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The World Packaging
Organisation is a non-profit, non-governmental, international
federation of national packaging institutes and associations,
regional packaging federations and other interested parties
including corporations and trade associations.
Founded September 6, 1968 in Tokyo by
visionary leaders from the global packaging community, the
purposes of the organisation include to:
- Encourage the development of packaging technology,
science, access and engineering;
- Contribute to the development of international trade; and
- Stimulate education and training in packaging.
Primary activities of
the organisation today are to promote education through
meetings, special activities and publications, including this
web site; to sponsor an international packaging design awards
program; and to facilitate contact and exchange among the
various national institutes of packaging. |
