The 2014 TAPPI PLACE Conference was held May 13 – 15, 2014 at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra, FL. The program offered over 40 presentations focusing on the future of flexible packaging, sustainability in flexible packing, machinery and material innovations, and multilayer technology. The program was filled with everything new, exciting and different in the flexible packaging industry. Attendees discovered new products, manufacturing techniques and services available to help expand business and increase productivity and profitability.
TAPPI U.S. IFPED Conference Documents
TAPPI IFPED Conference Documents
(Formerly the PLACE Conference)
Below are conference proceedings from past TAPPI International Flexible Packaging and Extrusion Division Conferences.
Technical program proceedings are free to full conference attendees and TAPPI members. If you are not a TAPPI member, you can purchase the proceedings for a nominal fee.
To find conference proceedings and documents prior to 2012, please search the conference paper archives on TAPPI.org.
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2021 IFPED Conference
(Postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19)
Resources and playback from the IFPED Virtual Conference will be coming soon.
2018 IFPED Conference (Formerly PLACE)
International Flexible Packaging and Extrusion Division Conference 2018 was held April 22- 25, 2018 at the Omni Charlotte Hotel in Charlotte, NC
The 2018 Conference featured a peer-reviewed technical program including more than 40 presentations and papers presented throughout the conference.
2016 PLACE Conference
The 2016 TAPPI PLACE Conference was designed to Help You Do Your Job Better! Following the conference theme of “Exploring New Frontiers” the program was filled with everything new, exciting, and different in the Flexible Packaging industry.
2014 PLACE Conference
2012 PLACE Conference
The 2012 TAPPI PLACE Conference was held May 6 – 9, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Seattle in Seattle, WA. The program offered 64 presentations focusing on the future of flexible packaging, sustainability in flexible packing, machinery and material innovations, and multilayer technology.