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Packaging Club

Packaging Club

An initiative by PCRI that brings students, professionals and industry leaders together to learn, share knowledge and serve the community through better packaging.

135,000+members and followers across Facebook and LinkedIn
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Vision

Help packaging professionals, students and enthusiasts innovate, teach and serve their communities through sustainable packaging practice.

Mission

Bring people together, create places to learn, contribute to the packaging industry and support the causes packaging touches: waste management, sustainability and food safety.

Our Objectives

The club is a community extension of PCRI, so it has the institute's laboratories, faculty and industry contacts behind it.

  • 01

    Sustainable packaging

    Promote packaging that uses less material and can be recycled where it is sold.

  • 02

    Community education

    Take packaging literacy beyond the industry, into colleges and local communities.

  • 03

    Workshops and certification

    Organise seminars, workshops and certification alongside PCRI.

  • 04

    Industry and international collaboration

    Connect members with industry practitioners and experts outside India.

  • 05

    Waste reduction and charity

    Run waste-reduction drives and packaging charity initiatives.

Membership Categories

Membership is open to individuals, companies, students and invited contributors.

Individual

Working packaging professionals, in any role and any sector.

Corporate

Companies enrolling a team rather than one person.

Student

Printing, packaging, polymer and engineering students.

Honorary

Invited industry figures and long-standing contributors.

Enrolment opens soon. Register your interest and PCRI will contact you the moment membership is open. Register interest

Member Benefits

Because the club runs on PCRI's infrastructure, members get access to its laboratory, faculty and events.

  • Access to PCRI laboratories
  • Member rates on certification
  • Workshops and hands-on sessions
  • Seminars, webinars and conferences
  • Networking with industry and academia
  • Community service projects
  • Technical resources and reading
  • Industry and career opportunities

Activities and Events

Technical sessions, networking and community programmes through the year.

SeminarsIn person, on one packaging subject at a time
WebinarsNinety minutes online, open to members anywhere
ConferencesIndustry-wide gatherings
NetworkingMeet other packaging professionals
Packaging literacyCampaigns that explain packaging to people outside the trade
Waste managementProgrammes on what happens to a pack after it is emptied

Join Us Online

The groups are free and open. Start there, and PCRI will let you know when formal membership opens.

FacebookThe original group and the largest audienceJoin LinkedInProfessional discussion and opportunitiesJoin YouTubeWebinar recordings and lab explainersSubscribe InstagramEvents, World Packaging Day and campus visitsFollow Free to join. No membership fee.

Bring the Packaging Club to Your College or Company

PCRI runs seminars, packaging literacy sessions and workshops with colleges, associations and companies. Tell us what you have in mind.

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