Berlin Packaging extends license of IoPP’s Fundamentals of Packaging Technology online course to fifth year

November 29, 2017

The Institute of Packaging Professionals and Berlin Packaging announce that Berlin Packaging has extended its license of IoPP’s Fundamentals of Packaging Technology online course for a fifth consecutive year in 2018. IoPP is providing Berlin Packaging with a secure, co-branded online portal that contains the company’s customized course catalog.

The individual courses Berlin has selected are available through its portal to preapproved employees at both Berlin Packaging and Berlin’s customer companies. Upon gaining access, these employees complete the packaging training on their computer screen. The courses in Berlin’s customized “packaging university” are accessible whenever and from wherever they wish.

Jeremy Lagomarsino, Executive Vice President of Business Development & Strategy at Berlin Packaging, says the Fundamentals online course has been an important component of the company’s ongoing effort to ensure its employees are fully trained to provide real-life packaging solutions and demonstrate value quickly for Berlin’s customers.

“At Berlin Packaging, we have a commitment to train our employees and give them a chance to grow. IoPP’s elearning platform has helped us excel at this commitment with great modules on the fundamentals of packaging,” Lagomarsino says. “Since first partnering with the IoPP on this program in 2013, hundreds of our employees have benefitted. For our teammates, our customers and the IoPP, it’s been a win-win-win proposition.”

Adds Jim George, IoPP Director of Education: “Berlin Packaging and other companies that have licensed the Fundamentals online course have found that training their teams the same way develops a common understanding of packaging terminology and processes that makes them flexible to be moved from assignment to assignment as objectives evolve within a company. Just as important, the information contained in the course is developed with the assistance of actual working packaging professionals, so it’s peer-to-peer education.”

To date, thousands of professionals from companies in approximately 50 countries have benefited from Fundamentals online. The course catalog, at www.iopp.org/elearning, comprises 42 prerecorded, self-directed lessons and 27 hours of learning covering all the major areas of packaging. Besides the complete course, the lessons may be purchased one at a time, in topic bundles and also in bulk through corporate licensing options. For details, contact Jim George, Director of Education, jimg@iopp.org or (847) 686-2330.


About IoPP

The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) is the premier membership organization and community in North America for packaging education, training and networking. The association’s 3,000 individual members are from consumer products companies in the food, beverage, health and beauty, cosmetics, household and hardware goods and other industries, as well as from companies providing packaging materials and services supporting the industry. For information, visit www.iopp.org.

About Berlin Packaging

Berlin Packaging is the only Hybrid Packaging Supplier® of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures. See HybridPackagingSupplier.com and GreaterFaster.com for more on how the company exists to help people and companies excel. With 40,000+ available SKUs, 200+ packaging consultants, and 100+ sales and warehouse locations across North America and Europe, the company has the right products, expertise, and geographic proximity to help customers increase their net income through packaging products and services. Berlin Packaging supplies billions of containers and closures annually as well as warehousing and logistics services for customers of all sizes in all industries. Berlin Packaging also offers an array of services and specialty-product divisions to be the true one-stop shop for rigid packaging. The company can be reached at 1.800.2.BERLIN, BerlinPackaging.com, and on LinkedIn and Twitter

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