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38 14 TECH SPEAK – PIDA
The Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) 2020 awards winners were announced at the first ever virtual awards ceremony. We bring you exclusive coverage of this year’s winners.
19 PEOPLE IN PACKAGING
Mark Dingley shares some of his career highlights and looks to the future of the packaging industry.
20 COMPANY PROFILE
After merging last year, copackers Multipack and LJM have realised synergies and have become a tech-enabled, innovative outfit.
37 CONVERTING UPDATE
Wellman Packaging’s 100 per cent rPET bottle has been commercialised by brand owner Colgate Palmolive.
51 SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT
Industrial automation plays an important role in keeping manufacturing sustainable in
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Australia, and companies such as Melbourne-based conveyor system supplier FlexCAM, improve efficiency and effectiveness.
52 PRODUCT WATCH
Gaprie’s new pallet containment net; Heat and Control now distributing Oxipack testing equipment; and Bonfiglioli’s HDO series gearboxes and motors.
53 INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
Our annual essential listing of packaging machinery, materials, services and their suppliers.
A year we will remember
THE year 2020 will be remembered. It will be remembered as the year a deadly pandemic swept the world and brought everything to a grind- ing halt. It will be remembered as the year a devastating economic downturn put millions out of work, crippled global trade, and sent mar- kets into a tailspin everywhere. But also, the year 2020 will be remem- bered for the resilience and resourcefulness of many, who stepped up to fill exploding demand for PPE, hand sanitiser, and other goods and services essential in the fight against the pernicious virus.
We have found ourselves in this strange, new reality and we are adapting as best we can.
In this edition of PKN Packaging News magazine, we report on how the packaging industry has been responding to these unprecedented
times in Packaging in the time of coronavirus on page 22. There is also much to interest those who have tired of read- ing about the virus. Read about how Chobani and PakPot collaborated to bring in-mould labelling technology to the com- pany’s new yoghurt cup on page 38. Also, we spoke to industry figure- head Mark Dingley of
Matthews about the future of our industry – read the Q&A on page 19. And, with the government pull- ing out all the stops to keep busi- nesses afloat, its $150,000 instant asset write-off package makes now a great time to install some new equip- ment. See page 26 for more infor- mation about the package, and some products that fit the bill.
I hope in my next column, in two months, we will be discussing the retreat of the coronavirus from our lives and businesses, and the start of a terrific economic turnaround. Until then, stay safe and stay well. ■
Ian Ackerman – Editor
We have found ourselves
in this strange, new reality and we
are adapting.”
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43 MACHINERY MATTERS
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