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The Packaging Professional is the bi-monthly magazine of The Packaging Society. Focusing on technology, innovation and design in packaging, the magazine serves a community of industry professionals, from packaging technologists to product designers and marketing specialists. By delivering the latest information in a clear and fresh manner, the magazine attracts feature writers at the cutting edge of their field. It also includes a news section, innovation pages, an events diary, and updates on training courses run by the Institute

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The Packaging Professional is published by IOM Communications Ltd for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

The Packaging Professional

Welcome to The Packaging Professional, the magazine of The Packaging Society, a division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

News

Carbohydrate polymers with a pinch of salt

Salt-modified starch

The use of salt-modified starch as a binder could assist the production of compostable carbohydrate-based polymers with varied properties, say researchers at Leicester University in the UK.

Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Looking to the future - how will Government cuts affect packaging?

DEFRA, which funds WRAP, will be forced to cut £162m from its budget under new Chancellor George Osborne’s £6.2bln savings plan, while at the same time recycling targets are set to rise. Gary Price asks key representatives from the sector how they think the cuts will affect industry and what they wish the new Government to achieve.

Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Linking the supply chain

Software that may help retailers, as well as packaging manufacturers and designers, reduce the costs and CO2 emissions associated with transporting, storing and shelving packed products is said to have been used for the first time by a major UK retailer.

Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

Features

Wrap it up, start again - packaging education in Michigan

Joseph Hotchkiss

Joseph Hotchkiss is anxious to bring academia in sync with industry demand. As Director of Michigan State University’s School of Packaging, USA, he hopes to steer the department into practical development. Ledetta Asfa-Wossen finds out more.

Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

All the whey - packaging made from dairy products

Markus Schmid, Florian Wild and Karin Agulla, all of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany, outline the initial results of a project to produce recyclable and biodegradable packaging from dairy products.

Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 Jul 2010

In the box – rigid packaging

The Beatles Re-mastered Stereo Box Set

Describing recent designs for the higher end market in rigid packaging.

Packaging Professional Magazine, 14 May 2010

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Current issue

Jul/August 2010

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Sister publications

Materials World, the monthly members' magazine of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, encompassing the whole materials cycle

Clay Technology, the magazine of ICTa, the International Clay Technology Association, focusing on news and features from the clay industry

Wood Focus, the magazine of IWSc: The Wood Technology Society, covering issues in the wood industry