The Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Clemson University

September Reflections

Summer is officially over and Fall is my favorite season of the year! Before I get too hopeful about what is coming, I’d like to reflect a bit on the past month. The summer ended on a good note for the Sonoco Institute. We had one of our busiest months this year – out of […]

Sonoco Institute Represented at FTA FORUM & INFOFLEX

Representatives from the Sonoco Institute traveled to Fort Worth, Texas last month for the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) FORUM 2022, a four-day technical conference themed “Corralling Solutions, Creating Results.” With nine sessions and more than 25 technical presentations from industry experts, FORUM 2022 explored how the technology powering cutting-edge flexographic printing can help flexographers corral solutions […]

Sessions announced for sustainable packaging workshop

The Sonoco Institute will host a Virtual Sustainable Packaging Workshop with Clemson packaging experts on September 23-24, 2020. The workshop is divided into four, one-hour sessions online that cover everything from “Why do we have packaging?” to “Packaging end-of-life.” The early bird discount of $395 ends August 1. Register here. Clemson’s Sonoco FRESH initiative will […]

Industry gains new tech insight at Future of Flexo event

On February 6-7 an inaugural Future of Flexo event was hosted at Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics, presented by OMET Americas. The event centered around “New Year, New Technology” and was sponsored by industry print suppliers Eaglewood Technologies, Siegwerk, Phoseon Technology, Nazdar Ink Technologies, DuPont, Techkon, DBT Coatings and Harper Corporation. The […]

Clemson ‘explores the future’ at LabelExpo

This year, Sonoco Institute staff along with students and faculty from Clemson’s Graphic Communications (GC) department will attend LabelExpo Americas in Chicago, IL on September 25-27. LabelExpo is a massive gathering of label and package printing suppliers and brands who exhibit their products, demo their technologies, learn about global trends and network with industry experts. “We […]