The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has created the WPO Packaging Database, which will be a one-stop shop for global packaging data, including regulations, safety, technology, sustainability, and other related information important for the industry.
The first topic to be explored in WPO Packaging Database is the size of the packaging industry in WPO members’ countries.
According to Pierre Pienaar, WPO president, the organisation decided to take a step-by-step approach to collect important global packaging information.
“This is a project we have had in our agenda for a number of years but always lacked the resources,” says Pienaar.
“But, thanks to WPO longstanding Chinese board members China Packaging Federation (CPF) and China National Export Commodities Packaging Research Institute (CEPI), we decided to join forces and offered to undertake such a venture along with the guidance of the WPO executive team.
“Due to this being in an infant stage and both parties in a learning phase, the intention is to commence slowly and small.
“We have discussed how this will possibly look initially and what we foresee over the next 3-5 years. Although we discussed global data such as regulations, safety, technology, sustainability, among others, we have decided to begin with simple, but important global packaging market information.”
All the collected information will be displayed in the WPO platform database administered by CPF/ CEPI. The virtual address for the new database will be announced soon.
