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Attitudes Toward Mini-Packaging Products: The Case of China

  • Pornpitakpan, Chanthika;Li, Qiuling;Sy-Changco, Joseph A.;Chen, Junsong
    • Asia Pacific Journal of Business Review
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.45-60
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    • 2019
  • Proposing that the main barriers to mini-packaging success in China, in contrast to India and the Philippines, is Chinese consumers' sociocultural values and attitudes toward products in mini packages, this study investigates the factors that potentially make the China market relatively not conducive to buying products in mini packages via a survey of 468 Chinese adults in Shanghai (first-tier city) and Zhuhai (second-tier city). Results show that respondents agree that products in mini packages are difficult to store once opened, are more expensive than are larger-sized products, do not provide good value for money, entail frequent shopping, are harmful to the environment, are not advertised, and are mainly for trying new products and for traveling. They disagree with many possible reasons for the unpopularity of products in mini packages. This study's contributions are (1) providing in-depth quantitative analysis of the possible reasons mini-packaging is not popular in China, (2) offering managerial advice for using mini-packaging to increase brand competitiveness, (3) developing a scale to measure attitudes toward products in mini packages; and (4) being empirical as opposed to merely anecdotal/speculative like some studies in this area.

A Survey on the Consumer Packaging Preferences for Mini Pot Flower Plants on Domestic Market in Korea (소형 분화류의 포장재 및 포장용기에 대한 소비자의 기호도 조사)

  • Lee, Sun Yup;Woo, Hyun Jeong;Lee, Youn Suk
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 2017
  • In this study we surveyed the preferences of consumer packaging for mini pot flower plants to improve the flower market application in Korea. The surveys were consisted of the consumers residing in Seoul metropolitan (221), Gyeonsang (70), Jeonla (29), Chungceong (19), Gangwon (7), other provinces (3). A total of 349 eligible respondents (male 173, female 176) were surveyed with a self-administered questionnaire asking on the general characteristics for residents, packaging material, packaging design, type of flower pot, degree of transparency, convenience, consumer's demand for packaging development, a significant point when purchasing the flower pot product. The collected date was analyzed using a chi-square (${\chi}^2$) statistical test in SPSS program. Most residents prefer for mini pot flower plants packed with packaging characteristics of plastic material (56.4%), packaging design of separated type (76.2%), angled type (62.5%), and transparency (48.6%). The other question results showed that major consumer's demand for mini pot flower plants is maintaining the freshness quality and stability structure for them. Transparency of packaging can also affect directly the preferences for purchasing the mini pot flower plants. The packaging structure with a proper shape design may protect the fresh mini pot flower plants from shock or any other damage during distribution. The results of this study help to provide consumer's demand for packaging development and to give the greatest advantages in terms of production and marketability of mini pot flower plants.

Mini Review: A Current Status of Microwave Susceptor Packaging (전자레인지 서셉터 패키징 기술개발 현황)

  • Lee, Wooseok;Choi, Jungwook;Song, Hyuk-Hwan;Ko, Seonghyuk
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 2020
  • As HMR (home meal replacement) food market grows rapidly, a new packaging with more HMR specialized functions is highly required to promote consumers' convenience. A susceptor is defined as a material generating heat by absorbing electromagnetic energy such typically as radiofrequency or microwave radiation. In microwave cooking, susceptors are made of conductive metal thin film deposited on paper or plastic sheet and have generally been used to help crispen or brown foods by converting microwave energy into heat. This mini review article deals with current status of microwave susceptor packaging including commercial products, technical theory, types of susceptor and a test method for heating performance.

Oyster Shell Disposal: Potential as a Novel Ecofriendly Antimicrobial Agent for Packaging: a Mini Review

  • Sadeghi, Kambiz;Park, Kitae;Seo, Jongchul
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2019
  • The management of oyster shell disposal is an ongoing challenge in the southern coast of Korea because of continuously dumping the oyster shell in environment. Oyster shell wastes could be a biocidal alternative after calcination using a heat treatment. Calcined oyster shell is normally obtained through thermally conversion of $CaCO_3$ (main component in oyster shell (96%)) into CaO. This study provides a brief overview of oyster shell disposal and its potential as an antimicrobial agent with a focus on calcination process, antimicrobial mechanisms, and packaging applications.

Development of a new mini straw for cryopreservation of boar semen

  • Almubarak, Areeg;Osman, Rana;Lee, Seongju;Yu, Iljeoung;Jeon, Yubyeol
    • Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.113-120
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    • 2022
  • Sperm cryopreservation is a fundamental process for the long-term conservation of livestock genetic resources. Yet, the packaging method has been shown, among other factors, to affect the frozen-thawed (FT) sperm quality. This study aimed to develop a new mini-straw for sperm cryopreservation. In addition, the kinematic patterns, viability, acrosome integrity, and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) of boar spermatozoa frozen in the developed 0.25 mL straw, 0.25 mL (minitube, Germany), or 0.5 mL (IMV technologies, France) straws were assessed. Post-thaw kinematic parameters were not different (experiment 1: total motility (33.89%, 32.42%), progressive motility (19.13%, 19.09%), curvilinear velocity (42.32, 42.86), and average path velocity (33.40, 33.62) for minitube and the developed straws, respectively. Further, the viability (38.56%, 34.03%), acrosome integrity (53.38%, 48.88%), MMP (42.32%, 36.71%) of spermatozoa frozen using both straw were not differ statistically (p > 0.05). In experiment two, the quality parameters for semen frozen in the developed straw were compared with the 0.5 mL IMV straw. The total motility (41.26%, 39.1%), progressive motility (24.62%, 23.25%), curvilinear velocity (46.44, 48.25), and average path velocity (37.98, 39.12), respectively, for IMV and the developed straw, did not differ statistically. Additionally, there was no significant difference in the viability (39.60%, 33.17%), acrosome integrity (46.23%, 43.23%), and MMP (39.66, 32.51) for IMV and the developed straw, respectively. These results validate the safety and efficiency of the developed straw and highlight its great potential for clinical application. Moreover, both 0.25 mL and 0.5 mL straws fit the present protocol for cryopreservation of boar spermatozoa.

Quality Changes of Hydroponically Grown 'New Raon Red' Paprika Packaged in Corrugated Box as Affected by Storage Temperature (수경재배한 미니 파프리카 '뉴라온레드' 저장온도 별 골판지박스 포장에서 수확후 특성 변화)

  • Chul Geon An;Jung-Soo Lee
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of each storage temperature condition of 5, 10, 15 and 20℃ to maintain the freshness of mini paprika (Capsicum annuum cv. New Raon Red) in corrugated box. Changes in general appearance, fresh weight loss, firmness, SSC (solid sugar content), and Hue angle were investigated. Furthermore, storage at temperatures ranging from 5℃ to 15℃ for 14 days resulted in maintaining freshness for 35 days. Paprika stored at 20℃ showed significantly higher loss of fresh weight and firmness than that of other storage temperatures. Furthermore, paprika stored at 5℃ and 10℃ showed a lesser decrease in hue angle than that at 15℃ and 20℃. However, the SSC of mini paprika was not significantly affected by storage temperature. These results suggest that corrugated box packaging in combination with low storage temperatures (5~10℃) could be effective in prolonging the shelf life of mini paprika. Therefore, the results represented that the low temperature storage in combination with cardboard box treatment could be effective in prolonging the shelf life of fresh paprika.

Generation of Mini-compacted Thin Film Hybrid Package by Ceramic Ball Grid Array (CBGA를 통한 초소형/박형 박막하이브리드 패키지 구현)

  • 김상희
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.59-68
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    • 1995
  • 박막제조 기술 및 BGA패캐지를 이용하여 Wellcom 2000 system 소요 OCU Board 의 집적화를 구현하였다. 기존 PCB에 실장되는 소자 일부를 2 Channel BGA 패캐지로 모 듈화한 결과 약 1/6로 소형화시킬수 있었으며 8 Channel의 모율화는 현재 진행중인 다층 구조의 제조 기술 개발과 아울러 BGA 패캐지로 실현이 가능하며 1/10로집접화할수 있음을 알수 있었다. 또한 PCB위에 Bare Chip을 실장하여 Wire Bonding 한 COB를 구현하여 CBGGA의 PCB실장과 함께한 모듈을 형성해 보았다. CBGA패캐지에 Ball Shear Test, In Circuit Test 온도 환경주기시험(TCT) 진동시험을 통하여 신뢰성을 입증하였다. 이때 CBGA의 Coplanarity(3.2%) 증진을 위하여 Ceramic Pad에 선택적인 도금 방식을 개발적용 하였다.

Fabrication of the Integrated Triplexer Using Micro Block Stacking Method (Micro-block Stacking 방법으로 제작한 집적형 Triplexer 제작 및 특성 측정)

  • Yoon, Hyun-Jae;Kim, Jin-Won
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.217-221
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we have fabricated by means of the "Micro-Block Stacking (MBS)" method the 8 pin mini DIL integrated Triplexer, which can transmit CATV and voice/data at the same time in a single fiber. Our MBS technique is a novel scheme of compact optical module packaging which secures precision positioning of the components on the optical beam path by prefixed stacks of ceramic blocks. The subassembly in which a laser diode, two receiver photodiodes, two WDM filters, and four micro lenses are integrated is only $5.40mm{\times}2.15mm{\times}1.05mm$ in size. As the Triplexer is aligned to the single mode fiber, the transmitter power of -14.5 dBm and the receiver sensitivities of 0.83 A/W, 0.73 A/W for 1550 nm, 1490 nm, respectively are obtained.