There’s
Still Time to Register for the San Francisco CPLP Workshop
ISTA’s
fall Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional Workshop will be
held November 15 and 16 in San Francisco. There’s still time
to register for this fast-track approach to certification, but you
need to act NOW.
The CPLP Technician class will be held on Wednesday Nov.
15, with presentation and discussion of the material in the morning
and early afternoon, followed by a break and then administration
of the exam. On Thursday Nov. 16, the Technologist class
will follow a similar schedule. A continental breakfast, lunch,
and refreshments will be provided each day.
You can register for one or both classes by Clicking
Here. If you have questions or need assistance, e-mail
Meredith Dougherty or call ISTA Headquarters at 517-333-3437. Registration
fees are $595 for each individual Workshop (Technician
or Technologist), or $1070 for one person taking both.
Study materials and exam information are sent in advance of the
Workshop.
The Workshop will be held at the San Francisco Kensington Park Hotel,
ideally located just steps from Union Square's shopping, restaurants,
theaters, and the Powell Street cable car line. Click
Here for the hotel website.
You must make your hotel reservation separately. We have arranged
for a special room rate at the Kensington Park, $129 per night (single,
plus tax). Call the hotel at 1-800-553-1900 and
mention reservation code "ISTA" to get this rate (the
rate is not available on-line). Act now, as the room block expires
soon! Transportation from the San Francisco airport is by BART (Bay
Area Rapid Transit) for about $5 each way, shuttle for about $20,
or taxi for about $45.
Click
Here for complete information on the CPLP program.
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ISTA
Staff and Officers Participate in IAPRI Conference
ISTA was
well represented at the recent “15th World Conference on Packaging”
in Tokyo, sponsored by the International Association of Packaging
Research Institutes and the Japan Packaging Institute.
This 3-day event brought together the best minds in packaging from
all around the globe. It included twenty-four technical sessions
on a wide variety of packaging-related subjects. Of particular interest
to ISTA and its members were papers on Distribution Environment
Measurement, New Testing Technologies, and Shock & Vibration.
Ed Church, ISTA’s Executive Director, Paul Singh, ISTA’s
VP-Testing & Certification (representing Michigan State University),
and Eric Joneson, ISTA’s Executive VP (representing Lansmont
Corporation) were all on the program. A number of ISTA members also
participated.
Eric
Joneson presents at IAPRI
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ISTA
Exhibits at Tokyo Pack 2006
Tokyo Pack
is a major trade show, with over 2700 booths and an attendance of
nearly 200,000. ISTA had a booth in the “Associations”
section, and we were pleased with the interest and response.
This was a good opportunity to not only reinforce existing relationships,
but to introduce ISTA to people not yet familiar with us. We had
a number of visitors from Japan, and from a variety of other Asian
countries as well.
ISTA member companies Tokyo Packaging Labs and Lansmont Corporation
also exhibited.
Tokyo Pack Venue Bill
Kipp & Meredith Dougherty in ISTA booth
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Educational
Conference and CPLP Workshop in Tianjin, China
ISTA-China, the partnership of ISTA and China Packaging Research
& Testing Center (CPRTC), recently held two very successful
events in Tianjin. Over 70 people attended the Conference, and 29
new CPLPs were certified during the Workshop.
This was the first major undertaking by ISTA-China (see the article
in the May
2006 iNews), and certainly got the new organization off to a
good start. Conference speakers were Ed Church, Meredith Dougherty,
and Bill Kipp of ISTA staff, Past ISTA President Bill Noonan of
L.A.B. Equipment, and Li Hua and Han Xueshan of CPRTC. Excellent
translators were provided, and the audience responded with many
good questions and discussions.
Ed
Church speaks at the Conference
The CPLP-Technician class, taught by Bill Kipp, was challenging
because of the language difference, but translation was available
as needed and all attendees worked hard and did very well.
CPLP applicants at work on their exams
Many major companies participated in these events including Lenovo,
Johnson & Johnson, Colgate-Palmolive, QAI China, Sealed Air,
WTC, Huawei, Johnson Electric, and IBM among others. Through these
events and other efforts, the ISTA presence is being successfully
established in China.
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Initial
Meeting Held for ISTA-Europe
The first
meeting of the ISTA-Europe Advisory Council was held on September
20th at the Pira International headquarters in London, England.
Ten people attended, and the Council agreed on a number of key points
and action areas.
Those
in attendance were:
•
Thomas Goedecke – Federal Institute for Materials Research
and Testing
•
Keith Greatbatch - Gillette
•
Jo Hemsley – SCA Packaging/CPI Corrugated Technical Committee
•
Soren R. Ostergaard – Danish Technological Institute
•
Ann Stirling Roberts – Pira International
•
Thomas Trost – STFI-Packforsk
•
Javier Zabaleta – ITENE
•
Susana Aucejo Romero - ITENE
•
Greg Wood – Pira International
•
Ed Church – ISTA
Agenda items included background on prior efforts in Europe presented
by Ann Stirling Roberts, the vision of ISTA Global by Ed Church,
and Advisory members’ roles and responsibilities outlined
by Greg Wood and Ann. All those present agreed to participate in
the ISTA Europe Advisory Council.
There followed a discussion of the challenges facing ISTA-Europe
and how to overcome them. It was agreed that contacts with freight
forwarders, the transportation industry, testing labs, and potential
members would be important; that an ISTA-Europe educational conference
should be held as soon as practical; and that press releases and
educational material be made available. It was decided that an initial
business plan would be presented to the ISTA Board at Dimensions.07.
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Membership
“Heads Up”: Dues Invoices, Inputs for Resource Book
Membership dues invoices will be going out soon, and may be paid
by mail, fax, or conveniently on-line. ISTA Certified labs need
to check and update their listings for the 2007 Resource Book.
Membership payment is due no later than January 31, 2007, but your
budget might require that you pay in 2006. Don’t risk a loss
of your member benefits! The easiest method is on-line: member delegates
can simply Login
to the Members Only section of the ISTA website and click Pay Dues.
If you mail payment, please note that our suite number changed
(over 5 years ago!) to Suite 160. Some member accounting
departments still have us listed at Suite 310, which now causes
problems and delays.
ISTA Certified Testing Laboratories need to check and possibly update
their listings for publication in the 2007 Resource Book. These
inputs are needed by November 3! Once the Book goes to press, the
information cannot be changed. Go to the Member
Login section of the ISTA website, choose Edit User Profile
and update as necessary, paying particular attention to the Laboratory
Information. Then, if you’d like to enhance your listing,
Click
Here to order. To see a sample layout of the enhanced laboratory
section, Click
Here. If you have questions, please email
or call Meredith Dougherty at ISTA Headquarters, (+1) 517-333-3437.
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