As a part of its commitment to the Asean region, the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be taking the Flexible Packaging: Now & Into the Future training course to ProPak Philippines, as well as three free packaging workshops.

To help OzHarvest Brisbane celebrate its eighth birthday with those in the community experiencing hardship, the APPMA sponsored two celebration cakes.

APCO has appointed its 2020 Board of Directors, drawn from the waste and recycling, packaging, and sustainability sectors.

The AIP has called for speakers for the 2020 Australasian Packaging Conference, to be held in Melbourne in April.

Five million Australians are food insecure at any given time in a year, yet we throw away 7.3 million tonnes of food waste each year. OzHarvest is working to change this, as Queensland manager Amy Cobb told APPMA members at a dinner in Brisbane earlier this week.

Food Innovation Australia Ltd (FIAL) has recognised 50 innovative companies from across the Australian food, beverage, packaging and agribusiness sectors in the fourth edition of its innovation book.

The AIP will host a free session at next week’s Australian Waste Recycling Expo (AWRE) on how packaging can reduce food waste.

The AIP will visit Perth at the end of this month for a training course, a site visit to Cleanaway, and the WA Food and Beverage Packaging Forum.

The final APPMA member dinner for 2019 will be held in Brisbane on Tuesday 12 November, featuring guest speaker Amy Cobb of OzHarvest.

Two Australian and New Zealand students have taken Best Student Awards for the Diploma in Packaging Technology qualification at PIABC in the UK.

The 2020 Semester 1 intake is now open for the Master of Food and Packaging Innovation course, with applications closing 30 November.

Close on 100 APPMA members and guests, representing 35 companies, gathered at the MCG on 10 September to hear former Federal Minister Lindsay Tanner give his frank and forthright assessment of the state of play in the world today.

Robert Becher, MD of Inox Australia, has been elected as a new director on the APPMA Board, as announced at the APPMA AGM on 10 September.

Delegates at the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association’s (AIPIA) global congress in Amsterdam in November will hear from an expert in IoT-based packaging sensors.

The AIP has supported Foodbank Victoria again this year by packing 16,705kg of food orders for charity.

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will run a session on understanding the 2025 National Packaging Targets and sustainable packaging next month.