• The AIP will be running State of Industry webinars throughout 2024.
    The AIP will be running State of Industry webinars throughout 2024.
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As part of its educational program for 2024, the AIP will be running a regular webinar series to provide members and industry colleagues with 'State of Industry' information pertaining to important packaging-related topics.

The first AIP State of Industry Update webinar will be held on the 24 April and will be cover updates from APCO, the latest on the Check Locally and ARL program, the federal government plans for mandating packaging design standards, new material and recycling statistics for the industry and more. AIP's guest speaker will be Chris Foley, CEO, APCO.

The second AIP State of Industry Update webinar will be held on the 15 May with GS1 Australia and will include discussions on the National Framework for Recycled Content Traceability, the future of 2D and QR codes, the packaging catalogue and the packaging passport. The presentation will focus on the importance of identification, common language, standards and registries to share information, and current application across the product lifecycle, with a focus on importance of traceability at the early manufacturing stages with a run through of a case study into the plastics traceability guideline, developed by the plastics equipment manufacturing sector in Germany.

Attendees will attain Certified Professional Development (CPD) points towards the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation.

Book your place today here.

 

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