• Launch of The Big Book of Packaging – Science, Art and Technology. The book was launched during one of the packaging exhibitions in Delhi in July 2016 and we got a tremendous response for the book. This is our first step to make foundation of packaging education even more strong in coming years. We have sold many copies to companies for their libraries both Indian and International and here is what our readers have to say - http://bigbookofpackaging.com/

• Our Packaging Online Store launched last year has got a real kick start during 2016. Lot of new and interesting products added with the support of our manufacturing partners. The products were made available in small quantities to facilitate new startups and growing businesses. Not only this we even collaborated big brands - http://store.packagingconnections.com/
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• Packaging Yoga launched last year have progressed too. This is the unique online job platform for packaging, printing, plastics and related fields only. Got many new members and resumes from experienced people of the industry. To fill in the gaps, we have uploaded lot of packaging jobs from India and abroad on the platform. If you have not made your free account here, try it now - http://packagingyoga.com/

• Sign up with Viscose for our Foreign Packaging Support. The company offers a unique product to be used as secondary seals. The product shrinks upto 40% in the natural environment without any need of heat for shrinkage thus a perfect solution for heat sensitive and flammable products - http://www.packagingconnections.com/viscose/

• Partnering with Gateway Analytical to offer glass delamination testing services for pharmaceuticals - http://www.packagingconnections.com/gateway/

• Launch of our First Packaging Product - Hot Tea Flask which our packaging team have designed and developed with our manufacturing partners. The product is a real hit owing to its lowest possible MOQ and value added advantages. We are successfully supplying the product to cafes, restaurants, hotels and food chains - http://packagingconnections.com/teapackaging/

• During the complete year 2016 we have circulated 52 newsletters thereby sharing 260 packaging news, 50 new innovations, 100s of press releases, white papers and events, lot of buyer/seller offers, many interesting blogs and surveys - http://www.packagingconnections.com/

• Enhanced packaging skills of our team through regular project and management trainings. Packaging products developed for different verticals and sectors like food, garments, perfume, tea and pharma. This multi-sector work and projects gives our team a unique and interesting exposure to work on.

• Participated in many packaging exhibitions, events, conferences as exhibitors thereby offering direct interaction platform to discuss on consulting projects, new packaging development, benchmarking and testing projects, specifications and packaging optimization projects for both established companies and startups.

This all happened with your active support and appreciation. We had been continuously contacting you and meeting you through various channels to understand you better. This is all the result of that. We hope to continue same way in 2017 and make these stronger and so there may not be anything new but you never know, as we may get some more requirements and then we will work for our packaging community full force as always.