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IoPP announces AmeriStar awards program call for entries
IoPP
IoPP's AmeriStar Package Awards Competition is now open for entries! The AmeriStar awards program is considered North America's most prestigious packaging awards competition and commemorates the best packages of the year judged in 14 categories. New for 2014 — AmeriStar entries will be submitted and judged online, so the program will dramatically and "greenly" reduce entry preparation time and material and shipping costs. Submission deadline is March 3, 2014. For AmeriStar details, click here.
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Next IoPP webinar taking place Jan. 16
IoPP
Packaging is under siege. The discipline we once knew as encasement is now morphing into a pivotal business function. An intensely competitive global economy, increasing customer choices, shorter product life cycles and the pressure to stay profitable are forcing companies to rethink packaging. In this webinar, business management and packaging consultant Dan Balan will discuss the "8 Dimensions of Packaging Excellence" that every company must address, and also provide actionable ideas. This is IoPP's No. 1 Standard Webinar and is free to all members.
For details and to register, click here.
Optimize your packaging with a visit to WestPack
IoPP
See what's new and exciting in the industry at WestPack, Feb. 11-13 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Take this opportunity to discover the newest packaging and processing technologies, connect with suppliers one-on-one, network with industry leaders and peers, and compare solutions side by side. Also, enhance your expo experience with the all new Learning Labs — two-hour interactive sessions designed to tackle your greatest technical and strategic challenges. Plus, don't miss all new Speed Networking event.
For more information and to register, click here.
ISTA's 2014 TransPack Forum at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Orlando
IoPP
Taking place April 22-25, the TransPack Forum offers an opportunity for attendees to learn from the world-leading experts about the latest ideas and advancements in responsible transport packaging and the physical distribution of products. It provides quality presentations and valuable case studies along with chances to interact with industry peers to discuss critical issues, share solutions, gain ideas and ultimately become a more knowledgeable packaging professional. IoPP members are eligible for discounted rate! To receive the reduced Forum registration rate, choose "IoPP Member" at the end of the registration process. The member rate will be applied by ISTA before your payment is processed. Please contact ISTA Headquarters at 517-333-3437 or lisa@ista.org if you have any questions or need assistance.
For more information, click here.
Latest IoPP Professional Perspective focused on DIM weight and GAD weight
IoPP
In today's environment of fuel surcharges and offshore manufacturing, it's important to understand how carriers determine billable weight for shipping charges. Packaging professionals can play a direct role in minimizing logistics expenses for their company if they have a better understanding of Dim weight (Dimensional weight) and GAD weight (greater of actual or dimensional weight). "Don't be a 'DIM' Wit, know your GAD," written by IoPP member Robert Meisner, CPP, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Stout, and published in the January issue of Packaging World, is focused on how to best determine carrier weight in transport. To read complete article, click here.
Need machinery know-how? IoPP seminar is March 3-5
IoPP
IoPP's Packaging Machinery: Basics seminar is an ideal way to gain machinery know-how in just 2 1/2 days. If your company's continuing education budget has been tight in recent years, now's the time to ask for approvals. Did you know that a new survey of business executives indicates that many companies will be more generous with training budgets in 2014? But don't delay, because Packaging Machinery: Basics will be March 3-5 (and repeated Oct. 6-8). The seminar is at Frain Industries' new, larger facility in suburban Chicago.
For course details and registration, click here.
In-person or online: Sharpen packaging skills your way through IoPP
IoPP
A new management survey reports some companies are expanding their continuing education budgets in 2014. If your company is one of them and packaging training is on your radar this year, IoPP's Fundamentals of Packaging Technology course offers two learning options to help you improve your packaging know-how: in-person training (June 16-July 18 in Chicago); and online (always available 24/7). Don't be left out and register for either option now.
For details, click here.
Elements of successful packaging
INSIDER
The truth is — even if it's pretty on the inside, if it isn't on the outside, it will languish, ignored. If your supplement product has been tested and shown to be efficacious, thus meeting its label claim, but it is ensconced in mediocre or ineffective packaging, it will assuredly be a flop.
Is it a matter of being superficial? Of course not. It's a matter of multiple dynamics, coupled with manufacturing technology to ensure packaging accurately and finely strums the right notes, resonating with the intended target market who will first test it, and then buy it again and again.
Poll: Excessive packaging dangerous, frustrating for consumers
CBC News
The holiday gifts may all be unwrapped, but many consumers remain consumed with rage about product packaging, a CBC Marketplace poll reveals.
The majority of Canadians say hard-to-open packaging is frustrating and even dangerous. "Wrap rage" refers to the frustration people feel when trying to pry open hard plastic packaging that seems all but impenetrable. More than 90 percent of Canadians who took part in the Marketplace poll say they have experienced rage when opening a product in the past five years, while 69 percent say they have injured themselves in the process.
Seeing robots in a new light
Packaging Digest
Robots aren't new to packaging production plants. They have been pulling their weight for decades, for bulky material handling jobs such as palletizing, as well as for finer pick-and-place tasks such as tray packing.
But more and more facilities in North America now rely on non-human "workers" to assist in their packaging operations, either in supporting or starring roles.
Automation companies and packaging machinery manufacturers continue to advance the capabilities of their systems by incorporating new technologies.
Flexible packaging to be worth $25 billion in North America
Plastics News
Flexible packaging will grow into a $25 billion business in North America during the next five years, according to a new forecast.
The market totaled $20.7 billion in 2013, with 88 percent of those sales coming in the United States, 7 percent in Canada and 5 percent in Mexico, PCI Films Consulting Ltd. of Guilsborough, England, said in a new report.
MOCON lab puts food packaging to the test
FoodProductionDaily.com
MOCON has joined with Ronox Technology to open a flexible package testing lab in Poland. The facility is the ninth MOCON-certified packaging facility in the world. Staff at the lab will perform permeation, seal strength and leak detection of packages for food, beverage and pharmaceutical clients.
Authentication technology materializes for flexibles
Packaging Digest
On Sept. 23, 2013, during PACK EXPO, Rollprint Packaging Products launched its Ghost technology as an economical alternative — done seamlessly during film converting — to create a unique, customizable barrier to packaged product counterfeiting. Rollprint President Dhuanne Dodrill demystifies and updates this intriguing brand protection product, which is available license-free to customers.
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Jan. 14
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Central Indiana Chapter Meeting & Tour: Perish Manufacturing, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Contact: Wayne Funk, email wfunk@locl.net. Click here for more information.
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Jan. 15
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West Michigan Chapter Tour & Happy Hour, Grand Rapids, MI.
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Click here for more information.
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Jan. 16
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IoPP Webinar: Dimensions of Packaging Excellence, Online.
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Click here for more information.
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Jan. 16
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Central Florida Chapter Plant Tour: Polypack Inc., Pinellas Park, Fla.
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Contact: Janice Loppe, email jloppe@itape.com. Click here for more information.
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Jan. 21-22
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Technical Bag Committee Meeting, Treasure Island, Fla.
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Contact: Mike Jenkins, email mjenkins@ITWDynatec.com. Click here for more information.
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