Visa Needed if you are planning to attend the IAPRI Member Conference in Mumbai
03/09/2023
For everyone planning to attend the IAPRI Member Conference in Mumbai as a foreign participant you must obtain a visa. It is very important that you complete our information form right away. This is only asking your Name, Nationality, Country of Birth, Passport Number, Job Title, and Organization. You do not need to have registered yet for the conference or have any travel information to complete the form.

OFI, Austria, works to identify DNA-reactive contaminants
03/25/2023
Austria’s OFI research institute has provided an informal progress report on the Migratox project, where it has been working with FH Campus Wien to develop techniques for detecting trace amounts of DNA-reactive substances in complex food-contact matrices.

Belgian members work on recyclable films
03/30/2023
Belgium’s Pack4Food and Hasselt University (UHasselt) are making progress in a project investigating multilayer plastics films for food, with a focus on combining strong barrier and shelf-life features with recyclability – particularly in PP-based structures.

Varied learning and research at FH Campus Wien, Austria
03/30/2023
Based in the Austrian capital, FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences is the largest university of its type in the country. The Packaging and Resource Management section, part of the Department of Applied Life Sciences, was created in 2015, and employs 30 staff members in teaching and R&D activities.

MSU School of Packaging gifted one-of-a-kind packaging collection
03/04/2023
Ipsos is donating the NewProductWorks Collection, a “laboratory of innovation” spanning 35 years of packaging history, and its relocation to East Lansing, Michigan. Additional support from Ipsos will fund the initial set-up and oversight of the collection. Smithers, an IAPRI member, is donating space near MSU’s campus to display the products in a simulated supermarket setting.

Lansmont Corporation to donate product and package testing technologies to MSU School of Packaging
03/07/2023
Lansmont Corporation, part of the Physical Properties Testers (PPT) Group, is extending its investment in packaging durability testing and research by donating some of their test and measurement technologies to the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging.

Opening at Virginia Tech
03/07/2023
The packaging program at Virginia Tech is looking for a Collegiate Assistant Professor in packaging. The position is predominantly teaching position with some opportunities for industry engagement and undergraduate research.