This week (October 22-26 ), director membersof the World Packaging Organization (WPO - www.worldpackaging.org), namely, ChinaInstitute of Chinese Export Commodities Packaging (CEPI), National PackagingProduct Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Jinan), Labthink InstrumentsCo., Ltd., to undertake the World Packaging Organization (WPO) 101th Meeting injinan. Thirty-five experts from nearly 30 member countries, includingAustralia, Austria, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Indonesia,Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey, The United Kingdom and the United States, willparticipate in the conference, during which global packaging experts willdiscuss the future development of the packaging industry.
During the WPO Governing Council, a seriesof related meetings and activities will be held: "2018 International GreenPackaging Development Summit Forum" on October 23, "World Star"Packaging Award work review meeting on October 24, and the OFFICIAL WPOGoverning Council meeting on October 25. "We are pleased for the ChineseWPO council member- China Export Commodities Packaging Institute (CEPI) for organizingsuch a grand scale, rich in content meeting, thanks also for the contributionsfor healthy development of the global packaging industry from LabthinkInstruments Co., Ltd.," president of the World Packaging Organization(WPO), Mr. Pierre Pienaar said it is our duty as a world packaging organizationto "provide a better quality of life for more people through betterpackaging, discuss strategic issues and maintain the development and growth ofthe industry." The role of packaging in reducing food waste and poverty,and how to make packaging education courses a powerful tool to achieve thesegoals," is one of the key issues in the packaging industry, according tothe press conference.
Pierre added: "The World PackagingOrganization (WPO) has an ineluctable responsibility to train professionals andto nurture packaging-related industries from a technical and technologicalpoint of view as well as a marketing point of view. The main way for WPO toachieve this goal is through packaging education programs in many countries,especially in developing countries. Labthink, as a global leader in packagingindustry testing, has recognized the packaging education programs of the WorldPackaging Organization.
Inthe past 5 years, in addition to a large number of established packagingprofessionals, participating in the world's most important packagingcompetition "WorldStar" packaging award, also sponsored by the WorldPackaging Organization (WPO), some of the works also reflect the packagingtraining program's fruitful results. The jury for the 2019 World Star PackagingAward will also be held in Jinan.