The Journal of Applied Packaging Research is a useful and open resource with strong ties to packaging industry educators that's available free to anyone.Among other things, familiarity can also breed renewable resources when it comes to working...

Passionate about using what she learns to help others in need, Alexandra Slagle got a recent boost herself. She received the 2015 Richard C. Ryan Packaging Education Scholarship and will use the $2,000 to continue her studies at Michigan State...

Tori Motchan has not yet started her professional career in packaging, but she is already winning honors within the industry.Motchan, who will graduate from Clemson University in December 2016 with a B.S. in Packaging Science, has been awarded the...

When you need to move your packaging projects from collaboration to coordination and into implementation, where can you find inspiration for your next great idea and meet your next supplier partners? Exhibits, presentations and networking...

We have gathered together a virtual reunion of our Rising Stars who Packaging Digest has featured regularly since late last spring. Represented are students (shown) from packaging programs at Cal Poly, Michigan State University, Rutgers University...

A senior in Rutgers University’s packaging engineering program, Damen Soriente was selected as a Rising Star in Packaging by the school. You’ll know why after reading what he has to say about his experiences both within the program and without.To...

Packaging students at Cal Poly State University are getting hands-on experience in their future profession thanks to a partnership between the Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business and Specright LLC. Specright, a packaging-specification...

Campbell Soup started canning soup in 1869, and today is widely recognized as the category leader with its iconic red-and-white label. Yet in 2012, it boldly moved in a new packaging direction—a stand-up retort pouch—for its new Millennial-favored...

When Amy Zettlemoyer-Lazar stood up in front of more than a 1,000 anxious packaging professionals at the 2006 Pack Expo Intl. show to reveal Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Scorecard, she faced the horde with aplomb. As Sam’s Club director of...

Bosch Rexroth offers hands-on training courses for a variety of drive and controls to help machine manufacturers and operators most effectively use Rexroth electric drive and control components and systems. Training courses include servo drives...