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Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) and APPEX will partner to hold a series of meat industry presentations and events alongside the 2024 packaging and processing event.

The AMPC is the specialist R&D provider for Australian meat processors with a mandate to provide research, development and extension services that improve the sustainability and efficiency of the sector.

Meat Industry Day, to be held on 13 March 2024, will be host to a variety of activities, including educational sessions specifically for the meat sector on the show floor. 

AMPC’s innovation managers, who are based day-to-day within processing plants, will attend the show to network and see new technologies, and the day will end with meat industry networking drinks – open to anyone in the industry – at one of the new networking hubs on the show floor. 

“APPEX is the most important show in Australia for processing and packaging in the food and meat sector, and this is an opportunity to showcase to meat processors the latest technologies in automated production, Industry 4.0 and digitisation, packaging, processing and traceability,” said Stuart Shaw, program manager – Advanced Manufacturing, AMPC. 

“We are very excited to partner with AMPC to help the red meat industry connect with the new technologies and suppliers that will be on show, APPEX is a unique opportunity to connect with such a diverse range of packaging, processing and technology suppliers,” said Jon Perry, event director, APPEX.

APPEX 2024 is Australia’s largest industry exhibition for the processing and packaging sector, and brings together 400 suppliers of processing and packaging technology, supply chain and traceability solutions, digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0, automation and robotics, and sustainable packaging and materials solutions. 

APPEX is owned by Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA). The show is already 85% sold. To book your spot or to find out more, click here.

 

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