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.

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

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.

WorldStar 2009 attracted 237 entries from 35 countries around the world. Out of these, 129 were selected as WorldStar winners 2009 by the jury in their meeting in Mount Lavinia, a district of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 17, 2009. Five winners were also nominated for the "best-of-the best" President's Award. The jury consisted of 14 country representatives from the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and one representative from the International Packaging Press Organisation (IPPO).
Colombo (Sri Lanka), November 2009 - This year's WorldStar jury meeting was held in connection with the WPO Board meeting and World Packaging Congress in Sri Lanka. The meeting was hosted by Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging. The five nominees for the WorldStar President's Award 2009 are:
 
Færch Plast A/S, Denmark - Soup in the Air
Nampak Bevcan, South Africa - Talking Shivering Promotional Can
SADIA S.A, Brazil - Microwavable Packaging for Pizza
SCA Packaging Finland, Finland - Campfire 2 Go
Superfos a/s, Denmark - Paintainer