Sealed Air, Clemson University Forge Ties With Hands-On Laboratory

CLEMSON — Sealed Air and Clemson University have collaborated to create the Cryovac Flavour Mark Retort Laboratory, a teaching, research and service facility in the university’s packaging science department.

The Sealed Air-Clemson University project exemplifies public-private collaboration between a leading research university and an industry leader. It will benefit Clemson students, facilitate state-of-the-art research and foster economic growth in the state, regional and global economies.

Clemson students will use the Cryovac Flavour Mark Retort Laboratory as a hands-on classroom to study food packaging — specifically shelf-stable retort packaging — and will benefit from Cryovac brand equipment donated by Sealed Air. When not in use by students, the facility will be available on a lease arrangement or fee-for-service basis to allow food processors to create and test a limited number of sample products for market distribution.

“Clemson University students will be responsible for developing the food packaging of tomorrow, so it is important that we help provide them with a hands-on experience,” said Jean-Marie Demeautis, president of Sealed Air’s Cryovac Food Solutions. “This relationship will not only be a boon for the students who study in the laboratory, it will also be a great benefit to the future of our business.”

Clemson’s packaging science curriculum blends science and technology, design, marketing and business principles. Coupled with the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, the university offers a full-range of kitchens, food testing rooms and professional packaging laboratories, including a state-of-the-art package testing facility.

Source: Upstate Today