While there may be fewer operational Working Groups (WGs) within IAPRI than at other times in the past, the high member turnout for their meetings ahead of the June Symposium at the University of Twente showed they are as important as ever.

The IAPRI Board is repeating its invitation made during the June Symposium that member institutes should take advantage of the opportunities offered by both the IAPRI website and the online newsletter to publicise their activities and research, as well as the expertise of individuals in particular areas of packaging science.

IAPRI announces the 2020 World Conference in Monterrey, Mexico and the 2021 Member Conference in Mumbai, India

Earlier in June, the ‘green lung’ of the University of Twente’s lush campus outside Enschede, the Netherlands, was an appropriate setting for lively debates about sustainability – as well as many other aspects of packaging - as IAPRI’s 29th Symposium got underway. Keynote PowerPoints from Martin de Olde, Chris Bruijnes and Hel&e...

The final day of the 2019 IAPRI Symposium at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, earlier this month, saw four researchers recognized and rewarded for the caliber of their presentations – including one recipient of the first ever IAPRI Career Start Award.

Three current directors and three new directors will serve three-year terms beginning June 14, 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 ...

ISO has announced that ISO/CD 22982-2, which is a committee draft is out for vote as a draft international standard (DIS).

Vevey, Switzerland Sep 12, 2019 Nestlé today officially inaugurated the Institute of Packaging Sciences, the first-of-its-kind in the food industry. The new Institute enables Nestlé to accelerate its efforts to bring functional, safe and environmentally friendly packaging solutions to the market and to address the global challenge of plasti...

In Finland, VTT’s work as a technology partner to local startup Woodly has helped prepare it for the imminent launch of two versions of the company’s cellulose-based biopolymer (also called ‘Woodly’) for film production and injection molding.

IAPRI members Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging, USA, and the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have been featured in an article on the online platform PackagingInsights discussing the importance of specialised packaging education.

Fraunhofer IVV in Dresden, Germany, has developed a new device for measuring how easily peelable the ‘peelable’ lidding on thermoformed plastics packaging actually is. The Pack Peel Scan system, which is equipped with machine learning, will be demonstrated at the K 2019 show in Düsseldorf, Germany (16-23 October).

IAPRI’s diverse membership continues to grow, with the imminent IAPRI Symposium at the University of Twente, the Netherlands (June 11-14), providing a valuable opportunity to meet and get to know at least some of these new members.

The Belgian Packaging Institute (IBE-BVI) was established during the 1950s, when plastics was the fastest-growing, and possibly the most exciting, materials sector. Today, environmental concerns are arguably the most significant influence on packaging developments, with plastics the principle target for reduction or elimination.

Many of the research projects and initiatives aimed at improving recycling rates for plastics originate in countries which already have a strong track-record in collecting and recycling packaging polymers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This widespread success with bottle PET has led researchers and businesses to look more closely at possible routes to similar success both with PET in other formats and with other polymers.

The IAPRI board has made a subtle and intelligent change in its usage of the word Symposium. The board recognized that these events did not meet the true definition of a Symposium. So the 29th Symposium on Packaging in June in the Netherlands was the last usage for this type of member only event.