July 27, 2020
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 […]
July 6, 2020
Approaching its fourth semester at the Sonoco Institute, a Creative Inquiry (CI) known as “All In: Football Recruiting Design,” led by packaging lecturer Haley Appleby, collaborates with Clemson Athletics to develop innovative marketing materials for football recruiting. Each semester, Clemson students are interviewed and selected based on their exceptional design portfolios. Students were recently selected for the […]
May 5, 2020
Rising packaging senior, Maya Lange, shares about her team’s packaging design process for the AICC Student Packaging Design Competition, as well as some distance learning takeaways from the spring semester. _________________ Sonoco Institute (SI): What is the packaging project you were working on this spring and did the final deliverable have to change […]
January 29, 2020
By Kadence Baker On January 24-26, two Clemson packaging student groups competed in the national 48HOUR REPACK competition. The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP Southeastern Chapter) holds this annual competition, challenging students to innovate new packaging designs. This year’s competition, sponsored by Coca-Cola and others, opened on Friday with product options announced at 7 p.m. […]
November 11, 2019
By Kadence Baker Anissa Mollett is a second-year graduate student working towards an M.S. in Graphic Communications. In Spring 2019, Mollett was a recipient of the Foundation of FTA (FFTA) Rossini Scholarship, which grants students scholarships to continue and enhance their research. Amidst her research, Mollett is also interning with MacDermid Graphics Solutions this fall […]
September 18, 2019
by Kadence Baker PACK EXPO packaging design students are all packed up and ready for PACK EXPO Las Vegas, which will take place from September 23-25. PACK EXPO is an annual event designed to showcase new packaging technologies from around the country. Clemson students and faculty will be showcasing their capabilities to a wide variety […]
September 4, 2019
Check out these August headlines! Collaborating with FTA on ‘STRIPE VR’ Fall semester underway at Clemson Packaging student interns with PepsiCo Process Control & Process Color seminars Corrugated Packaging Seminar Industry training schedule Welcome, Kenny Tucker! Click here to download the pdf.
September 4, 2019
by Kadence Baker Clemson Packaging Science students are required to participate in two co-op internships before they graduate. Packaging Senior, Ray Cummings, is interning with one of the world’s leading beverage and food companies, PepsiCo, at their Beverage Division in Chicago, IL. PepsiCo products are known throughout the world and their products are sold in […]
August 21, 2019
This week is the start of classes at Clemson University, which means a flurry of students in the Harris A. Smith Building! Faculty and staff at the Sonoco Institute spent the summer organizing labs and ushering in new equipment for the fall semester. Among these new tools are the Mimaki USA 3DUJ-553 full-color commercial 3D […]
July 30, 2019
Check out these July headlines! Special delivery! (photo) Techkon donates over $100,000 in color quality systems Specialty seminars this fall Upcoming packaging courses 2019 NPIRI course hosted for second year at Sonoco Institute Click here to download the PDF.
