on tuesday afternoon june 24th the graduation ceremony took place of the diplomas nvc packaging professional i and ii for those students who successfully completed the exams in the past twelve months. the festive meeting took place in hotelrestaurant de zalm, located at the ancient market of gouda, the netherlands. nineteen students are now qualified nvc packaging professional and their names are added to the register of nvc packaging professionals, bringing the total number to 574. in terms of the european qualifications framework for life long learning eqf the diplomas are valued at level eqf5 and eqf6, respectively. the examination is managed by an independent foundation the stichting nvc examens. this fall the new groups start for both the nvc course programme in packaging i and the nvc course programme in packaging ii, welcoming students from all over europe. nvc congratulates the following 10 participants with achieving their diploma nvc packaging professional ikristof vanhoof, janssen pharmaceutica nv rogier hertogh, plasthill b.v. remmelt postma, abbott laboratories b.v jorienkuipers, frieslandcampina innovation centre antje augustinus, nvc nederlands verpakkingscentrum eric koops, crown van gelder nv alex van bedaf, schut flexible packaging bv katleen breugelmans, astra sweets n.v. wim hendriks, brangs heinrich bv hasib rasuli, den hollander food b.v..nvc congratulates the following 9 participants with achieving their diploma nvc packaging professional iimonique sinnema, united coffee rens van de rakt, vewoet bv vetipak b.v. katrien baert, terbeke &ndash pluma rené zoontjens, fujifilm manufacturing europe b.v. liesbeth hoogendoorn gerard roessink, smurfit kappa twincorr b.v. tjark van heuvel, koninklijke douwe egberts bv annabel nogueira, pet power serge van dongen, bel leerdammer b.v.. more information for more information about the nvc course programmes in packaging please contact charissa koolen, c.koolen@nvc.nl, 310182512411.