The bi-weekly, email newsletter with the information you need   August 19, 2013 • Vol. 11, Issue 16
 


WorldStar 2014 Awards Program open for entries
Summer is almost over and time is running away from us! Before you know it September 27th will be here! That is the closing date for the 2014 WorldStar Awards program.  Do you have a winning package – something to show the world?  Then enter now! IoPP AmeriStar winners are eligible for entry!

For details, click here


Congratulations Packaging Digest
For 50 years of stellar packaging editorial expertise! Not only does Packaging Digest attract the best practitioners in the marketplace, the publication has been vital in promoting best practices through accurate reporting, analysis and knowledge-building, helping professionals to develop innovative, high-level packages and packaging processes. IoPP is proud to serve and collaborate with the best and brighest in the packaging industry. Here's to 50 more years!
To read more, click here


IoPP online training: here's the value for your peers around the world
Since its inception last summer, IoPP’s Fundamentals of Packaging Technology online course already has trained packaging professionals in 20 countries—from Canada to Japan to Belgium to India. Not only have they learned the broad basics of the different packaging segments, but they’ve picked up packaging insights that can help their products perform better in the marketplace. Professionally, they have gained knowledge that helps them contribute to the bottom line and advance their career. Says a participating packaging engineer at a gourmet foods company: “IoPP’s online training site is easy and convenient to use. The flexibility of being able to pause and replay course content is a great benefit because it allows you to gain a better understanding of the material. I learned the science behind packaging. This is helping me to make better package design decisions and reduce packaging costs for our company.” Let us help you grow—the flexibility of taking Fundamentals online gives you the freedom to learn anywhere, anytime!

For more information about IoPP's online training, click here



Get ready for Fall! Fundamentals of Packaging Technology starting in September
IoPP's Fundamentals of Packaging Technology helps you succeed in the complex world of packaging. If you don’t have a packaging degree or if you need more knowledge to deliver solutions drawn from an increasingly number of options, the Fundamentals course helps span the gap. It teaches you about every major segment of packaging, and you grow professionally. Fundamentals in Baltimore is taking place starting September 16 at the Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites.
For Fundamentals details and dates, click here


Upcoming events

August 19-21
IoPP 2013 Annual Leadership Conference, Chicago, IL.
Click here for more information.

August 21
Heart of America Chapter Happy Hour Social, North Kansas City, MO.
Click here for more information. Contact: Don Mack, e-mail don.mack@multivac.com.

August 22
Southeastern Chapter Networking Event, Atlanta, GA.
Click here for more information. Contact: E-mail southeastern@iopp.org.

August 26
Western New York Chapter Meeting, TBD.
Click here for more information. Contact: Diana Melvin, e-mail dianamelvin01@gmail.com.

August 29
Cleveland Chapter Tour: Swaglok, Solon, OH.
Click here for more information. Contact: Chris Cetnar, e-mail chris.cetnar@jmsmucker.com.

September 4
Southeastern Chapter 10th Annual IBPA Golf Tournament, NW Rome, GA.
Click here for more information. Contact: David McCrary, 770-606-3040.

September 13
Central Indiana Chapter Annual Golf Scramble, Greenwood, IN.
Click here for more information. Contact: Caesar Watkins, e-mail caepac@att.net.

September 13
Cincinnati Chapter Annual Golf Outing, Lebanon, OH.
Click here for more information. Contact: Craig Henize, e-mail chenize@fuse.net.

September 16-18
Fundamentals of Packaging Technology - Semester 1, Baltimore, MD.
Click here for more information. Contact: Barbara Dykes, e-mail bdykes@iopp.org.

September 18-20
Fundamentals of Packaging Technology - Semester 2, Baltimore, MD.
Click here for more information. Contact: Barbara Dykes, e-mail bdykes@iopp.org.

September 23-25
Pack Expo, Las Vegas, NV.
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For more information about IoPP, and other IoPP programs, visit www.iopp.org. Newsletter comments? Email us at cbarry@iopp.org.

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