The Adhesive Tapes are used for packaging. It is consumed daily in large quantities by all industrial and commercial organisations. The packaging industry in India, which started in and around 1950’s,...

The Adhesive Tapes are used for packaging. It is consumed daily in large quantities by all industrial and commercial organisations. The packaging industry in India, which started in and around 1950’s, has grown slowly and steadily in both quality and quantity. The 70’s and 80’s witnessed a remarkable change in materials as well as machinery.This has not only given a face-lift to the industry but also opened it up for innovations. In this period, the industry by and large, depended on domestic resources for materials as well as machinery. This was due to various restrictions on imports. Around the mid 90’s, liberalisation opened the industry further and it began to reflect in the changes in consumers’ consumption pattern..