Telangana’s Packaging Clinic

Packaging clinic in Hyderabad
After rendering 27 years to the Indian Institute of Packaging at various positions and various locations, we realised that for a country as big as India, we need to have more packaging institutes to serve the product, consumer and environment better. So, we established Packaging Clinic and Research Institute (PCRI) in Hyderabad in 2012.

Package testing
At PCRI, we conduct various tests for all packaging materials including shelf life study of packaged products. We support our clients with need-based testing as per testing standards like BIS, TAPPI, ASTM, ISO, and DIN. We conduct more than 200 tests per month. PCRI works everyday to ensure uninterrupted services to our clients. That’s our USP.

Describe a typical service that you provide?
We offer four kinds of services: package testing; training; consultancy and packaging audit. As part of packaging audit, we help customers with quality enhancement, cost optimisation, justification of packaging specifications and Good Packaging Practices (GPP). We also offer post-graduate diploma course in packaging under distance learning programme. We have rendered our services to over 600 companies in the past five years.

Networking
PCRI celebrates World Packaging Day on 24 March every year. We also have one of the biggest network events of packaging professionals in form of a Facebook group called Packaging Club.

Training programmes
PCRI in association with Packaging Club has various training programmes – Executive Development Programme (EDP), three-day training programmes on corrugation, flexible packaging, packaging – total concept, packaging testing and evaluation, packaging of pharma products and packaging of food products. We also conduct one-month course Packaging Skill Development Programme and a three-month intensive training programme on packaging technology. Then there is first-of-its-kind Post Graduate Diploma in Packaging (PGDP) under distance learning programme.

Hot topics
Good Packaging Practices (GPP) is now the latest buzzword in the industry. It entails customer-friendly packaging (CFP), product-friendly packaging (PFP), and environment-friendly packaging (EFP). An interesting trend is using packaging to connect consumers with online shopping thereby making products accessible and convenient, ultimately delivering an improved shopping experience.