Program
                                          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.
 

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