Indian Institute of Packaging Opens Advanced New Centre in Bengaluru to Boost Innovation and Skill Development

The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art centre in Bengaluru dedicated to advanced education, research, testing, and certification in packaging. Spread over four acres, the facility features laboratories for material testing, chemical analysis, and transport testing, alongside AI-enabled smart packaging technologies. It will serve as a hub for innovation, training, and technology transfer, supporting industries such as food processing, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, and consumer goods. The new centre includes a specialized food packaging line with equipment like form-fill-seal machines, vacuum packaging, shrink wrapping, and barcode printing. This initiative aims to strengthen India’s packaging sector, which employs over five million people and fulfills significant domestic and export demand, by enhancing sustainable and next-generation packaging solutions.