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AICC Student Design Competition

One of ICPF's co-sponsors, AICC, conducts its own annual student design competition. Design criteria regulations, deadline and other information on AICC's 2010 competition will be posted on AICC's website (http://www.aiccbox.org/Student/) within the next two to three weeks. In the interim, please e-mail Cindy Gaurino(cguarino@aiccbox.org) if you wish to be added to the competition notification list.  Those student teams that place first and second in the first two categories of the upcoming 2010 AICC student design competition will be eligible to compete in ICPF's 2011 Best of the Best live competition in February 2011.   

2010 AmeriStar Student Package Competition

We have completed the cycle for our first annual AmeriStar Student competition for 2009.  We have completed the judging, announced the winners and presented the awards at the AmeriStar Package Awards Dinner on May 19th at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, IL.

Believe it or not, it's already time to start planning for the 2010 AmeriStar Student Package Competition.  Here are the planned dates for key milestones in this upcoming competition:

Final entry deadline = Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Judging = Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Please mark your calendar and encourage your students to enter the 2010 AmeriStar Student Package Competition. Please also pass this message along to fellow packaging program instructors and students.

Information regarding the 2010 AmeriStar Student Package Competition will be posted in its entirety at www.iopp.org

http://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=78


More Questions?   Contact Carole Schiller, IoPP Awards Manager, at

630-544-5050 ext. 106 or e-mail cschiller@iopp.org.

Flexible Packaging Association

Develop a flexible packaging solution that addresses a packaging issue. It should advance the use of flexible packaging, make an improvement over existing flexible package, convert a non flexible package into flexible or package a new product or package in flexible packaging

Concept Due 10/2/2009

Final Entry Due 11/23/2009

http://www.flexpack.org/ACHIEV/Student_Design_Challenge/2010_sdc_main.asp

Italian Trade Commission

Research Paper addressing technical innovations in packaging machinery manufacturing industry or innovation in packaging materials. Junior or Senior only- top two papers from University accepted

STOUT DEADLINE: January 14, 2010. Please submit your paper to Professor Meisner by January 14th.

Italian Trade Commission Deadline: February 2010

Website: http://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1740

Paperboard Packaging Council

Summary: Design paperboard package to meet a real world need for a new product. New product and project guidelines will be announced mid October 2009

Deadline: May 2010

Website: http://www.paperboardpackaging.org/student_design_challenge/index.html