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The bi-weekly, email newsletter with the information you need • July 11, 2011 • Vol. 9, Issue 14
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Learn about serialization programs - Shire Pharmaceuticals’ Kimberly Riley at Pack Expo A good serialization program can reduce counterfeiting for products such as pharmaceuticals by placing a unique mark on each level of packaging to track products. You can learn the ins and outs of effective serialization programs at Pack Expo Las Vegas in September. Kimberly Riley, Global Manager, P&L, at Shire Pharmaceuticals, will provide all the “need-to-knows.” Kimberly’s presentation is just one highlight of IoPP’s three-day Learning Center Conference at Pack Expo. Besides pointers on creating serialization programs, choose from sessions including what’s coming next in sustainability and packaging, total cost ownership and managing vendors, four update sessions from IoPP’s Food Safety Alliance for Packaging Technical Committee, and how to engage consumers via packaging at the "Mobile Moment of Truth." Sessions cost $99 before September 7, after September 7, sessions are $125. For session schedule, click here |
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Latest IoPP "Professional Perspective" column in Packaging World The July edition of IoPP's "Professional Perspective" column in Packaging World magazine is now available. The article, titled Assuring brand loyalty: Make yourself a 'need' rather than a 'want' - written by IoPP member Christopher Nutley, president and co-owner, MSW Packaging - is focused on making sure that your company provides services that are indispensable. To do so, you need to ask the following: "Is our company adding value?"; "Is our company's service still relevant?"; "Is our company a key component for our customer's business?"; and "Do our company's customers need us any longer?" For Packaging World's July edition of "Professional Perspective," click here |
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IoPP Packaging Machinery: Basics course taking place in October Are you up to speed with packaging machinery? Packaging Machinery: Basics, taking place October 10-12, 2011 in the Chicago area, is for professionals who need to know more about machinery and how it integrates into the packaging process. In 2-1/2 days, you'll gain knowledge on a spectrum of machinery from learning how to create more effective packages by understanding how they run on line equipment to gaining “hands on” instruction that lets you see concepts in operation on actual machines. Taught by 20-plus-year veteran of packaging John Henry CPP, this course sells out fast so register now. For course details and registration, click here |
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Closure Torque Retention Guidelines for Inner Receptacles now available in IoPP bookstore These guidelines facilitate the safe transportation of packaging under normal conditions and in subsequent storage to meet product stewardship, safety and regulatory requirements. Sections go into detail about the many factors involved in the proper application of closures to inner reseptacles of combination packages. Guideline is intended to assist packaging professionals in addressing closure torque issues in their respective organizations. To order this guideline, click here |
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