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The AIP’s National Technical Forum success

The fourth biennial Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) two-day National Technical Forum was once again a great success, with over 100 attendees registered each day and 35 speakers from all over the globe.

Packaging Technologists from:

  • Coca Cola,
  • National Foods,
  • Simplot,
  • Cerebos,
  • Colgate Palmolive,
  • OI,
  • Murray Goulburn,
  • Cadbury,
  • Nestle,
  • H.J Heinz Australia,
  • Fonterra,
  • PZ Cussons

to name just a few, were in attendance and had the opportunity to network with like-minded people in the packaging industry.

Speakers included:

  • Associate Professor Brian Burns from the School of Industrial Design, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada,
  • Ian Hayes FAIP, Group Packaging Manager, HJ Heinz Australia,
  • Travis Fuller, Senior Brand Manager, Casella Wines,
  • Paul Haberland FAIP, Corporate Packaging Specialist, Nestle Oceania,
  • Bassam Hallak, Global Segment Director-Food, Avery Dennison and
  • Rick Fox, Vice Chairman of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute in the United States.

Bringing together people from all areas within the packaging industry and from food, beverage and manufacturing companies, the AIP National Technical Forum was designed to provide education and training for the packaging industry.

Supported by the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) and Exhibition & Trade Fairs (ETF), Viscount Plastics, Labourforce International, Matthews, Wellman Packaging, Result Packaging, Plastics Packaging Technologies, Kraton Polymers and Cormack Packaging, the AIP National Technical Forum remains a significant event on the packaging calendar every two years.

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