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The AIP and the APPMA are calling for speakers to join its line-up at the 2017 National Technical Forums held as part of AUSPACK 2017.

The three-day educational program will cover topics relating to the theme Innovation & Design, and will attract delegates from both technologist and management levels of the packaging and processing industry through to equipment suppliers, raw material providers, users of packaging, retailers, and consumers.

You can submit your suggestions for speaker or topic before Friday 9 December here.

Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?