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6 PPG exits rigids, sells to TricorBraun
6 ACCC gives green light to Pact’s Synergy buy
7 Visy to invest $700m in Qld recycling
8 Viva Energy buys LyondellBasell
8 Visy to produce 50% rHDPE milk bottle
10 Orora to install oxygen- fuelled furnace
10 APCO CEO Brooke Donnelly to step down
Regulars
COMMENT
03 Lindy Hughson on the grand return of expos.
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
12 Scott Jackson,
GM Southeast Asia Healthcare at Amcor, discusses Amcor’s new ISO 13485-certified medical packaging facility in Singapore.
It all starts with an idea
“EVERY once in a while a new tech- nology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation,” says American engineer, inventor, and businessman Dean Kamen, senti- ments which were similarly expressed by Lisa Smith, mind- worker from Minds at Work, key- note speaker at the recent Women in Print Breakfast Series, when she discussed the process of pitching an idea in the workplace.
The path of an idea is fascinating – what starts out as one, often evolves to assume a need, desire or intention, and looking back at Apple Computer’s slogan, “think differ- ent”, one can see the impact of an ‘out of the box’ idea, no matter how absurd it may seem to be.
This was seen and experienced first hand by the PKN team at AUSPACK 2022, where, while
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TECH SPEAK
14 The WPO recently launched its Waste Stream Mapping Guides at IPACK-IMA 2022.
PEOPLE IN PACKAGING
26 Graeme Lang was honoured in Italy with the Global Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the WPO.
THE BOTTOM LINE
27 Paul Allen explains why replicating the tiering of the cruise ship value-proposition may not work for the packaging industry.
Every invention starts out as an idea, as was clearly demonstrated by the smorgasbord of displays at AUSPACK 2022.
reporting on the show, we were awestruck by the smorgasbord of machinery, technol- ogy, and materials on display... and even the stands themselves.
How incredible to consider that all of this had started out as an idea, and then stood radiantly on the show f loor!
Ideas shared were plentiful at the Leaders’ Forum and Solutions Theatre, as attendees and suppliers convened, connected and networked, taking part in lively dis-
cussions and industry education. And yet another idea now bears fruit, with the announcement of AUSPACK transitioning into the all-of-industry event, APPEX – Australasian Processing and Pack-
aging Expo.
The tradition of bringing together
the packaging and processing indus- tries continues and has been transformed.
Yes, it all starts with an idea. ■
Colleen Bate – Editor
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MACHINERY MATTERS
APPMA and PKN bring you this regular special supplement, focused on news, trends and technology relevant to the Australasian packaging and processing machinery sector. The spotlight this month is on AUSPACK.