The Institute of Packaging Professionals is pleased to offer four $2,500 academic scholarships for 2012-2013 to recognize exceptional college students headed for a career in packaging. Candidates must be students in their
Association management firm Kellen Company (www.kellencompany.com) was recently selected to provide management services to The World Packaging Organization (WPO; www.worldpackaging.org). WPO represents over 116,000 members representing 41 countries - members
2012 AmeriStar Awards call for entries The Institute of Packaging Professionals’ ( www.iopp.org) AmeriStar Awards showcases the most innovative packages of the year. If your package went beyond brand-owner
Demand for aseptic packaging in the US is projected to expand 8% per year to $5.1 billion in 2015, well above the overall packaging average. Growth will be driven by
A new report by the University of Victoria ranks eco-labels intended to distinguish seafood produced with less damage to the environment. It is the first study to evaluate how eco-labels
Global demand for biodegradable and bio-based plastics will more than triple to over one million metric tons in 2015, valued at $2.9 billion. Bioplastics have moved past the initial phase
One market is languishing, but poised for growth, while the other is growing at an 8% clip. That’s according to two new packaging market research reports for China and Japan,
Based on the premise that creative ideas move the world; but also that packaging systems must be constantly reinvented and provide innovative and intelligent solutions in order to improve our
The 15th Annual Global Pouch Forum will be held June 11-13, 2012 at the Westin Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It is the industry's leading pouch and flexible plastics
The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN; www.ameripen.org) announced Dec. 15 the retirement of the organization’s president, Joan Pierce of Colgate-Palmolive Company, along with related changes to its
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