The International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), the leading industry developer of pre-shipment performance testing standards for packaged products, announced programming for its annual European Packaging Symposium, which will be held October 8-9 at the Le Méridien Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. Full session schedule is here.
The ISTA European Packaging Symposium is the global transport packaging industry’s staple event in Europe, providing a broad international platform for directors, managers and technicians of logistics, packaging, production, purchasing, R&D, product design and development of companies in the following sectors: packaging, fast moving consumer goods, computers and electronics, retail sector, logistics, transport and storage, test laboratories, and test equipment manufacturers.
Presentations will cover sustainable packaging development, e-commerce packaging challenges, packaging performance testing applications, packaging optimization and damage reduction success stories, research, best practices and more. The event also features a programming track focused on temperature-sensitive life science product distribution, with sessions on innovative cold chain packaging solutions, temperature monitoring strategies, sustainability case studies, design qualification guidance, frozen shipping solutions and guidance, emerging technologies and more.