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The IoPP Chicago Chapter hosted its annual golf outing and fundraiser June 23 at Chevy Chase Country Club in Wheeling, Ilinois, and approximately 50 golfers were treated with spectacular weather. The chapter used the occasion to present IoPP a check for $2,000, which will be deposited in the IoPP Packaging Education Scholarship Fund. Thank you, Chicago Chapter!
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Is packaging education in your plans this summer? There's still time to enroll in upcoming semesters of the Fundamentals of Packaging Technology course. Semesters 3-4 will be July 27-31 in suburban Chicago; take one or both semesters. Semester 3 covers polymers, flexible packaging, molding technologies, closures and more. Semester 4 includes environmental issues, sustainable packaging, adhesives, metal and glass packaging, and other topics. Semesters 1-2 sold out in June, so don't delay, as only a few seats remain for Semesters 3-4. Register today!
IoPP
Packaging is essentially a Consumer Packaged Goods company's hardest working employee, a true brand ambassador. Serving the product, along with the corporate agenda and logistics, is a given. Ultimately, however, packaging must serve the consumer. Packaging should be designed for people, not products. Does your packaging disappoint or delight? Find the packaging path to consumer delight by reading this month's Professional Perspective (published by Packaging World magazine), written by Kaylor Hildenbrand, Principal Consultant, PARK Research Partners.
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IoPP
You can access the IoPP AmeriStar winner presentations online 24/7. Winners were formally announced June 29 and 30 on the IoPP website. In April, judges evaluated and analyzed packages from 14 categories in an online, virtual judging process. Judging was based on package innovation, sustainability, protection, economics, performance and marketing. Top AmeriStar winners included the Best of Show Award, the Sustainable Package Award and, the Design Excellence Award. Visit www.iopp.org/AmeriStar for presentations and a complete overview of the winning packages.
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July 15
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IoPP Puerto Rico Chapter Event — "Packaging Validation Considerations" |
Contact: Rosamari Feliu, email rosamari.feliu@iopppr.org. Click here for more information. |
Aug. 20
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IoPP Central Indiana Chapter Presentation: "Aseptic Packaging," West Lafayette, Indiana |
Contact: Dan Cunningham, email LTCDAN@comcast.net. Click here for more information. |
Aug. 20
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IoPP Michigan Chapter Two James Distillery Private Tour, Detroit, Michigan |
Contact: Mike Naseef, email mike.naseef@orbiscorporation.com. Click here for more information. |
Aug. 29
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Fox Valley Summer Social: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Game, Appleton, Wisconsin |
Contact: Chris Dejardin, CPP, email cdejardin@norkainc.com. Click here for more information. |
The Washington Post
Federal health officials, troubled by the increase of hospital visits and poison control calls related to liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes, are considering new warning labels and child-resistant packaging for the products. The Food and Drug Administration said it is looking for public comments and other data about what requirements it should impose on manufacturers of liquid nicotine.
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The Medical News
The usage of key medicines in developing countries could be significantly increased through improved packaging appearance, a new study finds. Infant dehydration due to diarrhea results in 600,000 deaths annually in the developing world due to inappropriate or no treatment. Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) combats this dehydration.
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The Guardian
Packaging plays a vital role in protecting goods and attracting sales. Traditionally, packaging has moved in linear supply chains with little collaboration on designing for recyclability or reuse. Companies have tended to opt for low value materials, often used in combinations that are hard to recycle or produce an adverse impact on the environment. When coupled with a lack of widespread consumer understanding around recycling, packaging can end up destined to become waste in a short space of time.
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Packaging Digest
The rise of the internet the past 20 years has been a blessing and a scourge at the same time for both packaging buyers and suppliers. A key challenge for both parties is the sheer amount of channels and content available to facilitate purchases. Buyers are overwhelmed by posted content, and suppliers are challenged to optimize their marketing budgets across ever increasingly segmented online channels.
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UPI
Sandwich makers in Norway won't have to worry about getting that last little bit out of their bottle of mayonnaise now that food brand Orkla has adopted a technology that lets the product simply slide right out of the packaging. Orkla recently signed a licensing agreement with the Massachusetts-based company LiquiGlide, which created a method to make the inside of certain food packaging permanently wet.
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BBC News
Starting July 1, single-use EPS products including cups, bowls, plates, takeout containers and trays and packing peanuts are not allowed to be possessed, sold or offered in New York City. Companies have six months to comply or face a fine. So why has EPS come under fire? And what is it, exactly? Here's a quick guide to this long-lasting material.
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Packaging World
As a packaging professional, you likely have learned technical data about various materials and how each performs to protect what it holds. Or maybe you are able to operate complicated machinery and quote line speeds in your sleep. If you are in packaging on the brand side, your focus might be on how the packaging presents the product on shelf, or perhaps you are charged with creating efficiencies in the supply chain. All great things, but packaging serves two masters.
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Plastics Today
U.S. demand for plastic film is expected to grow 1.5 percent per year through 2018 to 16.4 billion pounds, resulting in sales of $26.2 billion, according to a report from the Freedonia Group. The greatest growth in film demand will come from food and nonfood packaging, with above-average growth forecast for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors.
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Packaging Digest
In summers gone by, Anheuser-Busch has added a patriotic touch to the Budweiser packaging design with graphics rich in stars and stripes. This year, the brand owner took a new direction: Budweiser's summer 2015 package graphics highlight the Statue of Liberty. The patriotic limited-edition beverage packaging is decorated with a stylized illustration of Lady Liberty printed in blue and grey, holding her torch aloft on a ground of red and white stripes.
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