The AIP President’s Scholarship has been designed to work in collaboration with the ABA program to help one additional person undertake either a Certificate in Packaging or a Diploma in Packaging Technology each year.
This year, the AIP will be providing one additional Diploma in Packaging Technology scholarship under the AIP President’s awards to Camilo Serrano, packaging engineer at Don KRC.
About the winner:
As a mechanical engineer, Serrano started to grow an interest in packaging from the moment he graduated with his Bachelor's degree overseas.
His first experience in packaging was in Colombia (his home country) working for a multi-national cosmetics company.
In 2022, Serrano started his journey in a packaging role in Australia, this time in a food manufacturer – Don Smallgoods – part of George Weston Foods (GWF). This was very different from cosmetics.
He believes that the Diploma in Packaging Technology will give him the tools to not only better understand the Australian packaging Industry, but also provide him with the technical knowledge necessary to make Don Smallgoods a role model in the food manufacturing industry and circular economy.
In five years, he sees himself sharing his knowledge with future generations of packaging professionals, as well as collaborating with other industries in the research and development of new sustainable materials.
Serrano is committed to keep growing professionally and to inspire future packaging professionals to make packaging technology their career of choice.
