Features

Rocket-powered records

23 Jul 2010

Necessity is the mother of invention, as Plato is widely quoted as saying, although, in my opinion, breakthroughs in design more often come about by existing materials being used in untried ways.

Robert Brian Dunn FREng FIMMM (Obit)

16 Jul 2010

Robert Brian Dunn was a Lancashire man by birth, born in 1924 into a family engaged in coal mining for many generations. He died in late November 2008.

All the whey - packaging made from dairy products

14 Jul 2010

Markus Schmid, Florian Wild and Karin Agulla, all of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany, outline the initial results of a project to produce recyclable and biodegradable packaging from dairy products.

Wrap it up, start again - packaging education in Michigan

14 Jul 2010

Joseph Hotchkiss is anxious to bring academia in sync with industry demand. As Director of Michigan State University’s School of Packaging, USA, he hopes to steer the department into practical development.

Ian Bowbrick CEng CEnv FIMMM (Profile)

13 Jul 2010

Ian Bowbrick has experienced more than his share of variety in a career which has seen him working for the last 20 years in engineering education, following a period in industry starting as a technician and ending up as a Production Manager.

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