APPMA signs up new recruits

Brisbane-based Packweigh Equipment and German sensor specialist SICK have been welcomed as the latest two members of the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA), organiser of the biennial AUSPACK PLUS trade show.

Packweigh, originally founded as Q Stitch Pty Ltd, specialises in the design, manufacture and supply of bag filling, weighing, closing and palletising equipment.

It supplies a range of equipment, from its original specialty hand-held bag sewing machines, through to fully automatic bagging systems, as well as bagging scales for small bags through to bulk bags.

Germany's SICK, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, is a manufacturer of plant and process automation technology worldwide.

It provides products for the packaging, electronics, food and beverage, consumer goods, logistics, parcel/postal, materials handling and many other industries.

The company is best known for its process control systems used to measure and analyse gas, dust and flow.

The new recruits to the APPMA join as the association, which promotes all aspects of the machinery side of the packaging industry, is poised to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The milestone will be a major theme of next year's AUSPACK PLUS 2013 show in Sydney in May.