AIP NEWSLETTER MARCH 2013
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AIP GRADUATIONS
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he AIP National Board would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the following students for successfully graduating from the Diploma in Packaging Technology. Please join with the Board in extending your congratulations to them for their hard work and successful achievement.
Maria Indrayati Dip.Pkg.Tech. MAIP, Packaging Technologist (Applications), Parmalat Australia. Graham Leslie Dip.Pkg.Tech. MAIP, Packaging Technologist, Kitchens of Sara Lee. Derek Joy Dip.Pkg.Tech. MAIP, Packaging Development Manager, Green’s General Foods. The AIP would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Charlotte Roberts AAIP, for graduating from the Certificate in Packaging.
MEMBER INTERVIEWS
Andrew U’Ren AAIP 2011 AIP Scholarship Winner (Southern Cross Awards)
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Bruce Gunn MAIP Managing Director GunnLab Plastics Testing
Why did you join the AIP? What benefits do you believe the AIP offers all their members?
Andrew: I joined the AIP through my recent found interest in packaging design, after having some success in the 2011 Southern Cross Packaging Awards when I was a student at Swinburne University of Technology. The AIP benefits Members with a space for networking and enhancing interest in packaging. Bruce: I joined the AIP for two reasons: Networking with others in the industry, and as a source of information to help keep my knowledge of the industry up-to-date.
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How long have you been in the industry? What are your areas of expertise?
Andrew: Since graduating from University at the end of 2012, I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to help Point 3 Design studio in Melbourne. I help assembled mock ups with finished artwork for new food products, ready to be sent to clients. My areas of interest and expertise are in graphic design and packaging design.
Bruce: I have been involved with the industry for nearly thirty years. For about ten years I was in charge of the central laboratory of what was at the time the largest flexible packaging group in New Zealand. I have been consulting to the industry in New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region for close to twenty years. In 2012 we moved the laboratory to Victoria, Australia to be closer to our largest customers. My specialist area is laboratory testing of plastic packaging and other plastic products. I focus mainly on the physical, mechanical and chemical tests that the industry routinely requires. I trained as an analytical chemist and still do quite a lot of analysis/identification of plastic materials. If I had to name a single ‘core focus’ it would be gas permeability testing of packaging (oxygen and water vapor transmission).
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What is your current job role and what are your responsibilities?
Andrew: I am currently not employed within the packaging industry, but I am seeking work as a packaging designer/ graphic designer. I was honoured to be awarded a scholarship through the AIP to complete the AIP’s Certificate in Packaging which I am undertaking this year. Bruce: I am the Managing Director of GunnLab Plastics Testing, responsible for all laboratory operations.
NEW MEMBERS
The AIP would like to welcome the following new Members... Brad Devine Bruce Gunn Noel Havill Nancy Malik Stevens Shalini Singh Michael Walker
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