It can also reduce the amount of PET material needed to produce the finished bottle, allowing for reduced wall thickness for an optimum strength-to-weight ratio. According to Sidel, the result is a bottle that uses less raw materials and ...
Tags: Pet Bottle, Sidel
Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, will be returning to Orlando, FL, in March 2014 for the 8th annual Sustainability in Packaging conference and exhibition. This year's event ...
UBM Canon Packaging Group announced the winners of the inaugural Visionary Awards the evening of June 19. The gala event, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, was held in conjunction with the AmeriStar Package Awards and EastPack ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, Packaging Industry, Visionary Awards
The organisations have signed a memorandum to deliver the development courses for packaging professionals. The partnership will develop a higher level master’s course which focus on packaging design but also explore the wider agenda ...
Tags: IoPP, Faraday Centre, New Packaging Degree
Packaging Engineering at Rutgers University received another major boost at a Nov. 7 fundraising event organized by the Rutgers Packaging Engineering Advisory Board (RPEAB). The second annual banquet drew 120 people including School of ...
The PMMI Education & Training Foundation (PEF) is pleased to announce it will administer the Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship, funded by Dorner Mfg. Corp. (Hartland, Wisc.). Dorner established the scholarship in memory ...
Tags: Packaging Education, Packaging, PMMI
Two dissimilar companies with a common interest in the value of reusables have joined the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA), broadening the Association's reach and expertise. Herman Miller produces inventive designs, technologies, and ...
Tags: Chemicals, Packaging Association, Herman Miller, NOVA Chemicals
Brian Welt, coordinator of the University of Florida's packaging-engineering program, believes many students share a common misconception when it comes to packaging jobs. "A lot of students don't even know it's a career," he told ...
Tags: Packaging Schools, Youth Engagement, packaging industry
At the 2012 GlobalPack International Packaging Conference held from 24 to 27 July 2012 in the Philippines, the industry experts said that local packaging industry must be on par with international standards by keeping tabs on trends ...
Tags: Packaging Development, local packaging, international market
On the heels of Modern’s annual pallet usage reader survey and a related webcast, I had an opportunity to talk to Howe Wallace, the CEO of PalletOne. Headquartered in Bartow, Florida, and with over $200 million a year in revenue, ...
Tags: pallet, pallet manufacturer