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Sponsors & Exhibition

Become a Sponsor!

Becoming an ISTA Forum Sponsor is more than a commitment; it's a strategic investment in the future of transport packaging. Your sponsorship enables us to provide essential opportunities, such as these events, for vital knowledge exchange, empowering research initiatives and strengthening industry standards.

Questions about sponsorship? Contact Lisa Bonsignore, ISTA VP of Events at lisa@ista.org or (517) 325-0434

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Download the 2025 ISTA Forum Sponsorship Opportunties brochure to learn more.

2025 Premier Sponsors

  • Lansmont
  • Smithers
  • DDL Testing Experts. Service specialists.
  • WESTPAK
  • SafeLoad
  • Sonoco Thermosafe
  • Altor Life Sciences
  • Cold Chain Technologies
  • Transpak
  • EFP
  • Orora

2025 Gold Sponsors

  • Styropek
  • Sensitech

2025 Silver Sponsors

  • Altor Industrial
  • Link

Sponsorship Levels & Benefits

The ISTA Forum brings together hundreds of packaging professionals. Connect with our global transport packaging community as an industry leader and become a sponsor! The following sponsor opportunities are now available:

LEVELS, BENEFITS & RATESPREMIER
$12,500
GOLD
$9,500
SILVER
$6,500
Recognition for sponsoring the
Welcome Reception


Recognition for sponsoring the
Closing Celebration Dinner


Custom signage with logo at Attendee Check-in
and Closing Celebration Dinner


Featured sponsor logo on Forum homepage

Complimentary attendee registration2 Registrations
$3,500 value
1 Registration
$1,750 value

Sponsor Exhibition Reception ONLY Pass
for company guest(s)
3 Passes
$900 value
1 Pass
$300 value

Company logo on front cover of the
ISTA Forum Attendee Guide

On-site recognition during both TransPack
& TempPack general sessions

Social media promotion


Sponsor logo included on all email blasts

Exhibit Kiosk in the Forum Networking Hub
for the entire three-day event

(see kiosk example below)

PREMIUM
Location in Networking Hub

Mention in ISTA Forum Attendee Guide

ENHANCED
Background color, logo & description

Logo & company description

Company description

Logo on Forum sponsor page of website
Event app QR code lead retrieval
Company profile on event app
Participation in passport door prizes at
Sponsor Exhibition Reception


  • Sponsorships are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and based on availability
  • Logo placement/order will be based on the first-come, first-served basis
  • Items subject to change

Sponsor  Kiosks!

Sponsors will enjoy a fully assembled exhibit kiosk displayed in the Forum Networking Hub for all three days of the ISTA Forum. No booth hassles—just bring your marketing collateral.

The Forum Networking Hub is located next to the TransPack & TempPack general sessions. Attendees gather in this area during breakfast, shared breaks, the Welcome Reception and the well attended, never-missed Sponsor Exhibition Reception!


Hassle-Free Setup!

  • Dimensions: Each kiosk is approximately 3.2 feet wide by 7.9 feet tall and includes two stools.
  • Custom Graphics: Take advantage of the opportunity to showcase your brand with custom graphics (1&2). Design your graphics to the panel specifications and effortlessly upload them to our vendor
  • Cost-Effective: Forget the hassle of bringing a booth. Save money on printing booth graphics and shipping. Simply bring your marketing collateral, and you're ready to go!
  • Prime Location: Kiosks Sponsor exhibition kiosks take center stage where attendees gather during breakfast, shared breaks, the Welcome Reception and the popular Sponsor Exhibition Reception.
  • Integrated Counter: The kiosk comes equipped with a counter, allowing you to display your marketing collateral.
  • Dedicated Networking Spot: Use the kiosk as a dedicated "meet-up" spot to network with your customers.
  • Extended Exposure: Enjoy the advantage of having your kiosk displayed throughout the entire Forum, not just a single reception.
  • Special Feature: Kiosks will be prominently featured during the Sponsor Exhibition Reception, including the popular passport door prizes!

AnchorYour Target Audience!

The ISTA Forum brings together hundreds of packaging professionals, providing you with a unique opportunity to connect with a highly target audience. You can ensure that your marketing efforts are directed at the people who matter the most in the industry.

Companies who have attendeed the ISTA Forum include:
  • 3D Systems
  • 3M Company
  • Abbott Laboratories Diagnostics
  • Division Abbott Nutrition
  • ABF Freight
  • ACH Foam Technologies
  • ADE, Inc.
  • Adept Packaging
  • Advanced Packaging Technology Laboratories
  • AeroSafe Global
  • Agency of Korea National Food Cluster
  • Agilent Technologies
  • All AQ Products
  • Allergan
  • ALMO CORPORATION
  • Alouette Cheese USA LLC
  • Altair Engineering Ltd.
  • Amazon
  • American Aerogel Corporation
  • American Testing Laboratory, LLC
  • AMERIPEN
  • Amwin Trading LLC
  • Andersen Corporation
  • Apple
  • ASM International
  • Aspen Surgical PR Corp.
  • Atlas Box & Crating Co., Inc.
  • Axiom Consulting
  • B&G Foods, Inc.
  • BASF Corporation
  • Bay Cities Container Corporation
  • Bayer Health Care
  • BD Diagnostics
  • Beckman Coulter, Inc.
  • BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
  • Boise Inc.
  • Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
  • Bose Corporation
  • Boston Scientific
  • Brown-Forman
  • BSH Home Appliance Corporation
  • Bureau of Dangerous Goods
  • Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, Inc.
  • Bush Brothers & Co.
  • California Polytechnic State University
  • Carlex Glass America, LLC
  • Cartier
  • Casper
  • Caterpillar Inc
  • Cathay America Consulting
  • CCF Brands
  • CCR
  • Celulosas Mairo SA de CV
  • Center for Packaging & Unit Load Design - Virginia Tech
  • Chainalytics
  • Chamberlain Group
  • Chemical Company
  • CHEP USA
  • Christian Brothers University
  • Chubb
  • Church & Dwight Co., Ltd.
  • Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products, LLC a Gentherm Co.
  • Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Clemson University
  • Cold Chain Technologies
  • Coldkeepers
  • Compadre LLC
  • Concept Packaging Group
  • ConMed Corporation
  • Consult Schmidt LLC
  • Control Power-Reliance, LLC
  • CooperVision
  • Corning Incorporated
  • Corruven Canada Inc
  • Covidien
  • CSXT Intermodal
  • Danish Technological Institute
  • Data Physics Corporation
  • DDL, Inc.
  • Department of Veterans Affairs- National CMOP
  • Diebold Inc.
  • Diversified Technical Systems, Inc
  • Dometic
  • Domtar
  • Dongling Technologies USA
  • Dow Chemical
  • Drinkworks
  • Ebro North America
  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • EFP, LLC
  • Electrolux Major Appliances
  • Eli Lilly & Company
  • Elite Electronic Engineering Inc
  • Emballages Jean Cartier Inc.
  • EMC Corporation
  • Envirotainer
  • EPS Industry Alliance
  • Ericsson AB
  • Essity North America Inc
  • ExxonMobil
  • F5 Networks
  • FCA LLC
  • Fibre Box Association
  • Fresenius Kabi USA
  • FTR | Transportation Intelligence
  • GE - Appliances & Lighting
  • GE Healthcare
  • Ge Healthcare Cell Culture
  • Genentech
  • Generac Power Systems Inc.
  • General Electric
  • General Mills
  • General Motors
  • Georgia Pacific
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC
  • gh Package and Product Testing & Consulting
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Good Foods LLC
  • Goodman Manufacturing
  • Great Northern Corporation
  • Green Bay Packaging Inc.
  • GreenBlue/Sustainable Packaging Coalition
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Harris Corporation
  • Harris RF Communications
  • Hewlett Packard Company
  • Highlight Industries
  • HNI
  • Home Depot Canada
  • Honda Power Equipment
  • HP Inc.
  • HQTS QA International Services Co., Ltd.
  • IAPRI
  • IBM Corporation
  • INCPEN
  • Industria Colombiana de Café S.A.S - COLCAFE
  • Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial Instituto Politecnico Nacional on Mexico
  • International Paper
  • Intertape Polymer Group
  • Intertek (Schweiz) AG
  • ITENE
  • Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
  • Japan Business Logistics Co.,Ltd
  • JCPenney Co.
  • Kasetsart University
  • Kellogg Company
  • Keurig Dr Pepper
  • Kimball International Incorporated
  • Kite Pharma
  • Klein Tools
  • Kohler Company
  • Kokusai, Inc.
  • Korea Conformity Laboratories
  • Korean Standards Association
  • Kraft Foods
  • Kyongbuk Science College
  • L&E International. Ltd
  • L.A.B. Equipment, Inc.
  • L’Oreal USA
  • Lab126
  • Land O’Lakes
  • Lansmont Corporation
  • Larson Packaging Company
  • Legrand
  • Lennox International
  • Lexmark International
  • Lifoam
  • LogisALL R&D Institute
  • Mabe
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
  • Malpack Corp
  • Master Brand / WoodCrafters
  • McNeil Nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson
  • Mead Johnson Nutrition
  • Mediline Isothermal Solutions LLC
  • Medtronic
  • Menasha Corporation
  • Merck
  • Meyer Corp.
  • Michael Foods, Inc.
  • Michigan State University
  • Micom Laboratories, Inc.
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Inc.
  • MilliporeSigma
  • Millwood, Inc.
  • Mission Foods Corporation
  • Modality Solutions LLC
  • MOM Brands
  • MSA
  • MTD Consumer Products
  • MTF Biologics
  • Muller/ Lachenmeier
  • Multi-Wall Packaging Corporation
  • MYS (HK) International Holdings Ltd.
  • National Instruments
  • NatureMade
  • NCEE Labs
  • Nefab Inc.
  • Nelson Laboratories, Inc.
  • Nestle Purina PetCare Company
  • Nestle R&D
  • Network Partners
  • Newell Brands - Lifoam Industries
  • Newell Rubbermaid
  • Niagara Bottling, LLC.
  • Ningbo JOY Packaging Technology Company Limited
  • Nlogis.
  • NNE Pharmaplan
  • Noise & Viliation Technologies, LLC (NVT Group)
  • Nordic Cold Chain Solutions
  • NOVA Chemicals
  • Novo Nordisk A/S
  • Ongweoweh Corp
  • Orcon Industries Corporation
  • PAC Worldwide Corporation
  • Packaging Corporation of America
  • Packaging Design & Development
  • Packaging Forensics Associates, Inc.
  • Packaging Knowledge Group LLC
  • Packaging Technology Group
  • Packaging Technology Integrated Solutions (PTIS)
  • Packaging World
  • Packnomics, LLC
  • Packsize International LLC
  • Pangea
  • Paragon Films, Inc.
  • Parameter Generation & Control Inc.
  • Parenteral Supply Chain, LLC
  • Pelican Biothermal
  • PepsiCo
  • Peutz Industrieel Ontwerp bvba
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Plantronics
  • Plastilite Corp
  • PMMI Media Group
  • Polyfoam Corporation
  • Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • Pregis Corporation
  • Professional Disposables International, Inc.
  • Pro-Pack Testing Laboratory, Inc
  • Protek Pharma Worldwide
  • Purdue University
  • Purple Diamond Testing Services
  • Q Products & Services
  • Rand Whitney Packaging
  • Ranpak Corporation
  • RB Manufacturing LLC
  • Reckitt Benckiser
  • Reusable Transport Packaging
  • Rheem Manufacturing
  • Ring Container Technologies
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rockline
  • RockTenn Company
  • Roper Corporation
  • Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories
  • S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
  • Safe Load Testing Technologies S.L.
  • Sam’s Club
  • Samsung Electronics
  • Sargento Foods Inc.
  • Sauder Woodworking
  • SC Johnson
  • Schreiber Foods Inc.
  • Seagate Technology
  • Sealed Air
  • Sears Holdings
  • SGS North America, Inc.
  • Shippers Products
  • Shrink Packaging Systems
  • Sigma Stretch Film
  • Signode Industrial Group
  • Silgan Containers
  • Sirim QAS International Sdn Bhd
  • SmartCAE
  • Smith & Nephew Orthopaedic
  • Smithers Pira Limited
  • Smur fit Kappa Development Centre
  • SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA
  • Sonoco Products Company
  • Sonoco Protective Solutions
  • Sonoco ThermoSafe
  • Sonos, Inc.
  • Southeast Testing and Engineering
  • Southern Marketing Associates, Inc.
  • Specright
  • Sterling Mfg. & Dist.
  • Stratasys
  • Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
  • Stryker Puerto Rico, Ltd.
  • Syngenta Crop Protection
  • TAPS International Co., Ltd.
  • Techlab Systems
  • TemperPack
  • TEN-E Packaging Services
  • Tetra Pak Inc
  • Tharco
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • The Hershey Company
  • The Home Depot
  • The J.M. Smucker Co.
  • The Nelson Company
  • The Schwan Food Company
  • The Swiss Colony
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Timber Products Inspection
  • Topa Institute
  • Tractor Supply Company
  • Trane Company
  • Trane Ingersoll Rand
  • Transpak
  • Transportation Technology Center
  • True Manufacturing Company
  • TUV Rheinland
  • UL International Italia srl
  • UN1F1ED2 Global Packaging Group
  • Unilever
  • Unilever Brazil
  • Unisource Global Solutions
  • Unisource Worldwide, Inc.
  • United States Marine Corps
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Wisconsin - Stout
  • UPS Customer Solutions
  • VA CMOP
  • va-Q-tec AG
  • Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates
  • Vera Bradley
  • VERITIV
  • Vibration & Shock Technologies, LLC
  • Vibration Research Corporation
  • Victoria University
  • Victory Packaging
  • Virginia Tech
  • Wayfair
  • West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • Westpak Inc.
  • WestRock
  • White & Company
  • Whitehouse Analytical Labs
  • Woodcrafters Home Products, LLC
  • Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd.
  • WuXi AppTec
  • xpedx
  • Zimmer Biomet Spine
  • Zimmer, Inc.
  • Zoetis