Happy New Year!

 

Packaging Trivia night is scheduled for Thursday, January 26th, 2012 from 6PM – 8PM.  Please arrive in time to sign-in, grab a bite to eat, and mingle with fellow IoPP members.

 

There will be CA$H Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners!!

 

When:  Thu, Jan. 26, 2012 

Where: Sonoma Chicken Coop

                200 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA

Who: All IoPP Members & Guests

Cost: $20 each (Students free)

 

Please RSVP to Maggie by Jan. 24th  turner dot maggie @gmail dot com 

**If there are not enough people who RSVP, we will re-schedule to a later date.  Help spread the word!!

 

Thank you and hope to see you there!

 

 

Thanks to everyone who came out this year for the Salvation Army Toy Sorting. Enjoy the holidays and see you in January for Trivia Night.

We’d like to welcome you to join us for the Annual Golden Gate Chapter IoPP Halloween Party!  This year’s party will be hosted by Pira International. Please remember to RSVP to Maggie (turner.maggie@gmail.com) by Friday, Oct. 21st.

WHAT: Golden Gate Chapter IoPP Halloween Party!

WHEN: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 from 5:30PM – 8:00PM

WHERE: Pira International

1287 Reamwood Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089

WHO: IoPP Members & Guests

COST: $20 per person (students free!)

 

Games include:

• Shoot the Zombie
• Pumpkin Drop
• Pumpkin Throw
• Costume contest*

*Costumes are not required, but highly encouraged!

WHAT: Human-Package Interaction Presentation by Dr. Laura Bix

WHEN: Thursday, August 18th from 5:30-7:30pm

WHERE: Mountain View Hilton Garden Inn (840 East El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA)

WHO:  IoPP members and guests

COST: $20 per person, free for students

 

Laura Bix, Ph.D. specializes in healthcare packaging and leads a team dedicated to addressing issues in medical packaging.  Her team works to solve problems as wide ranging as medical errors and patient non-compliance, to the increased rate of hospital-acquired infections through packaging design.  Join us on August 18^th to hear Dr. Bix discuss her work with human-package interaction in the medical packaging industry, along with the food and consumer goods industries.

Thanks to Keith Schafer for presenting at the Golden Gate Chapter’s June 23rd meeting! He was also generous enough to let us share the slide set he presented. Please find the download link below.

Trends Driving Today’s Packaging Industry

We are excited to welcome PMMI to present ‘Food and Beverage Industry Trends’ on Thursday, June 23^rd from 5:30 – 7:30PM.   Please RSVP to Maggie.Turner@Clorox.com ASAP if you are interested in attending.  Guests are welcome, so please indicate the number of guests you will be bringing.

 

WHAT:  Food and Beverage Industry Trends, presented by Keith Schafer from PMMI

WHEN: Thursday, June 23^rd, 2011 from 5:30PM – 7:30PM

WHERE:  Hilton Garden Inn

840 East El Camino Real

Mountain View, CA

WHO: IoPP members and guests

COST: $25/person

 

Additional Meeting Details:

PMMI is interested in conducting a trends presentation at an upcoming meeting. The presentation is about trends related to the food and beverage industries. These include economic outlooks and the affects of the recent food safety legislation. It will also cover links between packaging, processing and brand. As we discussed, we would like to encourage members to bring a colleague from the processing side to the event.

Great meeting last night, and special thanks to Gwen Lorio for presenting on the subject of Sustainable Packaging Trends and leading a very informative discussion.

Please find the presentation slide set at the link below.

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Our next meeting will be on Thursday, April 28^th from 5:30PM – 7:30PM.   Gwen Lorio of the Clorox Company will be presenting to our local IoPP Chapter on Sustainability Trends in Packaging. Gwen is a Certified Packaging Professional and has 30 years experience in CPG packaging.  She is Clorox’s Packaging Eco-Expert and represents Clorox in the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and on the Packaging Sustainability Steering Team for the WalMart Packaging Scorecard.  She is passionate about Packaging and its role on the environment.  Gwen has been a great resource for Clorox and I look forward to hearing more about Sustainability during her presentation.

WHAT: Sustainability Trends in Packaging

WHEN: Thursday, April 28th from 5:30PM – 7:30PM

WHERE: Four Points by Sheraton Pleasanton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588

WHO: IoPP Members and Guests

COST: $25/person

Please RSVP to Maggie by April 21st.

WHAT: Zanker Tour. Visit www.zankerrecycling.com for more information.
WHEN: Thursday, 1/27 from 11:15AM – 12:15PM *Note: this is a day-time tour.
WHERE: Zanker 675 Los Esteros Road, San Jose, CA 95134
WHO: GG IoPP Members & guests

This tour will be a bit different from the SF Recycling tour, as the materials they get at Zanker are primarily debris box and construction site waste.

Limited to the first 14 people. Please RSVP by 1/20 to Maggie.Turner@Clorox.com