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The Association "SOJUZUPAK" has
been established on initiative of leading industrial, commercial and public
organisations and enterprises, taking part in producing and consuming package
and packaging products in diverse forms.
1. Program for developing and co-ordinating
informative and business contacts between organisations, enterprises and individual
industry branches connected with manufacture and consumption of package and
packaging products.
2. Program for personnel training and
additional training and for promoting the development of applied science.
3. Publishing program.
4. Exhibition program.
5. Investment program.
6. Program for developing foreign relations.
7. Ecological program.
This program aims at joining up of
organisations and enterprises, and also specialists from diverse branches
connected with manufacture and consumption of package and packaging products on
the associative base in order to create and develop a single packing industry
in Russia and to enlarge potentialities for rendering to the consumers (users)
the best services in packaging, transporting, storing and distributing of
manufactured products. The program includes:
1. Carrying out and generalization of
marketing investigations in packaging area on the
2. Collecting, processing and generalization
address banks of organisations and enterprises manufacturing raw materials,
package materials, machinery, services, package and packaging products, design
services and etc.;
3. Organizing business meetings, symposia,
seminars, presentations and press-conferences, aimed at acquainting the
consumers of package and packaging products with potentialities of producers
and at developing business contacts and informative connections between individual
production and consumption sectors. Rendering services in organizing various
consultations;
4. Search for business partners and for
users of manufactured package and packaging products in reply to the order
placed by enterprises and organisations, which are members of association
"SOJUZUPAK".
This program is realised by the
Association "SOJUZUPAK" jointly with the specialists from
scientific-research and designing institutes, laboratories and design offices,
and also scientific-technical societies connected with the packaging branch and
jointly with the corresponding faculties and laboratories of some higher and
secondary educational institutions. The program for personnel training and
additional training and for promoting the development of applied science
includes:
1. Promoting the development and
co-ordination of school plans and programs for specialities, connected with
manufacture and consumption of package and packaging products. Including:
packaging engineering;
packing materials and technologies;
polygraphy; designing; decorative design; economics of packaging industry;
exploitation of packing, filling, and dose measurement equipment; handling;
transporting and storing; the packing in trade and business; bar coding and
labelling;
environment protection etc.;
2. Participation in organizing and holding
of seminars, schools of progressive methods, symposia and conferences for the
purpose of training and additional training the specialists. Organizing the
permanent trade improvement courses of improvement for specialists of the
packaging branch - jointly with the
Package and Packaging institute VNIECITU;
3. Drawing in the specialists from
international and national foreign organisations to the training of domestic
specialists in packaging. Organizing groups of specialists and students to be
educated abroad;
4. Organizing instructive arrangements (lectures, seminars, exhibitions, competitions
etc. ) for organisations and enterprises
consuming of package and packaging products;
5. Co-ordination and generalization of
scientific-research work, carried out by special scientific-research institutes
and design offices for the purpose of developing the packaging sector.
Promoting the unification and standardization of packaging products.
Examination of technical, technological and investment projects and results of
scientific investigations. Contacts with branch and regional
scientific-technical societies and Palaces of techniques. Granting licenses and
patents.
CHAPTER III. Publishing program
of the Association "SOJUZUPAK"
1. In accordance with the Charter aims and
purposes concerning the popularization of domestic and foreign progressive
methods for production and consumption of package and packaging products
"SOJUZUPAK" takes part in planning and selection of materials for the
magazine "Tara i upakovka" and newspaper "Packaging World"
and helps members of Union in the priority publishing of articles and
advertisements;
2. Prepares a reference year-book with
addresses and business-cards of organizations and enterprises - manufacturing package and packaging products
in
3. Prepares the illustrated dictionary - reference book on packaging for the press;
4. Takes part in preparation and edition of
series manuals for packaging specialities -
jointly with the corresponding faculties of higher and secondary educational
institutes;
5. Co-ordinates the publishing activities of
scientific-research organizations and branch publishing houses in order to
improve the preparation and publication of books and other special literature,
connected with development of the Russia packaging industry;
6. Develops the contacts with foreign
publishing houses and prepares the recommendations connecting with the
publication of foreign literature in translation;
7. Forms a library of advertising and
information booklets edited by domestic and foreign firms, and also a library
of specialized literature and foreign package magazines and renders services in
copying and translating articles and other materials ( on favourable terms for members of the Union
"SOJUZUPAK" );
8. Renders the organisations and enterprises - members "SOJUZUPAK" a technical
assistance and technical help in preparing and publishing advertisements,
booklets, information leaflets, placards etc.;
9. Promotes the publications of materials
dedicated to the activities of enterprises and organisations - members "SOJUZUPAK" in mass media
and special editions;
10. Publishes the presses-bulletins and
press-releases, and also leaflets, booklets, placards about activities of the
Association "SOJUZUPAK" and its members each month and organises the
posterior distribution of the materials;
11. Preparation a series of booklets telling
about the importance of a package in our life for the press.
CHAPTER IV. Exhibition program of the
Association "SOJUZUPAK"
The exhibition program of the Association
"SOJUZUPAK" is realized:
• on the basis of
development relations with exhibition agencies of the Chamber of Commerce, with the Union of Russian Designers, with the
All-Russian Expo-Centre, and also with other fair agencies working in Russia,
in the CIS and Baltic;
• on the basis of developing relations with foreign
trade fair agencies including international ones (ÑÎÐE, WPO and others). The exhibition program includes
the national and international subprograms and provides for
1. Participation in selecting exhibitors for
specialized packaging exhibitions on the territory of Russia, and also
participation in national and international exhibitions, connected with
production and consumption of package and packaging products on the territory
of Russia and of the CIS;
2. Developing plans of subjects for
exhibitions, organizing seminars, symposia, press-conferences and presentations
for organisations and enterprises -
members of association "SOJUZUPAK" ;
3. Familiarizing the members of
"SOJUZUPAK" with necessary information concerning exhibitions and
other arrangements and promoting their participation in these arrangements;
4. Organizing competitions in best design,
polygraphic ornamentation or ecological safety of package and packaging
products with subsequent presentation of winners at national and international
competitions and exhibitions;
5. Organizing a permanent exhibition of the
best domestic and foreign specimens of package and packaging products;
6. Organizing collective stands of
enterprises and organisations -members of
the Association "SOJUZUPAK" on international packaging exhibitions
abroad;
7. Organizing groups of specialists from
organisations and enterprises - members
of the Association "SOJUZUPAK" for visiting of specialized
international packaging exhibitions abroad;
8. Participation in the international
exhibition activities and preparation for entering into COPE.
CHAPTER V. Investment program of the
Association "SOJUZUPAK"
This program is realised on the base of
co-operation with state and non-state investment organisations and banks,
including international ones and aims at promoting the financial aid for
businessmen working in the packing area. This program provides for
1. Participation in the development and
examination of branch and state programs and projects, connected with of
production and consumption of package and packaging products and the
subsequent presentation of these programs and projects to governmental bodies,
commercial, financial and investment structures and also search for a right
approach to their realisations;
2. Search for domestic and foreign investors
for financing of above-mentioned programs and projects;
3. Promoting the foundation of special
investment funds to aid the businessmen, working in the packing sector.
CHAPTER VI. Program for developing
foreign relations
In accordance with aims and purposes of
the non-profit Association "SOJUZUPAK" this program provides for
1. Development of foreign relations and
presentation of organisations and enterprises -
members of the Association "SOJUZUPAK" in international
organisations; entering the international packaging organisations;
2. Development and co-ordination of
information links and business contacts between enterprises and organisations,
connected with production and consumption of package and packaging products in
the CIS;
3. Development of information links and
business contacts with allied enterprises and organisations in
4. Development of information links and
business contacts with national and international institutes, unions,
associations and other analogous organisations of foreign countries;
5. Search of business partners for
organisations and enterprises - members
of the Association "SOJUZUPAK". Search of users of manufactured
products;
6. Rendering the participation in international
programs for developing the packaging branch.
CHAPTER VII. Ecological program of the Association "SOJUZUPAK"
This program is realised in collaboration
with organisations and enterprises concerned and provides for
1. Popularization clean ecological
technologies for productions of packing materials and products and rendering
their introduction;
2. Rendering the development, introduction
and certification of clean packing materials and products, used for foodstuffs,
and also for storing and transporting dangerous, explosive and toxic goods;
3. Propaganda of the necessity for our
inhabitants to collect package for their further recycling and rendering the
introduction of progressive utilization technologies;
4. Study and introduction of foreign methods
for collecting and recycling of used packages.