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Clemson spreads paperboard knowledge

The Packaging Science Department at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, recently added a handbook to its Packaging Science 204 class.

The publication, “Ideas and Innovation: A Handbook for Designers, Converters and Buyers of Paperboard Packaging,” is from the Paperboard Packaging Council (Alexandria, VA). The 224-page book contains more than 500 detailed illustrations of carton styles and an analysis of paperboard packaging’s past, present, and future. It’s available to PPC members for $75 per copy; $150 for non-members. For more information, contact PPC’s James Brown at 703/836-3300.

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