Members are encouraged to consider nominating an individual for the IAPRI Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the IAPRI World Conference held in June, 2020 in Monterrey, Mexico. The following outlines the nomination and award process.

Among many other highlights, the 2020 IAPRI World Conference on Packaging in Monterrey, Mexico (June 15-18) will host adjudication of the prestigious Student Exchange Scholarship, generously sponsored yet again this year by PepsiCo.

For the second time, IAPRI will present a $1,000 US award, sponsored by Dr. S Paul Singh to a first time presenter at the World Conference on Packaging to be held in Monterrey, Mexico. To enter the drawing all you have to do is have a research presentation accepted by the Scientific Committee.

AIDIMME, Spain, has started work on a project to help regional producers of single-use wooden pallets compete with reusable Euro pallets, in part by the creation of standards for quality control, given that the only ISO standard in this area seems unhelpful.

Emphasising the contribution that research organisations can make to the growth sector of plastics recycling, Fraunhofer IVV in Germany worked throughout 2019 with brand-owner Beiersdorf to collect used polyethylene (PE) packaging, turn it into post-consumer recyclate (PCR) and use this recyclate in new bottles for its Nivea skincare brand.

The Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (CPULD) at Virginia Tech, USA, has published a white paper entitled ‘Pallets make the world go round’, with the explainer that this examines ‘circular versus linear economies and their effects on the pallet industry’.

Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging has named as its new director Matthew Daum, who has a background both on the packaging engineering side of HP and, since 2007, as an adjunct associate professor at Clemson University.

Germany’s BAM has extended an existing agreement with the University of Birmingham (UoB), UK, for a further three years, with planned co-operation including the creation of a joint research centre for Chemistry and Materials Science.

The range of new members joining IAPRI over the last few months is further evidence of the association’s continued value not just to research and university institutes but also to manufacturers of finished goods – and across continents.

Vevey, Switzerland Sep 12, 2019 Nestlé today officially inaugurated the Institute of Packaging Sciences, the first-of-its-kind in the food industry. The new Institute enables Nestlé to accelerate its efforts to bring functional, safe and environmentally friendly packaging solutions to the market and to address the global challenge of plasti...

IAPRI’s diverse membership continues to grow, with the imminent IAPRI Symposium at the University of Twente, the Netherlands (June 11-14), providing a valuable opportunity to meet and get to know at least some of these new members.

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ISTA and some of its US members are taking research into load stability and horizontal impacts in new directions, thanks to keen industry interest – and some original equipment

Members and Non-Members of IAPRI, your participation in the World Conference on Packaging in Monterrey, Mexico will provide you an outstanding opportunity to communicate and develop ideas, exchange experiences and in many cases reduce duplication of effort by presenting and hearing from others.