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Left: MOO pack made with OBP by Technoplas. Below: Asahi CEO Robert Iervasi at the new Qld plant.
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MAY/JUNE 2022
Amcor drives sustainable healthcare packaging
WPO launches Waste Stream Mapping Guides
Where there’s wool there’s a packaging way
ePac opens doors, adds pouch capability
Expos are back: AUSPACK, Ipack-Ima, PacPrint
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Currie Group gave a sneak preview of the statement it planned to make with its PacPrint 22 stand, the biggest at the show. The showcase would have a brand-new look, and some of the latest label and packaging print technology on display, including the latest model seven-colour HP Indigo 6K Digital Press.
PEOPLE IN PACKAGING
Australian material scientist Graeme Lang, a pioneer and innovator in label technology employed by Labelmakers, was honoured during IPACK-IMA in Italy with the Global Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the World Packaging Organisation. PKN examined his career highlights and award-winning industry contribution.
PUBLISHER’S CHOICE
Where there’s wool there’s a way. Multiple award-winner and Woolpack innovator Planet Protector Packaging is waging a war against EPS waste in our waterways, winning accolades along the way for both the company and its founder, CEO Joanne Howarth.
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1PIDA 2022 FINALISTS: WHO HAS MADE THE CUT?
The Australian Packaging Innovation
and Design Awards (PIDAs) pro- gram announced its finalists list, with the largest number of innova- tions recognised in the history of the awards across 12 categories, and the Sustainability category eliciting the fiercest competition.
2ASAHI INVESTS $55M IN QLD BEVERAGE PLANT UPGRADE
A $55m investment in an upgraded manufacturing site secures
Asahi a major manufactur-
ing presence in SE Qld,
and brings new beverage
filling and packaging technologytotheplant.
The expansion brings
Asahi’s investment at its
Wulkuraka plant to more than $100 million in the last five years.
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In an Australian first, Adelaide-based yoghurt manufacturer MOO Premium Foods is using 100% ocean bound plas- tic, which is collected from beaches in Malaysia via recycling company HHI, and will be used in its tubs and lids manufactured by TechnoPlas.
AUSSIE-FIRST FOOD PACK FROM
100% OCEAN BOUND PLASTIC
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In a global and Australian first, Nestlé rolled out the first commercial scale recycled content soft plastic wrapper in Australia, with 45g KitKat bars packaged
KITKAT FIRST TO MARKET IN
30% RECYCLED SOFT PLASTIC
APPMA Awards of Excellence
INDUSTRY RECOGNISED
At AUSPACK in May, some 450 packaging and processing industry professionals gathered to celebrate with winners at the APPMA Awards of Excellence Gala Dinner.
This year saw the efforts of Foodmach, Fibre King, GS1, Packsize, Trimatt Systems and Laco Automation rewarded, while emerging leaders from HMPS and Rhima were also recognised.
It was a momentous evening, after a well- attended day on the showfloor, and everyone was in high spirits.
“Winners in each of the eight categories were announced in front of a sold-out room, which was
the perfect way to celebrate the best in Australia’s manufacturing industry,” said Mark Dingley, chairman of APPMA.
The APPMA Awards of Excellence is the national awards program for Australia’s packaging and processing industry, recognising excellence, innovation, leadership and best practice.
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