The mission of the Healthcare Packaging Consortium is to advance the knowledge related to healthcare packaging through education and research. Our vision is to be a unique world-class healthcare packaging consortium with member companies from various segments of the packaging industry.

The consortium hosts two vitual meetings each year: Spring meeting in April and Fall meeting in November. The consortium has also published several packging-related eBooks. For a list of meeting proceedings and other eBooks, please visit: https://www.pongacademy.org/books

Membership

Regular membership is by invitation only. Benefits for members include working together with other consortium members and CBU in various areas related to packaging via student projects and two free one-day seminars per year. A consortium year is from June 1 to May 31 of the following year.

The Healthcare Packaging Consortium was founded on June 1, 2010, at Christian Brothers University by seven founding members. Current active members represent various segments of the packaging industry, including Medtronic, Smith – Nephew, Stryker, FedEx, International Paper, and Ship It Pro.

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