Author: Kayla Rogers

The 13th annual 48 Hour Repack Student Packaging Design Competition, hosted by the Institute of Packaging Professionals Southeast Division, took place over the weekend of Feb. 4-6, 2022. The competition encourages students to consider responsible use of materials while improving packaging functionality and practicality. Five Clemson teams competed in the competition this year. Teams are judged […]

Assisting in our advanced print and prototyping labs this spring, these Clemson students will be tasked with producing projects for industry, the University and others. Meet the team!  Advanced Print Technologies Lab Advanced Package Prototyping Lab

2022 is almost here! 2021 has been somewhat of a ‘getting back to normal’ year, coming off of a mostly virtual 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With safety precautions in place, we were excited to be able to offer more in-person classes and events over the course of 2021, culminating in an almost-normal, fall […]

For early National Signing Day on December 15, a packaging team out of the Sonoco Institute collaborated with Clemson Football to help announce their new, 2022 college recruits for an event held on campus that day. Around 150 people gathered at the Allen N. Reeves Football Complex at Clemson University on December 15: among them, […]

It’s the end of the 2021 fall semester at Clemson University, which means we are saying a fond farewell to this term’s printing and prototyping interns! Two of our Advanced Printing Lab Assistants share their thoughts and experiences from the past several months working in the Sonoco Institute’s pressroom. Bryanna Thobe, Packaging Science, Junior Sonoco […]

Name: David Stone Company: REI – Recreational Equipment Inc. Title: Lead User Experience (UX) Designer Year Graduated: 2013, 2015 Degree(s): Architecture, BA; Packaging Science, MS       Describe your career path. What has led you to your current role? I started my journey at Clemson as an undergrad in architecture. After graduation, I decided […]

While most projects out of the Sonoco Institute’s prototyping lab typically use corrugated, paperboard and various films to bring packaging concepts to life, this summer a small team worked on a unique project incorporating printed acrylic, specialty leather paper and corrugated. Haley Appleby, packaging lecturer and manager of the Sonoco Institute’s prototyping lab, and her […]

In the Print Lab Tyler Capps “I look forward to developing a greater understanding of how flexographic printing works. Additionally, I have found making plates and learning how to operate the flexo press to be very interesting and entertaining. After graduating in December, the goal is to start a career in medical device/pharmaceutical packaging. Healthcare packaging […]

SuperCorrExpo, the largest corrugated packaging trade show in the Western Hemisphere, took place on Aug. 8-12 in Orlando, FL at the Orange County Convention Center. TAPPI (Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry) and AICC (Association of Independent Corrugated Converters) hosted 17 sessions and more than 250 exhibitors over five days. Clemson University students from […]

The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) recently announced the winners of their 2021 Student Design Competition. This year’s prompt was to create a “Quarantine Survival Kit” corrugated shipper. Students in Clemson course PKSC 3200 rose the the challenge under the direction of Dr. Andrew Hurley. The Packaging Design Competition Committee selected a Clemson team […]