Tributes have been paid to former Institute of Packaging chief executive John Webb-Jenkins, who died last week.Webb-Jenkins was chief executive of the Institute of Packaging from 1999 to 2004 and was active both in the World Packaging Organisation and in the revival of EPIC, the European consortium of packaging institutes.He died following a year-long battle [...]
I’ve just seen a press release from the Local Government Association (yes, them again) that tells me that the possible cost of the Christmas clear up is as much as £78 million over the normal cost of waste disposal. That’s 230,000 tonnes of waste food, 10,000 tonnes of wrapping paper, 25,000 tonnes of packaging and [...]
A Focus on Fellowship – IOM3 aims to recognise senior materials professionals world–wide PDF Print E-mail Posted by Jade Po Kellard on 30 October 2009 at 06:00Senior materials professionals globally are being invited to gain high-status professional recognition from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining IOM3. Experienced and qualified people can join the Institute [...]
But we already knew this, didn’t we!? (Martin)
For a few days each year, the packaging and processing communities come together at PACK EXPO to network, exchange ideas and do business. There’s nothing that replaces face-to-face connections, but there’s another way to foster the business relationships that are the hallmark of PACK EXPO: Social media.“More than [...]
IOP: The Packaging Society has shortened and simplified its name to just The Packaging Society, and to accompany this has launched a new logo and masthead.In 2005 the then Institute of Packaging merged with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining IOM3, forming IOP: The Packaging Society, and it continued to work in the best [...]
Keith has set out to make a difference to IOP: The Packaging Society in the UK. I really hope he succeeds, because IOP remains the only professional packaging organisation with a focus on technical excellence. It’s not a lobbying organisation (though some think it should be), it focusses on the key technical issues of packaging [...]
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) covers materials disciplines from clay and ceramics to metals to nanotechnologies, plastics and rubber etc, plus some functional specialities such as packaging. You can see more at the website http://www.iom3.org
There are 18,500 members at all levels from students to CEO’s.
IOM3 are looking to invite senior people in [...]
What a great story of an industry getting its act together. Wonder whether the UK will have anything similar? Maybe now there’s a new Packaging Board at The Packaging Society we can start to see the packaging organisations working together a bit more (Martin)
The Director of the National Centre for Partnership & Performance (NCPP) has [...]
IOP: The East Midlands Packaging Society have a trip to PET Power in Holland
BEIRUT: Product branding and labeling is important for preserving Lebanon’s industrial products and making them easier for export, Fadi Abboud, the president of the Lebanese Industrialists Association said on Wednesday.
The Daily Star – Business Articles – Better packaging can boost Lebanese exports – Abboud.
