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.

The IAPRI Student Exchange Scholarship for the 2018-’19 academic year has been awarded to Wanjun Chu of Linköping University, Sweden, for his proposal to investigate the influence of on-pack information on consumers’ food waste behavior.

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.

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.

Don't miss this outstanding opportunity to present your current research to IAPRI members in Twente, Netherlands at the 29th IAPRI Member symposium “Serving Society – Innovative Perspectives on Packaging, June 11-14, 2019.

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.

At the 21st World Conference on Packaging IAPRI bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award to former President Thomas Goedecke of BAM from Germany.

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.