Join the most important scientific and technological packaging congress of the year!
09/11/2023
ITENE organizes together with IAPRI (International Association of Packaging Research Institutes) the 24th IAPRI World Packaging Conference to be held on 17-21 June 2024 in Valencia (Spain)

IAPRI Community of Practice Changes Name and Focus
09/14/2023
The IAPRI Active and Intelligent Packaging Community of Practice has changed it name and focus to Food Packaging. This was approved by the Board of Directors at the request of the Chair Selcuk Yildirim from Zhaw University following their meeting in May at the World Conference in Mumbai.

Time to Submit Your Abstract!
09/29/2023
It is time to submit your abstract to present your research at the 24th IAPRI World Packaging Conference to be held next June in Valencia, Spain

Helping ‘distribution’ of best test practice
09/29/2023
Every researcher would like to see their work helping to improve best practice, either through industry standards or adapted test protocols and, as the Distribution Packaging papers at IAPRI’s May 2023 Conference made clear, insights into potential improvements are plentiful.

MSU School of Packaging researchers make a sustainable plastic more compostable
09/04/2023
Researchers from Michigan State University’s top-ranked School of Packaging have developed a way to make a promising, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics more biodegradable. A team led by Rafael Auras has made a bio-based polymer blend that’s compostable in both home and industrial settings.

ISTA Foundation funds three research grants
09/13/2023
The International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) Educational Foundation today announced it has awarded three $4,500 undergraduate research grants for proposals focused on minimizing product damage throughout distribution and optimizing resource usage through effective package design.

Last-mile logistics at Lund University
09/13/2023
Research from Sweden’s Lund University has underlined the important role that packaging plays in consumer-centric last-mile home delivery logistics, but also the ways in which many of our assumptions about it need to be rethought.

Clemson hears about PepsiCo’s ‘buckshot’ take on sustainability
09/29/2023
As part of its two-day Sonoco FRESH Food, Packaging and Sustainability Summit this month, a Clemson University audience heard how PepsiCo is pursuing a range of packaging sustainability strategies across its food and beverage portfolio, rather than prioritizing particular approaches or material types over others.

Michigan State University School of Packaging has three positions open.
09/08/2023
There is an open a position for an Assistant Professor – Active, Intelligent, and Smart Packaging, one for Medical Packaging and one for a Specialist-Teacher position.