APPEX Files 2024: Day 1 wrap-up

By Jan Arreza | 13 March 2024

Conversations during day one of APPEX 2024 have been flowing on Stand B095 with the PKN Packaging News team bringing the PKN Podcast livestream to APPEX.

In the video below, Lindy Hughson, Kim Berry and Wayne Robinson discuss their experiences from the first day of APPEX 2024.

All livestream podcasts are posted directly to PKN YouTube and LinkedIn, so follow the channels to find out more. On Day 1, we spoke to APPMA chairman, Mark Dingley; David Ray of Burkert Australia; John Bigley of Zipform; Peter Taitoko and Brendan Gang of RMR Process; Peter White of Select Equip; Alex Kelly of Matthews; Nathan Wardell of Packserv; Mark Holden of Heat and Control and Jacob Taylor from Key Technologies; Brad Trewin and Vijay Kumar of Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions; John Wan from Beckhoff Automation; and Max Jramatz from Nord DriveSystems.

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