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The new president of the World Packaging Organisation, Luciana Pellegrino, has taken office – the first woman in this role in the global body’s history. She shares her strategy and vision with Lindy Hughson.

The PIDA Student winners from the Industrial Design School at the University of New South Wales took out four major awards and eight finalist awards in the latest edition of the WorldStar Student awards.

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) is holding a webinar on global packaging trends on 12 February, at 3pm Central European Time (1am Australian Eastern Time).

The Foodservice Suppliers Association Australia has engaged in a strategic partnership with APCO in order to “transform” the industry's approach to packaging and waste management.

The World Packaging Organisation will be hosting a webinar on 22 February, which will be discussing the Plastics & Plastics Waste Regulation updates, and all of industry is invited to attend.

The World Packaging Organisation’s Packaging Design for Recycling Guide has been translated into Japanese, and is now available through the WPO website.

The AIP will be holding the annual Philippines Packaging Forum on days one and three of ProPak Philippines 2024, from 31 January to 2 February. It was also hold two mini training courses on day three.

Luciana Pellegrino, GM of the Brazilian Packaging Association, has stepped into the role of president of the World Packaging Organisation, as Australian Pierre Pienaar steps down after a two-term tenure.

The Australian Institute of Packaging has partnered with Institute of Packaging Professionals to introduce a residential version of the Fundamentals of Packaging Technology course for Australasia.

The Australian Institute of Packaging will be hosting a webinar with GS1 Australia on the 12 December that will be discussing 2D Barcodes; all of industry is invited to attend.

APCO has refreshed its Board with Alan Adams replacing Tim Welsh as a skills-based director, and Jasmine Medwell replacing Fiona Baxter as a brand owner representative.

WPO has been invited to judge in the first edition of the Save Food Design Award/Sustainability Design Award China will take place during the Shanghai World of Packaging trade fair, held from 22-24 Nov.

AIP will run the inaugural Save Food Packaging design guidelines training course on 6 December in Melb. The course has been developed in partnership with RMIT and Stop Food Waste Australia.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation is hosting a Future of Packaging workshop, for the packaging, waste and recycling sectors this November.

Ball & Doggett, APCO, the AIP and Made by Weave experts will hold a panel discussion on sustainable packaging at the Power of Print summit in Melbourne on 20 October.

An impressive line-up of speakers for the upcoming AIPIA World Congress is starting to take shape, with global online retailer Amazon, and major brands Unilever and AB InBev already confirmed.