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Professional Perspective
Analysis of key packaging issues written by IoPP members and published every other month in Packaging World magazine.
2020
In a Covid-19 Rut? Three Ways to Keep Packaging Development Moving
Mike Ross, CPP, Senior Packaging Manager-Global, Unilever Food Solutions, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Published November 2020
Road to a Successful Package (Read Rebecca's additional thoughts on a longer version of the article)
Rebecca Lane Oesterle, CPPL, 2020 Chair of the IoPP Board of Directors
Published September 2020
COVID-19 Might Forever Change the Service Provider/End-User Relationship
Brian Stepowany, Senior Manager, Packaging Research & Development, B&G Foods
Published July 2020
Why Color Management is Important in Packaging (Read Sanel's additional thoughts on a longer version of the article)
Barry Sanel, Senior Graphics Services Manager, Diageo
Published May 2020
Packaging's Evolving Functions Promote Innovative Technology
Rosamari Feliu, Vice President of Business Development and Client Relations, Ultimate Solutions Corp.
Published March 2020
Two Key Questions as Packaging Spending Grows
Jim George, Director of Education, Institute of Packaging Professionals
Published January 2020
2019
Five Fundamentals for Navigating Sustainability
Mike Ross, CPP, Senior Packaging Manager, Food Solutions Global, Unilever R&D, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
Published November 2019
Addressing the Engineer Shortage: Help Introduce Packaging Careers to Young People
Dawn Burcham, CPP, PPM Packaging Lead, GE Lighting
Published September 2019
The case for degradability's place alongside the three Rs
Lawrence Dull, CPP, Fellow, President, Packaging Technology Associates Inc.
Published July 2019
Opportunities for growth based on flexible packaging trends
Tom Seymour, Global Sales & Marketing Manager, Maco Pkg
Published May 2019
Five ways to up your project management game
Jennifer Biewer, PMP, CPP, Project Manager, Byram Healthcare
Published March 2019
Steps to optimize new pouch projects
Christopher Ritz, CPP, independent packaging designer and broker at Planet R Creative Services
Published January 2019
2018
The importance of rightsizing your package
Brian Stepowany, CPP, Senior Manager, Packaging R&D, B&G Foods
Published November 2018
Think globally, act locally from a packaging perspective
Mike Ross, CPP, Senior Packaging Manager, Hair Europe, Unilever
Published September 2018
Networking and EI skills round out your ‘total package’
Rob Olszewski, CPP, Senior Packaging Engineer II, Land O’ Lakes
Published July 2018
Packaging’s role in reducing food waste
Pierre Pienaar, CPP, President, World Packaging Organisation
Published May 2018
Club stores claim environmental responsibility while shifting burden
Millie Simkins, CPP, Packaging Engineer, Barilla America Inc.
Published March 2018
Sustainable packaging and the Roman Arch
Dawn Burcham, CPP, PPM Packaging Lead, GE Lighting
Published January 2018
2017
Making connections: We expect it of our packaging, we should expect it of ourselves
Jane Chase, Executive Director, Institute of Packaging Professionals
Published November 2017
Don’t touch that (stretchwrap) dial!
Michele Bauer, CPP, Senior Quality Engineer, Abbott Nutrition
Published September 2017
Value packaging: create, maintain, and deliver
Hrishikesh Munj, Senior Engineer, Dow Chemical Co.
Published July 2017
A trio of topics trending in packaging
Jim George, Director of Education, Institute of Packaging Professionals
Published May 2017
Closing the loop: an EU action plan for the circular economy
Marina Marin, CPP, Packaging Engineer, illycaffé
Published March 2017
Listen, learn and be the link: you’re in the driver’s seat to see the big picture
Dawn Burcham, CPP, CPLT, Global Commodity Leader and Packaging Engineer Lead, GE Lighting and Current by GE
Published January 2017
2016
Project leadership from a packaging perspective
Mike Ross, CPP; Technical Project Leader—Sunsilk, Global Hair; Unilever
Published November 2016
New trends in shipping and transportation: what you need to consider
Brian Stepowany, CPP, Fellow, packaging R&D, B&G Foods
Published September 2016
Time to rethink strategy for customized e-commerce packaging?
Jim George, Director of Education, Institute of Packaging Professionals
Published July 2016
Package development from the eyes of a packaging engineer
James Macnamara Jr., CPP, Principal Engineer–Cheese Production, Processing at Leprino Foods
Published May 2016
Crowdsourcing for modern day packaging innovation
Sriman Banerjee, CPP, Head of Packaging—Respiratory Category, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
Published March 2016
Regulated environment: Process validation in the medical device industry
Linnette Torres Puig, Quality Director, Edwards Lifesciences
Published January 2016
2015
My 3Ps of pacakging with a veteran's advice: Be ready to pivot and accept change
Dawn Burcham, PPM Packaging Lead, GE Lighting
Published November 2015
HM-251--It's not just for crude oil anymore
Wendy Buckley, President and Founder, Specialty Transportation
Published September 2015
Packaging--the path to consumer delight
Kaylor Hildenbrand, Principal Consultant, PARK Reseach Partners
Publisher, PackagingSPEAK(.com)
Published July 2015
Designing cost-effective packaging strategies
Pierre Pienaar, CPP, Education Director, Australian Institute of Packaging
Published May 2015
Wish I had known earlier: vacuum packaging’s versatility
Glenn Whiteside, CPP, MSIE
Packaging/Manufacturing Engineer, Sterile Pack Department, DePuy Synthes USA
Published March 2015
Achieving global standardization of package structures
Steve Gibson, Senior Manager of Global Beverage Packaging R&D, PepsiCo
Published January 2015
2014
Broader skill sets: the new face of the packaging professional?
Jim George, IoPP Director of Education
Published November 2014
Is it time for a socratic examination of packaging?
Dan Balan, President, Fastraqq Inc.
Creator of Packaging360 Leadership Course
Published September 2014
Crucial things you may be overlooking in expanding your brand globally
Mike Ross, CPP, Senior Packaging Manager, Unilever UK
Published July 2014
A fresh approach to packaging education
Panos Kinigakis, CPP, Senior Research Fellow, Global Packaging Research, Mondel’z International
Published March 2014
Don’t be a ‘Dim’ wit, know your GAD
Robert Meisner, CPP, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Stout
Executive Vice President--Education, IoPP Board of Directors
Published January 2014
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