Updated 14 September 2007

The 2007 ISTA-China Packaging Symposium will be held September 25 - 26 in Shanghai. Building on successes in 2005 and 2006, and with an expanded two-day format, the conference promises to be a major transport packaging educational event for China and Asia.

Optional CPLP (Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional) Workshops will be held the day before the Symposium officially begins, on September 24. A golf practice driving range is available the afternoon of September 24 (at nominal extra charge), and an optional free sightseeing trip is planned for September 27, the day after the Symposium concludes. See information below. 
   

Sponsors/Exhibitors
Leading Chinese and U.S. organizations are sponsoring and will be exhibiting at the Symposium. Dedicated exhibit times during the day and an evening buffet with open exhibits will ensure ample opportunities for business networking. Click the logos to visit sponsor/exhibitor web sites.

    GOLD Sponsors/Exhibitors:
                                                       Lansmont Corporation  

Bureau Veritas Consumer Product Services

Shanghai International Packaging and Printing Center

 
    SILVER Sponsors/Exhibitors:

                                                         L.A.B. Equipment, Inc.

 
                                           Suzhou Dongling Vibration Test Instrument Co., Ltd.

                                                                           Sealed Air
                                                             

    Other Exhibitors:

                                                    Arcel Resins, Nova Chemicals 

                                 
 
                                                                           Altair Engineering, Inc.
                                                           

 
                                                         China Packaging Research & Test Centre 
                                                        

 
                                                             International Safe Transit Association
                                                                             
 

Program
The program will include topics related to transport packaging, testing, the distribution environment, sustainability, logistics, case studies, and more. English/Chinese and Chinese/English translations will be given simultaneously for best understanding by all.
 

                                          SYMPOSIUM WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
                                                     ISTA and ISTA-China

 
           Li Hua
        CPRTC Vice-Director and Senior Engineer
        Chairman of the Transportation Committee, China Packaging Federation
        Chairman of ISTA-China


         

         Ed Church
         Executive Director, ISTA

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CHINA DISTRIBUTION ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCES NEW CRITERIA
FOR LASER PRINTER PACKAGE DESIGN AND TEST

Terry Baird
Senior Test Engineer
Hewlett-Packard Information Technology R&D (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.


Marketing and distributing HP LaserJet printers in China first caused an assessment of the shipping environment. Now, with a LaserJet R&D design center in Shanghai, HP must reconsider design and test practices for China and other emerging markets.

This presentation reviews findings regarding the package handling and vibration environments in China. These are compared with previous assumptions about North American and Europe distribution environments. The resulting impact on internal design and test practices in HP’s LaserJet business is discussed. Finally, selection criteria and considerations in finding acceptable outsourced test laboratories for the new Shanghai LaserJet design business are reviewed. 

 

COMPARISON OF TRANSIT PACKAGING TEST PROCEDURES
USED IN CHINA AND ISTA PROCEDURES

Peng Guoxun
Professor
Shanxi University of Science and Technology
 
A comparison is made of the transit test procedures used by a number of enterprises in China with ISTA 1A, 2A, and 3A. The author consulted manufacturers Dell (Xiamen), Xoceco, Haier, Hisense, and Changhong, as well as packaging enterprises Xiamen Hexin Packaging, Haijin Packaging, and Wuxi Qiancheng Packaging. Many difficult issues were raised and discussed. This presentation will provide valuable information regarding transit packaging test procedures and the rational design of cushioned packaging.

SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN DISTRIBUTION PACKAGING OPERATIONS 
 

Bill Armstrong
Technical Director
Sealed Air Corporation 
 
 
Sustainable Packaging within an organization should be viewed in the context of overall Sustainable Practices encompassing the entire business enterprise. For Distribution Packaging specifically, Sustainability should start with packaging performance objectives and then address more global issues such as materials, processes, metrics and standards. The selection of appropriate performance criteria then becomes crucial to the overall success of more holistic considerations of Enterprise Sustainability. This presentation will deal with both real-life examples and proposed processes for setting and working toward Sustainability objectives in Distribution Packaging operations.     
 
 

 
SAVE LOGISTICS COSTS BY SELECTING PROTECTIVE CUSHION

Hu Wen Guang
Business Development Manager
Arcel Business Group, Nova Chemicals


In today's increasingly globalized and competitive market, it is becoming more important to provide good protection for products during transportation and decrease logistics costs. This presentation describes why and how a composite protective packaging material enables a smaller, tougher and safer package. Various case studies show how such cushions impact total logistics cost.

          CURRENT ISTA ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS

     
         ISTA Staff
         Ed Church, Executive Director
         Li Hua, Chairman of ISTA-China
         Meredith Dougherty, Director of Member Services
         Bill Kipp, Associate Executive Director
 
This brief presentation will discuss the status of ISTA in the U.S. and abroad, including testing, technical, and operational matters, as well as ongoing and future programs. 

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION PACKAGING TESTING

Tony Zhou
Project Manager - Pira Consulting
Ciba Specialty Chemicals (China) Ltd. 

   
This presentation will give a brief introduction to Pira International Business, and will then address the importance of testing and testing methods. Included will be real life versus lab, with the benefits and costs of each approach. Overviews of testing case studies using International Standards, ISTA Procedures, and alternative methods will be discussed. The presentation will describe test method development as an important step in validation, auditing the whole supply chain to understand all the distribution requirements and retail supply chain test methods.

PACKAGING DESIGN AND MARKETING

Su Jingming
Sales Manager
Hoyu Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Japan 
 

This presentation will introduce the packaging design process in Japan, and differences in enterprise operating modes. It includes design of both the retail package and cushion, and will discuss some new software and equipment design tools. Examples will be given to illustrate the points.

  
 
TEMPERATURE AND AIR CHANGE RATES IN FREIGHT CONTAINERS
DURING TRANSPORT BETWEEN EUROPE AND DESTINATIONS IN
ASIA AND AUSTRALIA

Dr. Thomas Goedecke, Working Group Leader
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Germany)
VP of the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI)

The presentation will give an overview of the air change rates of different freight containers such as ventilated, refrigerated and other standard freight containers.

For this systematic investigation of the air change rates in the container, the tracer gas method with sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) was used. The air change rate is important for fumigated containers and containers where there is a risk of an explosive atmosphere being created: for example, when here is solvent permeation out of plastic packagings.

A freight container fully equipped with measurement instruments was used to measure temperatures on trips from Europe to Singapore and Australia. The GPS monitored container was equipped with a 27 channel temperature measurement system, GPS data logger and a temperature /humidity data logger.

The container was loaded with two intermediate bulk container (IBC) of water and four 220 liter plastic drums of water. The air temperature at three levels in the container and the temperature at the top and bottom of the water in the IBCs and drums were measured.

Companies which export goods from China to Europe can estimate the temperature level in the containers and their products with these results.
  
 

RESEARCH AND APPLICATION OF TAKEN-BACK
PACKAGING SYSTEMS BASED ON ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING

Zhang Xinchang
Professor
Jiangnan University


Due to increased environmental awareness, taken-back packaging is gaining importance for many business enterprises. This presentation will discuss how activity-based costing can be used in the calculation of taken-back packaging effectiveness, to guarantee its feasibility from an economic standpoint.

COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES TO STUDY BOTTLE MOVEMENT IN PACKAGE TRANSPORTATION

Hiroaki Hoshino, Ph.D.
Technical Manager, Multibody Dynamics
Altair Engineering, Japan
 
 
In the process of transporting consumer goods, bottle movement within the packaging system results in poor orientation and display appearance in the retail store. This presentation demonstrates the use of computer-aided engineering (CAE) methods to successfully study and minimize bottle motion that occurs in secondary packaging during transit. 
 
This presentation was co-authored by Nobuhito Nakagawa, Manager and Technical Designer, Packaging Engineering Department, LION Corporation.

CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINA RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION
AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PACKAGED PRODUCTS

Han Xueshan
Vice Director
China Packaging Research & Test Center


This presentation will describe the character of China railway transportation and the influence it has on packaged-products. Several vibration curves representative of rail transport will be presented, with comparisons before and after the recent increases in railway speeds. The function of packaged-product cushion systems during rail transportation will also be discussed.
 
Co-presented with Professor Zheng Quancheng, Lanzhou Jiaotong University.  

SELECTING THE RIGHT VIBRATION SYSTEM FOR PACKAGE TESTING


Mark J. Chomiczewski
Sales Manager
L.A.B. Equipment, Inc. 
 

Selecting the right vibration system for your package testing needs might seem like a daunting task. This presentation will outline the types of vibration systems available to you today and discuss how to select the right tool for the job. An overview on today’s commonly used package testing procedures and how to relate their requirements to a vibration test system will also be discussed. 
  
 

RIDE QUALITY OF UPS DELIVERY TRUCKS IN SHANGHAI

David Jin
Chief Representative
Lansmont China Office 
~Co-presented with UPS representative
   
 
This presentation will highlight a transport study focused on long-term ride quality assessment and characterization. Typical transport measurement studies have focused on specific point-to-point measurements where the measurement variables (route, load, date, etc.) are very well defined. This study deviates from that norm and follows more of the Set-It-And-Forget-It approach. Instrumentation was attached to UPS fleet delivery trucks in Shanghai and left installed and unattended for over two months, continuously sampling the over-the-road environment used around the greater Shanghai metropolitan area.

In addition, the instruments simultaneously collected GPS data to help identify ride quality trends associated with vehicle speed, regional location, and specific location associated with events of significant amplitude. The more robust data allows for identifying specific trouble spots, geographic regions of comparably more severe dynamic input, and even environmental comparisons based upon ranges of vehicle speed. Strategic use of this information allows for meaningful ride quality assessment, identification of environmental trends over time, and most importantly reacting as warranted to those trends with the intent to improve the overall quality of ride characteristics.

COSMETIC PACKAGING DAMAGE PROBLEM IN JAPAN

Masahiro Takagi
Founder & CEO
eXcearch LLC 
Japan
   
 
The advancement of Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics Technology has been enabling companies to utilize more efficient transportation and inventory strategies than ever. Packaging technology for product protection, with the adaptation of “Eco Packaging,” has made great progress, too. Now, customers are benefitting from those efficient operations by suppliers (faster and reliable delivery, less damaged products, reduced package wastes, lower cost, etc.).

However, a problem which might go against the efficient operation and the environmental protection has emerged recently. For some industrial products, customers reject receiving the delivered goods due to minor exterior packaging (box) damage even though the products inside are perfect.

The “Cosmetic Packaging Damage” may be an old and new problem. But we must observe and understand it carefully in order to take right steps toward the solution. This presentation will introduce how we are tackling the “Cosmetic Packaging Damage” problem on computer products that are manufactured in China and delivered worldwide.
 

CPLP Workshops
Optional ISTA Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional (CPLP) Workshops will be held on September 24, the day before the Symposium officially starts. Both Technician and Technologist level classes will be presented. This is a fast and convenient way to achieve CPLP certification with the help of an ISTA instructor.

Each session will last all day (the classes will occur simultaneously, with separate instructors below), consisting of presentation and discussion of the material until mid-afternoon, followed by administration of the exam. Study materials (in English) will be provided to all attendees well in advance of the classes. CPLP-Technologist applicants must hold valid CPLP-Technician certificates as a prerequisite to admittance to the class. 
 
             [Note: anyone may participate in the Workshops, but only ISTA members
                      may become CPLP-Certified by ISTA. Exams are in English.]

                           Han Xueshan,                                     Bill Kipp,          
                           Technician class instructor                  Technologist class instructor
                           Presentation will be in Chinese            Presentation will be in English

Click Here for complete information on ISTA's CPLP program. 
 

Special Events

Golf
A golf practive driving range will be available at extra charge the afternoon of Monday, September 24. Please indicate your desire to golf when you register. 

Optional Sightseeing Tour
As an added benefit of attendance, an optional sightseeing tour will be offered on Thursday September 27, the day after the Symposium officially concludes. Attendees will be taken on a visit to the beautiful city of Suzhou: we will leave the hotel at 7 a.m., view the Zhuozheyuan Garden, have lunch, spend time at Shantang Street, take a tour ship to see the city, and observe traditional Suzhou silk making. We'll return to the hotel about 4 p.m. There is no charge for this tour, but attendees must sign up during the registration process.
     

Summary Agenda

Sunday, 23 September:          • Registration open all day.

Monday, 24 September:         • Registration open all day.
                                            • CPLP Workshops, optional at extra charge, all day.
                                            • Golf practice driving range available, optional at extra charge,
                                              afternoon.
                                            • Dinner for all attendees.

Tuesday, 25 September:        • Breakfast for all attendees.
                                            • Conference, morning, including break with exhibits.
                                            • Lunch for all attendees.
                                            • Conference, afternoon, including break with exhibits.
                                            • Dinner for all attendees, followed by musical entertainment.

Wednesday, 26 September:    • Breakfast for all attendees.
                                            • Conference, morning, including break with exhibits.
                                            • Lunch for all attendees.
                                            • Conference, afternoon, including break with exhibits.
                                            • Buffet dinner for all attendees, with exhibits open.

Thursday, 27 September:       • Optional sightseeing tour to Suzhou. No charge to
                                              Symposium attendees. 
 

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Symposium Facilities and Hotel
The Symposium will be presented at SIPPC (Shanghai International Packaging and Printing Center), the “Silicon Valley of China’s Packing and Printing Industry”. This is a new facility located at 1111 Zhennan Road in the Putuo District of Shanghai. Symposium lodging is in the nearby Vivasha Resort Hotel at No. 2779 Jiaotong Road, Putuo District (Nearby to 99 Fuping Road).  Telephone: 86 21 22815888 or 86 21 66614518.   
 

Transportation from Airports to Hotel

From Shanghai Pudong Airport
Take the airport shuttle bus to Shanghai train station. Get off at the Shanghai train station, then take bus 117 and get off at the hotel. Or take a taxi 10 minutes from the train station to the hotel.

From Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Take the airport shuttle bus to Shanghai train station. Get off at the Shanghai train station, then take bus 117 and get off at the hotel. Or take a taxi 10 minutes from the train station to the hotel.

Or take a taxi from Hongqiao Airport directly to the hotel, about 30 minutes.
       

REGISTER NOW!
Click Here for on-line registration. E-mail Meredith Dougherty at ISTA headquarters if you have any questions, difficulties in registering, or special requirements.

Registration is $550 [CNY4200] for members and $600 [CNY4600] for non-members. This registration includes three night's lodging (standard double room for nights of September 24, 25, and 26) and meals (dinner September 24 through breakfast September 27). Add US$80 (CNY600) total for a standard single room and US$240 (CNY1800) total for a luxury single suite for the three nights. Please indicate your lodging preference when you register.

Symposium registration without hotel accommodation is US$450 (CNY3400) for ISTA members and US$500 (CNY3800) for non-members.

If you wish to arrive before the Symposium or stay after the Symposium, the hotel rates are US$50 (CNY400) per person per day for for a standard single room or $106 (CNY800) per day for a luxury single suite. Meals are not included in this rate.

CPLP Workshop registration is an additional US$340 (CNY2600) for each level. Additional required accommodation may be arranged at time of registration, at the rates given above.

Exhibits
The Symposium includes table-top display exhibits, with dedicated exhibit times to enhance business networking. This is an excellent venue to present your company’s goods and services to an interested Chinese and Asian audience.

Exhibit fees are US$525 [CNY4000] and include recognition in all pre-Symposium promotions, website and e-mail links, and publicity at the event itself. Exhibit space is 2x1.5 m, with electric power and table provided.

Sponsorships
Two levels of Symposium sponsorship are available. Sponsors will be acknowledged in all pre-event publicity, will be promoted electronically with website and e-mail links, and will be recognized at the conference itself.

For CNY30,000 [US$3930], Gold Sponsors receive three (3) free registrations, one free exhibit space, special recognition, and an ad on the back cover of the conference book. For CNY15,000 [US$1965], Silver Sponsors receive one (1) free registration, an exhibit space, and an ad inside the conference book.  

To maximize the promotional advantage of  sponsoring
and/or exhibiting, sign up NOW!
Click Here