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QUIZ THE BUYER!

‘Ask the awkward question’ to industry leading buying experts from Kimberly Clark, Brunel Healthcare, Premier Foods(ex) & AB InBev (ex)

Here is your opportunity to ask the questions which might otherwise seem inappropriate or uncomfortable with a live…

Come & see one of the leading innovators of flexible packaging in the UK 

24th November 2016

Headquartered in Normanton, West…

Program Headlines

- Welcome by Prof Paul Bowen, FIMMM, Head of the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham

- Chair and Introduction by Dr Alan Wood, Chairman of the Polymer Society / IOM3

- Dr Mike Jenkins, Senior Lecturer, Metallurgy and Materials - Sustainability and Biodegradability in Polymers for Packaging

The talk aims to introduce the need for…

Hosting a Joint Event



Pack to the Future 6

at…

Our next Pack to the Future event with the Title Polymers in Packaging will take place at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 16th March from 4.00pm.

Invites and Registration details will be published at the beginning of February..

Polymers in Packaging - are the goals of biodegradability and sustainability…

Talk by Mr Ben Appleton, Senior Associate…

We have booked a Skittle Alley at the Clock Warehouse at Shardlow for Thursday 3rd December from 6pm onwards.

Join us for a skittle competition and dinner. Please bring friends and or family to an entertaining evening. Please register at christian.rossel@thepackagingsociety.com.

Invitations will go out in the next days.

Pack to the Future 6 with the title Polymers in Packaging at the University of Birmingham will now take place on 16th March in the afternoon. We shall have a number of very interesting speakers and subjects to encourage a good discussion. Speakers include Mike Jenkins from the University, Terry Cooper, expert on biodegradable materials, Tony Hancock, chair of the environmental committee of the Packaging Society, Andy Sweetman from Innovia Films and a speaker from Friends of the…

We regret that the event planned for the 28^th October at the University of Birmingham has to be postponed to spring 2016 due to cancellation by some key speakers.…

AGM and Visit to the Dog Races

at

Nottingham Greyhound Stadium

Friday 22nd May

AGM: Start 6pm

Dog Race and Dinner: Start 7pm

We shall have our AGM at 6pm followed by a dinner in the restaurant and watching the dog races.

Please bring your family and friends or any other…

Pack to the Future 5

at Loughborough University

on 18th March 2015

Packaging and the Challenge for Food Safety and Security…

Map & Directions to the Pack to the Future Event at Loughborough:

The Pack to the Future event will be held in the Wolfson School, University Road, Loughborough University, Ashby Road Loughborough. LE11 3TU.

By Rail & Bus:

We have a policy of promoting…

We've got an exciting line-up of speakers for the impending Pack To The Future 5 event.

Please find below their profiles:

Dr. James Colwill  BSc (Hons) PhD FIMMM , Lecturer at the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University…

Plastique boasts a successful 35 year manufacturing history in thermoforming, with factories in Nottingham and Poland and an impressive tool-making R&D centre in Tunbridge Wells. Their…

Join us on the 20th January at 6pm at Hayssen Flexible Systems at Beeston, Nottingham.

Hayssen Flexible Systems is a global manufacturer of flexible packaging systems that fill and bag thousands of food products including candy, coffee, frozen food, cheese,…

Christmas Dinner

Friday 12th December 2014

The East Midlands Packaging Society would like to invite you, your family, friends and guests to join us for this year's Christmas Dinner at the fabulous Priest House Hotel at King's Mills, Castle Donnington.

We will have our own dining room, dinner and background…

RPC Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of rigid plastics packaging. With sales in excess of £1billion it is now a FTSE 250 company, operating in Europe, North Africa, USA and very recently in China.

It employs over 7,000 people across 50 sites worldwide and is involved in injection moulding, blow moulding & thermoforming...serving food, healthcare, personal care, surface coatings & DIY markets.

Established in 1974, the Oakham site is part of the UK Injection…