Filling and Sealing Packaged Foods
Practical Action
International at www.packaging-int.com/companies/. Further information can be obtained about
local costs and availability of different types of filling and sealing equipment from the following
institutions:
Asian Packaging Federation, c/o Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging, 290, D.R.
Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka, E-mail: slip@sltnet.lk
Closure Manufacturers Association produces Technical Bulletins (#2: Tamper
Evidence, #3: Vacuum Closures - Metal, Plastic and Composite for Various Containers, #5:
Dispensing Closures, #10: Types of Closures in Relation to Glass Containers), available at
http://closuremanufacturers.org/
Indian Institute of Packaging, E-2, MIDC Area, Chakala, PO Box 9432, Andheri (East),
Mumbai Maharashtra 400093, India, Tel: +91 22 821 9803, Fax: +91 22 837 5302, E-
mail: enquiry-iip@iip-in.com , Website: www.iip-in.com
Institute of Packaging (UK), Willoughby House, Broad Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire,
PE9 1PB, UK., Tel: +44 1780 759200, Fax: +44 1780 759220, E-mail: iop@pi2.org.uk ,
Website: www.pi2.org.uk
Institute of Packaging Kenya, P.O. Box 27543, Nyayo, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: +254 2
340447, Fax: +254 2 21 9755, E-mail: sam_moturi@eankenya.com ,
Instituto Peruano de Envase y Embalaje (IPENBAL), Av. Las Palmeras 375, Lima 1
Casilla, Peru, 1806, Tel: +51 14 704485, Fax: +51 14 400891.
Packaging Industries Association of Bangladesh, 68 Dilkusha Commercial Area, GPO
Box 535, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1000, Tel: +880 2 2372701, Fax: +880 2 833279.
Union Latino Americana Del Embalage (ULADE), Avda. Jujuy 425, Buenos Aires,
C1083AAE, Argentina, Tel: +54 1149570350, Fax: +54 1149561368, E-mail:
iaenvase@infovia.com.ar , Website: www.packaging.com.ar .
Zimbabwe Association of Packaging, 17 Coventry Road, Workington, Harare,
Zimbabwe, Tel: +263 4 753 800, Fax: +263 4 882 020.
Practical Action
The Schumacher Centre
Bourton-on-Dunsmore
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9QZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1926 634400
Fax: +44 (0)1926 634401
E-mail: inforserv@practicalaction.org.uk
Website: http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/
Practical Action is a development charity with a difference. We know the simplest ideas can have the
most profound, life-changing effect on poor people across the world. For over 40 years, we have been
working closely with some of the world’s poorest people - using simple technology to fight poverty and
transform their lives for the better. We currently work in 15 countries in Africa, South Asia and Latin
America.
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