The APPMA Scholarship is awarded annually and allows a packaging student to complete The Diploma of Packaging Technology with no fees. The diploma is an internationally recognised qualification that will prepare students to take responsibility for packaging operations at any level through the supply chain. The qualification is comprehensive, its course covering the principles of packaging, packaging materials and packaging processes.
The scholarship is backed by the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP). These bodies have been at the forefront of packaging training and education in Australasia for generations. They have taken on the responsibility of helping packaging professionals, from packaging technologists to international packaging business leaders, determine the paths of their careers, as well as a host of people in associated disciplines - sales and marketing, purchasing, production and environment.
And now that you have read this far, here is the announcement:
The four finalists for the 2015 APPMA Scholarship are:
Marianna McEwan
Contract packaging technologist
Frucor Beverages
Mona Parnian
Quality systems engineer
Wellman Packaging
Alexandra Brayshaw
Accessibility design researcher
Arthritis Australia
Alysha Baggett
Packaging technologist
Frucor Beverages
The winner will be announced on 25 March as a part of the 2015 APPMA Awards of Excellence, staged during AUSPACK in Melbourne.
