The call for speakers for the upcoming APPMA Business & Industry Conference is closing soon, and APPMA is inviting all interested individuals to send their submissions by 26 March 2021.

The APPMA Business & Industry Conference returns in 2021, taking place on 16 September at the International Convention Centre (ICC), and will centre its focus around the theme of Investing in Resilience.

Entries for the 2021 Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design Awards for Australia and New Zealand close on 5 March.

The AIP and AusIndustry, in partnership with the AFCCC, will present a three-part webinar series in March with a focus on optimising the cold chain to reduce food waste.

AIP has invited its members to join a virtual tour of Zipform Packaging’s BRC Grade AA accredited manufacturing site in Perth, Australia on Wednesday10 March at 2-3pm.

A new packaging industry salary survey will benchmark earnings and employment trends, and how the pandemic has affected working conditions for Australasian packaging professionals.

AIP is holding a virtual tour of OF Packaging's local manufacturing plant on Wednesday, February 17 from 10-11am for its members.

Applications for the 2021 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDA) are now open to Australian and New Zealand companies making a difference in their field.

Pierre Pienaar, has been re-elected to serve a second four-year term as WPO president. Joining him on his executive team from Australia is Nerida Kelton, AIP executive director, in the role of VP Sustainability and Save Food.

The AIP Australasian Packaging conference took place on an all-new live platform in October. What emerged was evidence of an industry united in its drive towards sustainability.

The November/December print edition of the APPMA Machinery Matters publication is now available online. Read the latest news from the APPMA and its members.

Derek Ford has resigned from the APPMA Board following his departure from Visy Automation. He has served the board for a total of 11 years, in two separate stints.

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is now a member of the Active Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA) to access the leading advancements in this field.

The AIP invites members and colleagues to a webinar entitled Polymers in Packaging: Manufacturing-Consumption-Recycling, which will be run in partnership with PerkinElmer on 10 November.

The AIP, in partnership with AWRE 2020, is hosting a free webinar to discuss how to find a balance between the 2025 Packaging Targets and the 2030 Food Waste Targets.

Following last week’s announcement by the APPMA Board of a shift in dates for the next edition of AUSPACK from next year to May 2022, exhibitor feedback has been overwhelmingly supportive of the move.