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Packaging Professional is the bi-monthly magazine of IOP: 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.

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The Packaging Professional

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

News

New designs for Unilever drinks

Unilever Foods has launched a R&D Centre of Excellence for Drinks in the UK, which includes a Packaging Technology Centre at the Colworth Laboratory near Sharnbrook, UK.
Packaging Professional, 14 Jul 2008

Laying waste to bad design

Designing out waste was on the agenda at the Starpack Summit – The Packaging Dilemma, The Consumer Challenge, held on 22 May in London, UK.
Packaging Professional, 14 Jul 2008

In contact for food safety

The adoption of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 2008 in May increases the challenges for the packaging industry. The regulation requires a Declaration of Compliance to accompany all food contact plastics. This article examines the changes and how to comply with the new legislation.
Packaging Professional, 14 Jul 2008
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Features

The steel success story

In the commercial world, sustainable performance is rapidly becoming a prerequisite for doing business. While it is widely accepted that today’s packaging must make a positive contribution to sustainability, it does not always follow that a new solution is needed for new priorities. Steel cans may be over 100 years old, but there are few materials that can challenge its sustainability credentials.
Packaging Professional, 14 Jul 2008

Lasting the course – talking sustainability

Terry Robins, Packaging Technologist from Robins Packaging Consultants, offers his opinion on sustainability.
Packaging Professional, 14 Jul 2008

Palm tree packs – compostable packaging from palm fibre

Earthcycle Packaging, based in Vancouver, Canada, was created to steer the packaging industry towards natural, renewable materials. The company has just brought a natural, fully compostable pack, which is made from remnants of palm fibre, to the market.
Packaging Professional, 14 Jul 2008
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