September 11, 2019
By Kadence Baker The Sonoco Institute welcomed Kenny Tucker as the new Project Coordinator of the Advanced Print Technologies Lab in August 2019. Tucker received his B.S. in Graphic Communications from Clemson University in 2004. Sonoco Institute (SI): You became the Project Coordinator for the Sonoco Institute in August. What exactly does that entail? Kenny Tucker […]
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.
July 25, 2019
Paste and liquid ink modules held at Clemson’s Sonoco Institute provide attendees with classroom learning and hands on experience. For more than 60 years, the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) has held its annual National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI) Summer Course. In 2017, the summer course moved to the Sonoco Institute at […]
June 27, 2019
Check out these June headlines! GC students accept positions with WiKoff Color and MacDermid Packaging Senior interns with Southwire The future of print training ‘On the road’ this summer Partner event: NAPIM summer ink course Coming soon: Flexo Foundations Seminar NOW HIRING! Project Coordinator, Advanced Print Lab […]
June 27, 2019
Clemson’s Packaging Science and Graphic Communications students are each required to participate in two co-op internships before they graduate. One Packaging Senior, Dillon Waters, is interning with a national family-owned business this summer called Southwire. Southwire provides half of all of the cable in the U.S. used to transmit and distribute electricity. A Packaging Science […]
May 31, 2019
Check out these May headlines! Mimaki & Sonoco Institute Partner, Full-Color 3D Printing FTA FORUM & INFOFLEX 2019 Recap Clemson Students Win 48 HR Repack New Project: VR for Print NPIRI Summer Ink Technology Course Advanced Techniques in Flexo Workshop Industry Training Schedule Click here […]
May 16, 2019
The Flexographic Technical Association’s annual FORUM conference and INFOFLEX trade show took place on May 5-8 in New Orleans, LA. At the opening ceremony and awards banquet on May 5, several Clemson Graphic Communications students were awarded scholarships for the coming year. The first and second place 2019 FFTA (Foundation of FTA) Rossini North America […]
March 14, 2019
The TAGA student publication competition has arrived! Read more about this, a recent graduate’s job opportunity with All Printing Resources, upcoming specialty seminars/workshops – and take an employment survey for GC student, Cat Bromels, on page two! Click here to download the pdf.
February 25, 2019
What’s happening around the Sonoco Institute this month? Check out our February newsletter below to learn more about a new 3D printing course for Graphic Communications students, new student hires in the pressroom, upcoming industry training and more. Click here to download the PDF.
February 12, 2019
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 […]
