FOLDING AND PACKING OF

APPARELS
 FLOW CHART
Received garments from the finished section
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Hang tagging
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Folding with inserting back board, tissue
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Poly Bagging
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Cartooning
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Applied adhesive tape on the pack
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Bar-coding
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Packing complete
• Folding
After completing pressing, the garments are
folded with a predetermine area.
• Garments are folded according to the buyers
direction, requirements in a standard area.
• Folding classification depends on the fabric
types. There are mainly four types of folding.
They are –
• Stand up: Collar is folded and situated at 90*
angle.
• Semi stand up: Collar is folded with body and
situated at 45 degree angle
• Flat pack: Collar is separated as a hole on the
body of shirt.
• Hanger pack: shirt is packed and transported
by hanging on the hanger
PACKING OF APPARELS
INTRODUCTION
 Packing is concerned with designing and
producing of appropriate package for a product.
 It can be described as a coordinated system of
preparing goods for transport, warehousing,
logistics, sale and end.
 packaging means a case, container, wrapper or
other receptacle for packaging goods. It can be
made of metals, plastic, wood, paper, glass,
laminates, polyester.
IMPORTANCE
 Physical protection: Protection from mechanical
shock, vibration, electrostatic discharge
compression, temperature.
 Barrier protection: A barrier from oxygen water
vapour, dust etc.
 Information transmission: packages and labels
communicate how to use, transport, recycle or
dispose of the package or product.
 Marketing: Can be used by marketers to
encourage potential buyers to purchase the
product.
Convenience: Packages can have features that
add convenience in distribution, handling,
stacking display, sale, opening, reclosing, use,
dispencig, reuse, recycling and ease of
disposal.
LEVEL OF PACKAGING FOR MEN’S SHIRT
 VARIOUS MATERIAL USED FOR
PACKAGING OF CLOTHING AND APPAREL
Paper and card board:
 They are very popular packaging material.
They are very cheap but have very little strength
as compared to other packing material except
glass.
They provide opportunity to present article in
colorful & attractive way.
 It can protect the contents from moisture to
some extent.
Paper such as paper board, coated paper,
crepe paper, kraft paper bag
• Plastic material:
• It has revolutionized the packaging industry.
• These types of package are durable & air
tight.
• They are not heavy & don’t absorb moisture
as like paper.
Glass material:
 Glass packaging does not just protect; it
actually adds values to its contents.
 The transparency of glass, whether colored or
plain, ensures that the contents out visually,
allowing consumers to immediately see the
quality of the product concerned.
GLASS PACKAGING SUCH JARS
NON WOVEN FABRIC MATERIAL:
A dynamic, value-added alternative:
• Non woven fabrics are a dynamic, value added
alternative to more traditional materials.
•With nonwovens technology, fabrics can be
designed to take on an array of characteristics
that other materials simply cannot match.
Tin and steel can:
• It is 100% recyclable, without loss in quality.
• It offers convenient, protective packaging,
allowing ambient storage for certain products
such as for the clothing and apparel.
• It provides an excellent barrier against water,
oxygen and light.
• It is inexpensive.
TIN AND STEEL CAN PACKAGING
Plastic such as translucent plastics with the
type of:
• PVC (poly vinyl chloride),PET/PE(polyethylene
terephthalate/polyethylene).
• Nonwoven plastic
Perforated cloths packaging plastic bags with
the type of LDPE (low density polyethylene).
CURRENT TRENDS/ ADDITIONAL PACKAGING
FOR CLOTHING
 Fabric packaging such as
• Hydrophilic nonwoven fabric bags
• Laser nonwoven bags
SHIPMENT PACKAGING OF GARMENTS
Packaging may be divided in various classes with respect to its
protection.
Two types:
• Close container carrying garment:
It is covered completely, individually by merchandised
package.
• Open container carrying garments:
In open merchandise packages coats, suits or dresses
transported without individual covers on hangers suspended
from portable hanger racks. The shipment packages are
separated properly to prevent the crushing of the garments.
 Vacuum packaging
The function vacuum package include
• To reduce the shipment weight of shipping good.
• To prevent the garment from catching dust or
odours during shipping.
• To prevent garments from acquiring wrinkles or
creases during shipping.
• To minimize storage space for other manufacturer
& retailer.
 FUNCTION AND SCOPE OF PACKAGING
Two different functions
 The distribution function:
 Deals with packaging the apparel in a manner which
permits the apparel manufacturer to ship the protect
at lower cost & or in the shortest time to the
purchaser without damaging the quality of the
protect.
The merchandising function: deals with
presenting the apparel product in a manner
designed to stimulate consumer desire for the
product. Both functions have style and
specifications during the journey from the
factory to the retailer.
 THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED DURING
PACKING
• Creasing, crushing & dust may affect the quality &
have to be prevented in packaging.
• Military apparel & apparel destined for export &
shipment to extremes of climate conditions must be
packaged to protect the product against wetting,
mildew, fungus, excessive light and handling
damages.
• Handling damage refers to tears, creases & staining
when the package is broken by shipping handling.
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