KOREA INSTITUTE OF DESIGN PROMOTION

Korea Design Centre
Yatap 1, Dong, Bundang-gu-,
Seongnam City, Gyeonggi –do, 463 828 , South Korea
Tel: +82 31 – 780 2151-3
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Website: www.kidp.or.kr

Office Bearers:
President: Jin-hee Cho
Director: Han-yoo Park

Korea Design & Packaging Center was established in 1970 with the merger of Korea Packaging Institute (1966) and Korea Design Center (1966) and Korea Export Packaging Center (1969).

The centre is a non-profit statutory body for research and development and promotion of industrial design and packaging in accordance with the Act on industrial design and packaging promotion.

Staff:
There are 313 full time staff (including 151 factory workers) of whom 21 are packaging professionals.

R&D Services:
Has carried out projects on various topics for improving packaging standards as Agro-marine products, fruits, corrugated fibre board, anti-rust packaging.

Technical Services:
Has developed 181 kinds of Korean Industrial Standards (KS) related to packaging as of 1987. Also offers service of standard testing facilities for packaging materials and packaging.

Training Services:
Organises one regular educational course each year. (a 6-week Packaging Engineer Course).

Information Services:
Operates not only an Electronic Data Processing System (EDPS) but also a library where packaging related books and documents are available. It has approximately 5700 books besides 200 journals. Publishes two bi-monthly magazines and two English-edition quarterly newsletters.

Financing:
Profit of plants, services



KOREA PACKAGING ASSOCIATION INC. (A)

RM 503 CHUN Rok B/D
1351-3, Shin Gil Dong, Youngdeungpo-ku
Seoul, 150 050, Korea
Tel: + 82-2-835-9040
Fax: +82-2-835-9041
Website: www.kopa.or.kr

Office Bearers:
President: Sun Chang Kim,
Vice President: Kyu Sang – Han
Vice President: Chi Sang Kim
Vice President: Young Uk Yun
Vice President: Dong Su –Shin
Vice President: Suk Ju – Kim
Executive Director: Jae Hong –Kong

• Established on 7th December 1991.
• Publishing the monthly packaging world 1st May 1993
• Operation sub committees 1996
• Enact a Han Yong Kyo Packaging Award 9th Sept. 1996
• Joined in APF 1997
• Sponsor by Seoul Pack 1999
• Unification of Seoul Pack and Korea Pack May 2004.

• Promotion of common benefit for members & development of Korea Packaging Industry.
• Contribution foe establishing the sound packaging culture thought fair trade, excellent quality and new technology development.
• Globalization of domestic packaging industry thought informative exchange, education and international cooperation.
• Development of the packaging strategy for the new generation.

Services:
Publishing & Give information, Publicity Activities Research, Exhibition, Education, International cooperation, Management of packaging award system, Vicarious execution for government project.

KOREA INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY & INFORMATION (KIP)

607, ACE HIGH-END TOWER
235-2, KURO-DONG, KURO-GU
SEOUL, KOREA.
Tel: 02-6220-6500
Fax: 02-6220-6510
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Website: http://www.packnet.co.kr/info/i_info.html

KIP was the first non government packaging association established in 1984 for the development and promotion of Korea packaging industry.
KIP organises international packaging fairs to encourage international cooperation and runs training and educational programs for the local industry.
It publishes a monthly magazine ‘Packaging Korea, and other packaging related papers.