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The Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) will host a seminar on trends in packaging and processing machinery in October.

Running alongside FoodTech PackTech 2016, the seminar will be held on 11 October from 12.45-1.45pm.

It will include a panel of experts from APPMA member companies who will discuss key trends and topics such as Cobots collaborative robots; Internet of Things 4.0; serialisation and authentication; machine vision; reducing product giveaway and overfill; and total cost of ownership.

Panelists will include:

• Grant Carter, local business unit manager – robotics, ABB Limited
• Robert Hodge, product manager, Rhima New Zealand
• Timothy Baron, industry sales manager – consumer goods, SICK
• Julian Horsley, systems division, A&D Australasia
• Robert Hicks, OEM segment development manager – South Asia, Rockwell Automation

The seminar is free to attend. Register here.

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