By IANS
Mumbai : India’s leading scientific research organisation Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has inked an agreement with global packaging solutions major MeadWestvaco Corp (MWV) for developing and packaging applications in consumer, agriculture and transportation sectors.
After signing the umbrella agreement for research and development collaboration, S.K. Brahmachari, director general of CSIR, said research partnership would address critical areas in the sponsored research projects in the applications of packaging.
John A. Luke (Jr), chairman and chief executive officer of MWV, said: “The packaging industry and several brand owners are facing critical problems and we are eager to begin work with CSIR and its institutes.”
According to an official communiqué, issued by CSIR, the research partnership will focus initially on key issues such as sustainable packaging solutions, process innovations related to biomass conversion and packaging innovations utilising advanced materials.
Elaborating on the research partnership, the statement pointed out that it would be overseen by a leadership innovation committee of standing members, co-chaired by Dr. S. Sivaram, director of National Chemical Laboratory and Dr. Fred Renk, director of external technology, MWV.