructively, can cooperate responsibly and is ready to develop his/her interaction skills.
Recognizes and follows the important courses of action in the field.
Takes responsibility and commits to the group activities in addition to his/her own work.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Knowing: Analyses how different types of manufacturing processes affect the product quality, costs and environment, describes with arguments the optimal process for manufacturing different packages and new products.

Doing: can search for diverse courses of action and solution alternatives, justify his/her choices and try new courses of action, assesses diverse solution alternatives, combines solution alternatives creatively or creates new ones.
Being: can cooperate responsibly, flexibly and constructively, develops his/her own and the group's interaction, works responsibly and in a committed manner considering the community and field requirements and needs.

Location and time

September 2024-December 2024

Exam schedules

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Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation consists of the student's activity, the exam, and independent and group assignments

Basis of assessment.
-lab and homework 30%
-class assignments 20% (attendance + active participation)
-packaging portfolio 20%
-exam 30%

There is no minimum acceptance limit for class assignments. In other areas, at least half must be passed. Please consider the whole course; 50% must be completed with approval! Mandatory attendance in laboratory. Other mandatory events will be announced separately.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

contact teaching, distance teaching, laboratory work, (excursions)

Learning materials

Emblem, Anne Emblem, Henry. (2012). Packaging Technology - Fundamentals, Materials and Processes. Elsevier. Retrieved from
https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpPTFMP001/packaging-technology/packaging-technology

Student workload

5 cr = 27 h x 5 =135 h student work
app. 50 h contact teaching incl. laboratory works and possible excursions

Content scheduling

Intro
What is packaging?
Packaging Trends
Primary packaging
Parimary packaging laboratory work (Hervanta Campus)
E-commerce packaging, logistics and packaging laboratory demonstration(TAMK paper lab.)
Customer and consumers requirements for the packaging
Packaging machines
Logistics and packaging
Reflection

Completion alternatives

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Practical training and working life cooperation

Expert interviews in learning materials, (excursion)

International connections

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