The Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics

May all the good things of life be yours, not only at Thanksgiving but throughout the coming year.

Join us the week of Dec 12 - it's all about Flexo! The Intro to Flexo Workshop will provide fundamental knowledge of the flexographic printing process and then the Advanced Techniques in Flexo Workshop will emphasize optimizing the printing of tone work and process color reproductions. Register for both and receive a discount!

Link to register in our bio.

We have TWO SPOTS LEFT for our Intro to Flexo Workshop taking place June 7-10, 2022 at . Register today! https://ecs.page.link/xWgKE

Check out our new blog post – link in our bio! Training Spotlight: Intro to Flexo Online.

Graduate from the Intro to Flexo Workshop with an understanding of the function of flexography in the printing industry and all elements required for your company to produce a finished product including layout, trapping and distortion, plate-making, proofing, ink station set up, ink maintenance, press operation and quality control. Join us August 23 - 25 at !

Link to register in bio.

The Intro to Flexo Workshop is taught by mixing hands-on training and formal instruction in a   printing environment with a press run every day. Now just 2.5 days – giving you 1less day away from the office!

August 23 - 25 at  – Link to register in bio.     

Live-streaming for today’s Membernar from our plate room - Brad Gasque of speaks to plate making.

has TWO opportunities for Clemson students to show off their work to hundreds of industry representatives at the FRESH 2022 Food, Packaging & Sustainability Summit.

Packaging Prototypes:
Sonoco FRESH would like to use packaging protypes from student projects as centerpieces. More info at https://sonocofreshsummit.com/packaging-prototype-submissions/.

Poster Presentations: Guidelines & submission form at https://sonocofreshsummit.com/poster-submissions/. 

All students who submit a prototype and/or poster will receive free admission to the FRESH Summit.

student Sarah Cordes was named the Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award winner, and Harry Tsang was the Packaging World Outstanding Packaging Science Senior nominee. Congratulations Sarah and Harry!

The 1.5-day Recycling 101 course, held May 18-19 at , aims to provide a baseline understanding for those in the industry eager to learn more about and sustainable packaging.

🌎♻️ Link to register in our bio.

Now online, the popular Intro to Flexo Workshop is geared toward individuals in need of fundamental knowledge of the flexographic printing process. This online course combines visual instruction coupled with interactive modules utilizing the Sonoco Institute's STRIPE Online platform – a real-to-life simulation of the institute's own pressroom and narrow-web flexographic press where you can adjust key press variables in real time. This course is broken up into 11 modules to teach each element of the Flexography process. Scroll through this post to see how Ben Grote, a recent student in the course describes his experience. Link to register in our bio.

Four out of our seven interns working in the Sonoco Institute this semester are seniors. With graduation in sight, we connected with these students to hear about their experiences and plans for the future!

Link in our bio.