Close×

The 2014 AIP National Conference is aboutNew Packaging Equipment - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? [by Jeremy Peacock senior navigator, CTPM], Current Packaging Trends in the United States [ by Rick Fox, chairman, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute], Minimising the Guesswork [by Bruce Gunn, managing director,GunnLab]...

It's about in-depth explorations of questions you've asked and topics you need to understand fully to do your job and run your business in the best way possible. Forty of them in total.

The biennial conference, run by industry for industry, is designed for everyone, from packaging designers, technologists and engineers to sales and marketing people. And it is the largest packaging conference of its kind in Australia and New Zealand.

The 2014 AIP National Conference: Packaging & Innovation Excellence is where delegates from all facets of the packaging industry of both technologist and management levels (such as development, marketing, production, supply chain and logistics personnel) to equipment suppliers, raw material providers, users of packaging, retailers and consumers, will congregate to share knowledge and expand their contacts.

Speakers comes from leading companies such as Mondelez International, Kimberly Clark, Campbell Arnotts, LION, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Simplot, O-I Asia Pacific and Amcor Flexibles.

If you haven't booked your place yet, now is the time to do it. Everything you need to know to book is here.

Food & Drink Business

A lot of food and beverage brands look strong when they’re small. They have one product, one pack, one clear idea and then they grow. That’s usually when things start to unravel, not all at once, but quickly enough to matter. The Creative Method founder and creative director, Tony Ibbotson, explains why – and growth is not the problem. 

Victorian-based Aquafab has completed a $620,000 Series A raise through Birchal, supported by over 300 investors. The company told Food & Drink Business that the funds will support continued national growth and plans in place to enter the US and UK markets this year.

Rumin8 is accelerating its methane reducing feed additive commercialisation progress in New Zealand, garnering $4.4 million (US$3 million) in investment as the company prepares to enter the final trial process.