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IoPP offers Fundamentals courses

The Institute of Packaging Professionals’ Fundamentals of Packaging Technology courses will be held in Baltimore, MD, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, and Los Angeles.

CA. The course includes four separate three-day sessions that IoPP says may be taken individually, in any sequence, and at any location. At the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, CA, semester 1 will run Sept. 9-11; semester 2 Oct. 7-9; semester 3 Nov. 11-13; and semester 4 Dec. 9-11. At the Hyatt Regency Oak Brook in Oak Brook, IL, the dates for the four semesters are Sept. 16-18, Oct. 14-16, Nov. 5-7, and Dec. 2-4. For details on courses, what you’ll receive when you attend, who should attend, course format, and course instructors, visit www.iopp.org/fpt, or call 800/432-4085.

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