CONFERENCE REPORT International Safe Transit Association Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 25-28th 2000 By Ben Parsons* This increasingly popular event in the Packaging Calendar left the writer in no doubt as to why so many packaging specialists find their way to the event. Approximately 250 attended, and they witnessed one of the most professional and well- organised events I have ever had the pleasure to attend. The subjects covered ranged through e- commerce, humidity testing techniques, compres- sion factors and focused simulation. The highlight for me, however, has to be the paper on Vibration Testing Equivalence, by William I. Kipp, Lans- mont Corporation. The debate on: “How many hours of testing equals how many miles of transport”, has dragged on for many years. Here, at last was a true communicator clarifying the issue. The good news for those who were unable to attend the event is that Bill Kipp will present the paper at the first European Conference of ISTA to be held at the Lensbury Club in Teddington, London, England on 17 th to 18 th October 2000 – don’t miss the opportunity. Enquires should be directed to the editor, or to: David Shires (Vice-President ISTA Europe) Pira International Randalls Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7RU England. The Conference started early in the day, going through to the late afternoon, with breaks and evening functions providing every opportunity for networking. Hopefully at some time we may be able to publish some of the papers from the presentations, or similar works. Papers of note included “High Humidity Test- ing Techniques” by James F. Perry from Georgia- Pacific Corporation, Technology Development Centre, Norcross, Georgia. I am sure there is much of interest to the readers in this paper. Here the use of good first-hand knowledge of a distribution environment, and the application of basic deduc- tive reasoning, are used to select appropriate tests, which quickly identify problems related to perfor- mance in the distribution environment. Papers from Paul Singh and Zachary Hays from the School of Packaging, Michigan State Univer- sity, are always worthy of note. Here the study examines the equivalent drop height and velocity change of the impacts for large and heavy packages weighing up to 150 pounds. Packaging for e-commerce was addressed by Dennis Amato of United Parcels and Dennis Young and Associates Inc. This paper visits the hottest and latest trends in business, essential to the future in the world of packaging. The Made Study Report on Random Vibration Data Collection was presented by Paul Russell from Hewlett Packard, while two further Hewlett Packard Staff, Terry Baird and Matt Daum, presented a paper on the studies they had carried out in China: “A Survey of Shipping and Handling PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE Packag. Technol. Sci. 2000; 13: 133–134 Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. CCC 0894–3214/99/0133–02 $17.50 * Correspondence to: Ben Parsons, 35 Wellesley Drive, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 6AL, U.K.

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CONFERENCE REPORT

International Safe Transit AssociationConference, Orlando, Florida, April 25-28th2000

By Ben Parsons*

This increasingly popular event in the PackagingCalendar left the writer in no doubt as to why somany packaging specialists ®nd their way to theevent. Approximately 250 attended, and theywitnessed one of the most professional and well-organised events I have ever had the pleasure toattend. The subjects covered ranged through e-commerce, humidity testing techniques, compres-sion factors and focused simulation. The highlightfor me, however, has to be the paper on VibrationTesting Equivalence, by William I. Kipp, Lans-mont Corporation. The debate on: ªHow manyhours of testing equals how many miles oftransportº, has dragged on for many years. Here,at last was a true communicator clarifying theissue. The good news for those whowere unable toattend the event is that Bill Kipp will present thepaper at the ®rst European Conference of ISTA tobe held at the Lensbury Club in Teddington,London, England on 17th to 18th October 2000 ±don't miss the opportunity. Enquires should bedirected to the editor, or to:

David Shires (Vice-President ISTA Europe)Pira InternationalRandalls Road,Leatherhead,Surrey KT22 7RUEngland.

The Conference started early in the day, goingthrough to the late afternoon, with breaks and

evening functions providing every opportunity fornetworking. Hopefully at some time we may beable to publish some of the papers from thepresentations, or similar works.

Papers of note included ªHigh Humidity Test-ing Techniquesº by James F. Perry from Georgia-Paci®c Corporation, Technology DevelopmentCentre, Norcross, Georgia. I am sure there is muchof interest to the readers in this paper. Here the useof good ®rst-hand knowledge of a distributionenvironment, and the application of basic deduc-tive reasoning, are used to select appropriate tests,which quickly identify problems related to perfor-mance in the distribution environment.

Papers from Paul Singh and Zachary Hays fromthe School of Packaging, Michigan State Univer-sity, are always worthy of note. Here the studyexamines the equivalent drop height and velocitychange of the impacts for large and heavypackages weighing up to 150 pounds.

Packaging for e-commerce was addressed byDennis Amato of United Parcels and DennisYoung and Associates Inc. This paper visits thehottest and latest trends in business, essential tothe future in the world of packaging.

The Made Study Report on Random VibrationData Collection was presented by Paul Russellfrom Hewlett Packard, while two further HewlettPackard Staff, Terry Baird and Matt Daum,presented a paper on the studies they had carriedout in China: ªA Survey of Shipping and Handling

PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCEPackag. Technol. Sci. 2000; 13: 133±134

* Correspondence to: Ben Parsons, 35 Wellesley Drive, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 6AL, U.K.

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Environments in Chinaº. The potential growth ofbusiness in this region makes this an interestingpaper, essential reading for anyone planning to dobusiness in this part of the world. Some of theinfrastructure in China may be backward, but whodoubts they will improve this by leaps andbounds.

Next year's event is likely to take place at thesame venue, in late February and early March.However, do not miss the opportunity to hearsome of the speakers present their papers at the®rst European event at the Lensbury in Octoberthis year.

B. PARSONS