Update on Plans for IAPRI Communities of Practice in 2022
02/13/2022
With the addition of the University Education Community of Practice under development, IAPRI now has five communities planning activities for 2022.

Interested in Hosting the IAPRI 2024 World Packaging Conference Your Country?
02/10/2022
The IAPRI Board of Directors is requesting that all members consider the possibility of hosting the 24th World Packaging Conference in their country in 2024.

IAPRI Announces a New Color Scheme for its Logo and Website
02/07/2022
It was December of 2013 when IAPRI created it's new logo and changed its website. The website has been modernized since then, but now the logo color scheme has had a refresh with better contrasting colors of blue and yellow. It is important for IAPRI members who use the IAPRI logo on their websites to change to the new images.

ZHAW, Switzerland, explores biomaterials
02/28/2022
At Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Switzerland, different research groups are in the final year of a four-year interdisciplinary project to develop bio-based alternatives to fossil-based plastics.

Jinan University leads key food-contact project
02/27/2022
China’s Jinan University led a consortium of 12 universities and research institutes, including Jiangnan University and China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA), on a National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFC1603200), which finished last year, looking at testing and risk assessment for new food-contact materials.

Cal Poly students bag four WorldStar awards
02/28/2022
Three projects presented by students from Cal Poly Packaging Program students took four awards at the 2021 World Packaging Organization (WPO) WorldStar Student Competition, announced at the end of January.