This is a 4-part project involving Data Collection and Methodology Development applicable in the Single Parcel Shipping Environment. A significant amount of effort has been expended in the past to characterize the handling of the high-volume package types, weights and sizes that go through the single parcel shipping channels.

IAPRI’s three current Working Groups (WGs) met in Zhuhai to address important issues, while the creation of a new WG concerned with Active & Intelligent (A&I) Packaging was also formally approved.

IAPRI’s June Conference was successful on many levels, but may also be remembered as the first event to feature a trial Academia Meets Industry session.

Two and a half days full of fascinating presentations and enthusiastic networking brought over 220 delegates from 24 countries to Zhuhai, Southern China, to the IAPRI Conference in June.

IAPRI’s Leadership Committee is looking for candidates for the board. If you are Interested in the that possibility, request the Director Guidelines and Candidate Search Form at sg@iapri.org. We have openings for Full Member and Corporate Member representatives. The deadline to submit the forms is February 8th, 2019.

Arguably, research and education are all about exchange – whether of information or experience. So it is no coincidence that one of the prime objectives of the new IAPRI website is to facilitate knowledge exchange between member institutes and the individuals who work in these areas.

The deadline for submission of both general session abstracts and peer reviewed abstracts and papers has been extended to January 15, 2019. But, please don't wait until then to get your abstract or peer reviewed paper submitted. Don't miss this outstanding opportunity to present your current research to the APRI membership.

For IAPRI members planning to submitted a paper for consideration in the peer reviewed stream here is a link to register your attention and a link to the guidelines for paper submission.

IAPRI is pleased to introduce a new website and association management software platform and we are requesting your help in the transition.

Frank Welle of Fraunhofer IVV, Germany, and Yves Wyser of Nestlé Research, Switzerland, are the most recent additions to the IAPRI Board, with more openings becoming available from next year.

VTT, Finland, won in the ‘Bio-based packaging’ category of the Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards 2018, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in late October, adding to its success with the structure in question.

No fewer than five new members have joined IAPRI since the end of last year, spanning university departments, independent test houses, corporate members and laboratory equipment providers.