On March 24th, the printed edition of EPIC European Packaging Directory 2009 was officially presented at this year’s Ipack-Ima packaging exhibition in Milano, Italy. The publication, billed as a common source of European information for the industry and retailers with an interest in packaged products, will provide a reference tool for the European packaging industry, the activities of EPIC members and the resources supplied in each country. This unique publication is an invaluable reference work to the structure of the European packaging industry and the activities of all the EPIC members together with the resource that they can provide in each country. The printed version is on-line supported by www.epic-packaging.org . Institute of Packaging and Graphic Arts (IAT) was founded by Tectus d.o.o., a company from Zagreb. So far, 23 Croatian companies became IAT members and their information is entered in the EPIC database.