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IOM3 Home ⁄ Our communities ⁄ Technical communities ⁄ The Packaging Society ⁄ The Packaging Society

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The Packaging Society, formerly the Institute of Packaging, is one of the world's most established bodies for packaging professionals and is here to support you throughout your packaging career.

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News

Chinese delegation visits IOM3 London Headquarters
IOM3, 20 Mar 2018
Materials Innovation at MRE2018
IOM3, 20 Mar 2018
UNEP Guidance for Organisational Life Cycle Assessment
Sustainable Development Group, 17 Mar 2018
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Events

Visit to Wastecycle
IOM3,
11 Apr 2018
, Nottingham
Permeation and Barrier Materials Learnshop
IOM3,
16 May 2018
, Manchester
Cartonboard and Cellulose Film - New Technologies for Plastic Free Packaging
The Packaging Society,
30 May 2018
, London
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Features

Exploring injection moulding
Materials World magazine, 1 Nov 2017
Connect and Inspire - Quarterly Newsletter (July 2017)
The Packaging Society, 28 Jun 2017
Out with the old, in with CO2
Materials World magazine, 30 Apr 2017
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Jobs

Product Quality Assurance Engineer - Bridgnorth Aluminium Ltd, Bridgnorth
IOM3, 19 Mar 2018
Sales & Marketing Manager – CE Alloys, Swansea
IOM3, 13 Mar 2018

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The Institute offers a range of industry-recognised packaging courses and qualifications, as a result of the merger in 2005 of the former Institute of Packaging (IoP) with IOM3. These include PIABC accredited qualifications as well as training for specific sectors of the packaging industry.

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