The WorldStar Awards Ceremony, held at Beijing International Convention Centre, on June 1^st, was hosted by the China Packaging Federation and 14 countries were in attendance to receive their awards. The evening comprised of the presenting of awards mixed with entertainment by dancers and musicians and was attended by over 100 guests, including winners from around the world, members of the World Packaging Organization (WPO) and representatives of the China Packaging Federation.

Lars Wallentin does not mince words when packagingsense.com is introduced. His new blog
is a well-aimed kick at the decay of communicative packaging and - of course - a deep source of know-ledge about how to add efficient communication to packaging.

Lars Wallentin has had a long career at Nestlé as head of packaging design and also as a lecturer to producers, distributors and marketers worldwide.

"There are books and schools that teach packaging design, but very few deal with packaging communication. So the technical aspects are improved, but not packaging communication. Seems people no longer understand that every piece of pack-aging is an advertisment," says Lars Wallentin

On May 7, 2010 Dr. Enrique Scholnik , President of  (IAE) Argentina´s Packaging
Institute, left us. He was over 96 years old and an icon in the packaging
world, ULADE, WPO, and founder of IAE (instituto argentino del envase)
and Dean of Corrugated Board ...
"Doctor" Scholnik participated in the packaging sector over 75 years,
his love of life, tango and people will certainly make him memorable for
all of us in the packaging world.

At the meeting three new Vice Presidents in the Executive Committee were elected.

 Colombo (Sri Lanka), November 2009 With the participation of 18 country representatives - Bangladesh, Brazil, China (2), Ghana, India, Japan, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia,  Turkey (2), UK and US - WPO (World Packaging Organisation) accomplished its second Board Meeting of 2009 in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, from November 17 to 20.  The meeting, hosted by Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging and Packaging Development Centre, had the main purpose of defining new strategies and projects for 2010, as well as reviewing the results of 2009 plans and actions.