Tag: Packaging Science

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 […]

This summer, the Sonoco Institute is happy to have the assistance of two Clemson students working in our Advanced Print Technologies Lab and Package Prototyping Lab. Tucker Nelson, Packaging Science Senior, is this term’s pressroom assistant under the leadership of Kenny Tucker, Print Lab Coordinator. Sonoco Institute (SI): What is your major? Any minors? What is […]

In preparation for the inaugural Food, Packaging & Sustainability Summit hosted by the Sonoco FRESH initiative at Clemson University in late February, a cohort of packaging and graphics students led the design and production of a special “Surprises for the Summit” goody box for attendees. Products that captured the spirit of sustainability, including snacks, packaging […]

In January, two Clemson packaging student teams competed in the annual 48 Hour Repack student packaging design competition hosted by the IoPP Southeastern Chapter. In this competition, students have 48 hours to conceptualize, design, prototype, brand and market their unique packaging designs. This usually has Clemson students holed up at the Sonoco Institute all weekend […]

International Women in Science Day International Women and girls in Science Day is an annual holiday on February 11. Clemson Packaging Science student and Sonoco Institute print lab assistant, Maggie Dailey, is a junior in the major with an emphasis in graphics and design. As a woman in science, Dailey shares why she chose Packaging […]

In a recent announcement, Clemson University officials made the decision to move back to online-only instruction after the Thanksgiving holiday. Many instructors chose, this semester, to operate their classes in a hybrid fashion where students had the option to take the class online or utilize a designated, socially-distanced classroom space on certain days with limited […]