IAPRI Joins the World Packaging Organization (WPO)

The World Packaging Organization is a non-profit, non-governmental, international federation of national packaging institutes and associations, regional packaging federations and other interested parties including corporations and trade associations.
Founded September 6, 1968 with the purposes to:

• Encourage the development of packaging technology, science, access, and engineering.
• Contribute to the development of international trade.
• Stimulate education and training in packaging.

The primary activities of the organization today are to promote education through meetings, special activities and publications, including their web site; to sponsor an international packaging design awards program (World Star); and to facilitate contact and exchange among the various national institutes of packaging.