IoPP Technical Bag Committee Fall Meeting
Crowne Plaza, Minneapolis, MN
September 14 – 15, 2010

Crowne Plaza Hotel
2200 FREEWAY BLVD
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55430
1-763-566-8000

AGENDA

Monday, September 13th

Dinner on your own

6.30 pm
Executive Committee and new officers meeting

Tuesday, September 14th

7.30-8.00 am
Breakfast. The room rate includes a breakfast voucher in the    dining room and we will meet there.

8.00-8.15 am
Welcome from the Chairman and Anti Trust review.

8.30-9.00 am
PSSMA report – Bob Langston

9.00-9.30 am
Dan Hoch – FIBCA update and FIBC market

9.30-10.45 am
TBC General Business Topics

Design Specifications:

• Closures, opening & reclosures
• Speciality plies
• New bag construction
• Plastic shipping sacks
• FIBCs
• Small bags/pouches
• International trends

Performance & quality:

• Machinery & equipment
• Densification
• Quality systems
• Bag testing (ASTM, TAPPI,FIBCs)
• Palletizing and transport
• Safety
• Printing

Legal, environmental:

• Regulations
• Ecology, reuse, recycle, recovery & disposal

10.45 – 11.00 am
Break

11.00 - 12.00
General

• Future meetings
• Membership
• Install new officers
• Other topics if required

12.00 noon
Lunch on your own

1.20 pm
Depart for Ten-E Packaging Services

2.00 – 4.00 pm
Visit to Ten-E Packaging Services
1666 Country Road 74
Newport, MN 55055
Ten-E is a well known packaging testing facility. They willshow, amongst other things, a FIBC Top Lift to Destruction Test as well as smaller bag drop testing. UV test methods will also be discussed. Our host is Paul Mathson.

7.00 pm
Group Dinner. Restaurant to be determined.

Wednesday, September 14th

7.30-8.00 am
Breakfast. The room rate includes a breakfast voucher in the dining room and we will meet there.

8.30 am
Depart for Thiele Technologies

9.00 am – 12.00 pm
Visit to Thiele Technologies
315 NE 27th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55418.
Our hosts will be Bob Odom and Steve Shellenbaum.

The following will be presented:

• Bag filling machinery
• Bag sealing technology
• Bag palletizing machinery

They have kindly offered to provide us with a brought in lunch after the meeting.

1.00 pm
Meeting Adjourned

The meeting fee will again be $150.00 on-line and $175.00 at the time of the meeting.

Click here to register online.