The packaging industry's big biennial expo AUSPACK 2019 opened its doors this morning, with record numbers of exhibitors, brands and floorspace.
The show opened with a ribbon cut by Mark Dingley, chairman of the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) - which owns AUSPACK - with the entire APPMA board in attendance.
Also opening this morning is the inaugural AUSPACK 2019 Business and Industry Conference. The two-day event was officially launched by The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. It features a host of sessions with local and overseas presenters.
AUSPACK 2019 is being held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre from today (Tuesday) until Friday, with free entrance for qualifying industry professionals. The 350 exhibitors – of which 100 are overseas companies – will have 1200 brands on their booths.
Running alongside the exhibition are a host of events, including the conference - which has attracted several hundred delegates – and the APPMA awards dinner, and a next generation breakfast.
This evening, from 5-7pm, AUSPACK is putting on networking drinks on the show floor in the Izakaya Lounge, brought to you by SMC, an occasion to catch up with industry colleagues and peers to network. Bookings not needed, drinks complementary.
On Wednesday night the Gala Awards Ceremony for the APPMA Awards of Excellence will be held to announce the winners, and APPMA Annual Scholarship recipient. Drinks and canapés will be served between 6-6:30pm.
Friday morning, 7-9am, sees the NextGen Breakfast Forum, with practical advice on attracting and retaining the next generation into the workforce. By 2025, Gen Z will comprise more than 25 per cent of the Australian workforce.
Official media partner PKN Packaging News is on stand B120, in the second aisle on the left upon entering the show floor, come along and say hello, and get your badge scanned to be in the draw fior a gourmet food and wine hamper.
