Some future perspectives on packaging, design and the supply chain
07/30/2020
In the first of several monthly articles bringing together different strands from the IAPRI 2020 Online Conference, we look at a couple of the keynote presentations and what they say about the future of packaging.

IAPRI 2020 - Online World Conference Now Available
07/10/2020
As a packaging professional this provides you with a no travel, lower cost opportunity to learn about what has gone on this past twelve months in the field of packaging research, education, and package testing from world leading experts. • IAPRI members: $ 300 USD • Ph.D. / MS students & authorized authors: $ 100 USD

IAPRI web page shows current research projects
07/23/2020
IAPRI has a web page to highlight our member’s current research projects. All members are encouraged to let others know about projects that could be of interest to the packaging world.

IAPRI Announces Date and Time of the Annual Membership Meeting via Zoom
07/29/2020
The Annual Meeting of the membership would have occurred during the World Conference in June in Monterrey, Mexico. Because of the cancellation of the conference due to the Coronavirus Pandemic the Board of Directors have decided to hold the meeting via a Zoom Meeting.

MSU robotic hand innovation combines strength with gentle handling
07/28/2020
An assistant professor in Michigan State University’s (MSU’s) School of Packaging led the team behind a newly-published paper looking at the development of ‘soft humanoid’ robotic ‘hands with a large grasping force’ using flexible hybrid pneumatic actuators.

WPO WorldStar Student - International Packaging Design Student Competition 2020
07/23/2020
The competition is designed to encourage and show the talents of students as well as new and innovative ideas and thinking in the field of packaging.

ITENE and IATA launch Spain’s first online master’s degree in packaging
07/28/2020
IAPRI members ITENE and the Institute of Agrochemical and Food Technology (IATA), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), have jointly launched Spain’s first packaging technology master’s degree to be conducted almost entirely online.

Sweden’s Lund University formalizes a five-year strategic partnership with Tetra Pak
07/31/2020
Lund University, Sweden, has signed its first ever five-year strategic partnership with Tetra Pak which, while operating at an all-university level, will have significant implications for packaging and packaging research, with the engineering faculty currently dominating collaboration.