Useful Links
The following list of useful resources are related to packaging innovation and industry nformation:
BERR
The UK Government’s Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) helps ensure business success in an increasingly competitive world. www.berr.gov.uk
Centres of Industrial Collaboration (CIC)
Collaboration is the key to successful innovation and the Yorkshire Forward Centres of Industrial Collaboration can help to unlock the cutting edge technical expertise and specialist resources you need to drive your innovation process forward. www.yorkshirecic.com
· Design Futures CIC
Design Futures, provides innovative, imaginative, innovative and appropriate product and packaging design. www.designfuturesgroup.com
· Digital Print CIC
Digital Print CIC offers advice on every aspect of digital printing. www.cic-digitalprinting.com
· Engineering Design CIC
The Engineering Design CIC provides the expert knowledge, advice, analysis, applied research and support to help organisations transform their product and engineering design processes. www.engineeringdesigncentre.co.uk
FaraPack Polymers
Based at Sheffield Polymer Centre, FaraPack Polymers undertakes proof of concept, research development, problem solving and trouble-shooting work in the area of polymeric materials. To help companies understand and commercialise the latest materials technology. www.farapackpolymers.com
IAPRI
The International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI), of which Faraday Packaging is a member, is an international membership association to promote packaging as a global science. www.iapriweb.org
INCPEN
The Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN) is a research and trade organisation, which draws together an influential group of companies who share a vision of the future where all production, distribution, and consumption are sustainable. www.incpen.org
International Packaging Institute
The International Packaging Institute (IPI) is an academic institution for the packaging sector based in Switzerland, positioning itself at the interface between the industry and leading edge scientific expertise. www.ipi.sh
Keyworth Institute
The Keyworth Institute provides business with a portal to the faculties of engineering and business at University of Leeds and the universities wider research and development capabilities. www.keyworth.leeds.ac.uk
Materials Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
As well as access to information on the work of the Materials KTN and its operating nodes, which includes Packaging Materials Link, the site offers registered users a number of built-in free functions. www.materialsktn.net
Mintel
Mintel is a global supplier of consumer, media and market research. www.mintel.com
Packagang Federation
The Packaging Federation is the representative body of the UK packaging manufacturing industry. Members include major manufacturers from all sectors of the industry, including paper and board, plastics, metals, and glass. www.packagingfedn.co.uk