February 2019 E-Newsletter
International Association of Packaging Research Institutes

IAPRI Events

29th IAPRI Member Symposium on Packaging - 2019
06/11/2019- 06/14/2019
Campus of University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Registration Now Open
Serving Society
Innovative Perspectives on Packaging

Dear IAPRI members,
University of Twente, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Chair Packaging Design and Management likes to invite you to the: 29th IAPRI Member Symposium on Packaging 2019 Serving society, innovative perspectives on packaging.

Research News

Fraunhofer IVV works on fast monitoring and adjustment of heat-seal temperatures
02/27/2019
The Fraunhofer IVV institute in Dresden is one of the partners in a project aiming to develop thin-film sensors to monitor the heat-sealing process for plastics films, very close to those films and nearly in real-time. Over the next couple of months, with sister institute Fraunhofer IWM (Werkstoffmechanik – Material Mechanics) and the German Industry Association for Food Technology and Packaging (IVLV), Fraunhofer IVV will start work on the project, entitled ‘Robust thin-film sensors for in-process monitoring and control of critical process parameters in polymer processing’ (RobInPro).

IAPRI Researcher Directory, are you listed?
02/27/2019
IAPRI researchers, are you currently listed in the IAPRI Researcher Directory? This is where companies or people can search for a packaging researcher with expertise within a specific area of interest. If you are the primary contact or an additional contact at an IAPRI member institute you too can be listed in the IAPRI Research Directory under up to five areas of specialization.

FH Campus Wien publishes its Circular Packaging Design Guideline
02/28/2019
New Austrian IAPRI member FH Campus Wien has contributed its own response to the EU’s Circular Economy Package in the shape of a Circular Packaging Design Guideline.

Member News

New IAPRI Member Profile
02/27/2019
Print & Packaging at Ryerson University, Canada

ISTA European Packaging Symposium lines up strong speakers
02/28/2019
Organised by the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), with the support of Spain’s ITENE, ISTA’s seventh European Packaging Symposium will run from 5-7 March 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the theme of ‘Industry 4.0: Packaging Innovation and Impacts in a Transforming World.’

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