Packaging Industries Research Association

Willhoft A proposed process for making aluminum chloride from the solid waste from paper mills. The waste is mainly a mixture of clay with cellulose. It is dried and calcined in an inert atmosphere, giving a mixture of clay and caibon which chlorinates readily. Conceived by E. M. A. Willhoft and briefly examined by the Research Association for the Paper and Board, Printing and Packaging Industries (PIRA) in England in 1977, but not piloted. 

Pira Visual Aid Kit, The Research Association for the Paper and Board Printing and Packaging Industries, Surry, U.K. 

Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and British Parenteral Society (BPS) Technical reports and guidelines prepared by industry on various parenteral topics, e.g., Sterile Pharmaceutical Packaging, compatibility and stability (PDA) PDA Archive containing research papers, technical reports and conference proceedings available on CD-ROM updated annually... 

Polyester polymers are materials which exhibit various chemistries but all contain ester linkages in the polymer chain. They have attained industrial importance as moulded materials, fibres, packaging film and as structural materials which are reinforced with fibres and fillers. Chemists, John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson, employees of the Calico Printer s Association of Manchester, patented polyethylene terephthalate in 1941, after advancing the early research of Wallace Carothers. Poly (ethylene terephthalate) is the basis of polyester fibres and fizzy drinks botdes. The first polyester fibre known as Terylene was also developed in 1941. 

The nonwoven industry is also large and dynamic, and has been in growth for more than 30 years. We can dimension the industry worldwide based on research from respected organisations, such as PIRA International (Smithers Pira is the worldwide authority on the packaging, paper and print industry supply chains), ED ANA (ED ANA is a leading global association for the nonwovens and related industries) and INDA (INDA is the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry). 

China Food and Packaging Machinery Industry Association (CFPMA) was founded in 1989 with approval by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. CFPMA is a nationwide industrial association voluntarily composed of manufacturers, corporations, research institutes and universities involved in the field of food-processing and packaging machinery in China. The mission of CFPMA is to serve the members of the trade and promote the development of the whole industry. CFPMA serves as a bridge between the government, manufacturers and users. 

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