• (L-R) Rebecca Burrows, GM, small business, Australia Post with Ian Douglas, CEO of Spawnit.
    (L-R) Rebecca Burrows, GM, small business, Australia Post with Ian Douglas, CEO of Spawnit.
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Australia Post’s new custom packaging offering BrandWrapped, developed in partnership with pioneering software firm Spawnit, will be featured in a special presentation at Print21+PKN’s LIVE industry forum in Sydney next month.

Spawnit CEO Ian Douglas and Australia Post’s Marty Stone – head of channel development and management, business and government – will co-host a session that examines how the innovative concept was developed and how it’s being rolled out across 4000 post offices across Australia.

“It’s really exciting,” says Douglas. “To reinforce the brand at the point of delivery is critical for businesses and we’re bringing packaging to every Australian business that wants to create their own custom packaging. BrandWrapped gives small businesses access to design their own beautiful eye-catching packaging and accessories that customers will love and remember.”

BrandWrapped, launched in March 2018, allows businesses to create personalised boxes, satchels, and other branded items such as ribbon, tape, labels, and wrapping paper, with low minimum print runs.

Print21+PKN’s LIVE industry forum New Frontiers in Packaging Print, taking place on 3 August, has attracted leading companies across a range of sectors including printing, converting, design, food manufacturing and allied service providers.

Here’s a look at the impressive and growing list of companies that will be attending the not-to-be-missed event:

Arnotts; Artech Print: Australian Paper; Australia Post; Ball & Doggett; Birdstone; Blue Star WEB; Bottcher Australia Pty Ltd; Boxcraft; Boxer & Co.; Brebner Print; Bright Print Group; Confoil; Colour Graphic Services; Currie Group; DreemAR; Ecolean; EFI; Epson Australia; Energi; Exelnetwork; Format Print; Fuji Xerox Australia; Graph-Pak; HP Graphic Solutions; Hybrid Software; IVE Group; Kirwan Print Group; Kodak; Konica Minolta Aust; Labels & Packaging ANZ ; Litho Superpak P/L; Matthews Australasia; Mela; Multi-Colour Corporation; Orora; Pegasus Print Group; PES Print NZ; Print & Pack Australia; Printing Industries Association Australia; Print IQ; Profile Packaging; RollsPack; Roy Morgan Consulting; Sappi Trading Australia Pty Ltd; SEAGA Group Australia; Snack Brands Australia; Sunrice; Soar Print; Spawnit; Spotpress; Tharstern Australia; The Edison Agency, TSA, Visual Connections… and more.

You can book tickets here.

The full program can be seen here.

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