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APPMA and PKN bring you this regular special supplement, focused on news, trends and technology relevant to the Australasian packaging and processing machinery sector.
January-February 2022 | www.packagingnews.com.au
| EDITOR’S NOTE
Positive change, confident future
WELCOME to the first issue of 2022. Though it remains a time of uncer- tainty as the virus rages across the globe, gratitude and positivity can be helpful navigational attributes.
Driving positive change has become an impetus for more compa- nies and industries these days, and I am grateful to be working with the fantastic team at PKN as we report on an industry doing just this.
After working on publications in the graphic arts industry for many years, I look forward to further sharpening my toolset as I learn
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07 ANZ packaging rocks WorldStar stage
08 Fibre-based first for fish
08 Universal Packaging joins
Spicers NZ
08 PPP wins $4.8m
govt grant for new plant 10 Stage set for advanced
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COMMENT
03 Lindy Hughson on 2022 megatrends and finding certainty in uncertain times.
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
12 Four predictions for the packaging industry in 2022.
TECH SPEAK
14 AIP’s Nerida Kelton shares global packaging insights.
PEOPLE IN PACKAGING
26 Richard Fine, APCO’s Sustainability Champion, shares his hopes and vision.
Driving positive change has become an impetus for more companies and industries these days... ”
more about this buoyant industry, and packaging in all its forms.
Attending the “Plas- tics and the Circular Economy – The Virtual Edition” series of webi- nars last year provided an educational ‘crash course’ on plastics
THE BOTTOM LINE
27 Paul Allen advises on knowing when it’s time to reset a business relationship.
SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT
48 Endoline Automation marks its 40-year milestone.
49 Avery Dennison’s RFID solution for label converters.
PRODUCT WATCH
50 Innovation from Heat and Control, Wyzo, and Australis Engineering.
recycling and the circular economy. The Australian-New Zealand Chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) event featured sev- eral expert speakers, including Pro- fessor Edward Kosior of Nextek, who gave his views on the future of plastics, with the overarching mes- sage that a focus on CO2 should drive all decisions related to plas- tics and recycling (See page 28 of
our Plastics & Bioplastics feature.) Other articles you may not want to miss: 2022 predictions for the packaging industry from Tom Smith, MD, Advanced Dynamics (page 12), WPO’s global develop- ments in the industry over the last six months by Nerida Kelton, AIP’s executive director and WPO VP Sustainability & Save Food (page 14), and an interview with Biopak founder Richard Fine, who is APCO’s Sustainability Champion
for 2021 (see page 26).
We hope you will enjoy this issue,
andofcourse,thenewyearahead. ■
Colleen Bate – Editor