Esko Donates Packaging Technology to RIT

The technology is used for a broad swath of courses in the Packaging Science program, from Computer Applications, where students learn package design and layout and make prototypes using ArtiosCAD and Adobe Illustrator, to classes like Flexible Containers and Packaging for Distribution.

In the course Packaging for End Use, designed as a capstone course for the Bachelor of Science program, students learn how to design optimal packaging systems to meet the needs of the retailer and the consumer. Using ArtiosCAD, along with Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, students redesign existing primary packages—including the graphics—and secondary corrugated package to present the most user-friendly sustainable package possible. “The class is all hands-on," noted Kausch. "Students are expected to design a package that would be new and conceptual.” In essence, they are developing and preparing actual prototypes.