• Mark Dingley and Michael Grima with 2016 scholarship recipient Michael Seaman (centre).
    Mark Dingley and Michael Grima with 2016 scholarship recipient Michael Seaman (centre).
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Submissions are now open for a program which allows a packaging technologist, designer, or engineer the chance to complete a Diploma in Packaging Technology to the value of $9000.

The Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) runs the program to equip students for senior positions within the packaging industry into the future.

To access the criteria and submission form, click here.

Submissions close 20 January 2017.

 

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