November 2013 eNewsletter

AIP NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2013

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MONDELEZ AND CSIRO SPEAK TO AIP MEMBERS

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icolas Georges, Director Premium Chocolate & Dairy Research & Development, Asia Pacific Mondelēz International and Philip Casey, Research Program Leader (Polymers), CSIRO, recently presented at an AIP Victorian Technical dinner which was run in conjunction with SCAA. The dinner was very-well attended and the speakers provided fabulous insight into their respective topics.

NEW MEMBERS The AIP would like to welcome the following new Members...

Paul Taulien Stewart Leeder Graham Burrows

Member Associate Member

VIC NSW VIC

POSITION VACANT - NPD PACKAGING MANAGER (NZ) • Innovative & Energised Culture – An Aon Hewitt Best Employer in 2013.

• Be a leader in innovation and process excellence.

• Join one of the fastest growing and innovative R&D centres in NZ. Manufacturing some of NZ’s favourite brands, Frucor Beverages needs no introduction. It only takes a glance at their successful brands to realise Frucor Beverages is a company all about great people and great products.

Frucor are leaders in the innovation space with refreshing products and packages. The cornerstone of the business is built around New Product Development and for you this will mean a big opportunity to join one of New Zealand’s most vibrant and dynamic successful teams. You will be part of a fast-paced cross-functional environment which provides support to Trans-Tasman activities.

You will be passionate about packaging, have a great sense of pride in your work and love discovering new and better ways of packaging our products. You will thrive on driving multiple packaging initiatives while providing team support with your superior know-how. You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to develop and lead a strong small team while building great relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers. This role will require you to be able to juggle a whole lot of balls without dropping any.

This role is tailor made for you if you are a dynamic, proactive individual who has a proven reputation for performance.

You will hold a tertiary qualification in packaging and ideally you will have five years’ work experience, with at least two years in a management capacity. If you are excited by this opportunity, wish to join our innovative R&D team and have the right credentials apply now. Tell us about yourself - a major achievement you are proud of and what energises you about packaging.

Please send your application to: FrucorHRNZ@frucor.com

AIP PARTNERS

Find out how your company can become a partner of the AIP by emailing info@aipack.com.au AIP National Office 34 Lawson Street Oxley QLD 4075 Australia  +61 7 3278 4490  +61 7 3009 9916  info@aipack.com.au  www.aipack.com.au

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DON’T MISS OUT ON THE LATEST AIP ACTIVITIES FOR 2013

ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND ANY EVENTS ACROSS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

To register to attend any of the events simply email info@aipack.com.au or visit the events page on www.aipack.com.au

VIC

AIP VISY SITE VISIT When: Where: Time:

Wednesday 13th of November Visy Recycling Springvale 3.00 pm

AIP TECHNICAL DINNER When: Where: Time: Speakers:

NSW

Wednesday the 13th of November Oatlands Golf Course Club House 6.30 pm Robert Shouldice

Founder and Director Supply Stratagems Procurement: What is its role in creating value?

Procurement as a profession has come along way from the days of being a quiet back office function otherwise known as Purchasing.

Mark McNamara Business Director Echo Design Packaging Design and what is the impact of restrictions on the creative process and do these limitations help or hinder packaging design?

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Wednesday 4th of December a La Bouffe 6.30 pm

Indulge your senses this Christmas with the AIP at a La Bouffe where you will experience true French hospitality. When the French get together with friends and family to prepare a meal, when all the chopping, mixing and baking is done, the cook calls out ‘a la bouffe’ - let’s eat, and everyone sits down to enjoy their home cooked meal.

QLD

AIP CHRISTMAS PARTY

In conjunction with the SCLAA & the APPMA When: Where: Time: What:

Friday the 6th of December Officers Mess, Victoria Barracks 12.00 noon arrival

For the fourth consecutive year the AIP, SCLAA and the APPMA, will be packing 600 x hampers at the annual Christmas Party for those in need. Be a part of this wonderful initiative by attending or donating goods for the hampers.

AU & NZ

INDUSTRY EVENTS

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VIC

AIP CHRISTMAS DINNER

23rd to 25th of September 2014 ASB Showgrounds Auckland, New Zealand 9.00 am Foodtech Packtech is the most important trade event for the New Zealand Food Technology and Packaging Technology industries. This biennial event gives you the opportunity to come face-to-face with the experts behind the key innovations entering the New Zealand market.

Foodtech Packtech will showcase the freshest ideas, latest technologies and the newest developments entering the Food Technology and Packaging Technology market. www.foodtechpacktech.co.nz

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IS YOUR COMPANY UP FOR THE CHALLENGE?

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or the fourth consecutive year the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), in conjunction with the Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA), Queensland Division, is up to the challenge of coordinating the supply and packing of 600 Christmas Hampers as part of their Christmas Party on 6th of December 2013.

Is your Company and are your employees up to the challenge of assisting with this project? HOW? By providing one or more items listed below in the quantity required, which will be added to items already donated. If your company would prefer to donate funds we have suppliers who are willing to provide products at cost or heavily discounted.

The AIP and the SCLAA will arrange the collection and storage of all ‘challenge items’. The hampers will be distributed through Foodbank to Queensland charities prior to Christmas and will help make Christmas more enjoyable for those less fortunate than ourselves.

Which item would your company like to collect?

PRODUCT 450g Tins Leg Ham

Christmas Cake 800g 444ml Hair Shampoo 50ml Deodorants (male) 50ml Deodorants (female) 4 x 100g Gift Soap Toothbrushes Toothbrushes Toothpaste Rice Disposable Razors (pack) Christmas Lollies (500g) Spaghetti

QUANTITY REQUIRED

600 600 600 600 600 600 1200 1200 600 600 600 600 600

proudly supported by Celebrating 30 Years

To find out how your company can get involved in the Foodbank Hamper Challenge please contact the AIP National Office PH: 07 3278 4490 info@aipack.com.au

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PACKAGING EDUCATION IN AFRICA. DOES IT AFFECT AUSTRALIA?

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agos, Nigeria. The destination conjures up a variety of imaginations. I grew up in South Africa but nothing could have prepared me for the highly populated, super-resourced, bustling West African

nation.

A quarter of Africa’s population lives in Nigeria. It is the 7th most populous country (an estimated 200 million people) in the world with 42% of its population 0-14 years of age. It is the world’s 8th largest exporter of petroleum. It is a country of huge extremes and I feel privileged to have been asked to participate recently in a five day residential training program (RTP) focusing on Packaging Technology education.

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) approached the AIP to deliver this week long training program. 34 students from Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya and South Africa attended; all with a strong desire to learn more in the field of the science and technology of packaging.

The majority of the attendees were graduates including some with Masters qualifications and two with PhDs. But Packaging Technology is what they were hungry to learn about. No small wonder when one considers that more than 50% of Africa’s food supply is lost through poor/ ineffective/insufficient packaging.

All participants keenly absorbed information and their eagerness to improve their knowledge in this field was most evident in their final project presentation on the fifth day.

This West African RTP initiative will be the first of more to come. Already the African Packaging Organisation (APO) is planning similar programs in 2014 in Accra and another in Lagos; the latter focusing on pharmaceutical packaging. Although this recent RTP covered the entire spectrum of packaging technology, what drove the students and which was evident in their questions, was how one can improve packaging and reduce costs. Participants wanted to know what their packaging counterparts were doing in developed countries and how they can improve, particularly the packaging of foodstuffs to reduce wastage.

In this region much fresh produce is sold on the ‘open markets’ where, better knowledge of material selection coupled with more effective storage, would greatly reduce the loss of fresh fruit and vegetables. Subsistence farming

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is the order of the day in Nigeria where the farmer brings a few baskets of produce to the market and transfers the contents to another basket belonging to the open market vendor. Fresh produce is exposed to the elements during display and sales resulting in a very limited shelf-life.

There is significant evidence of informal packaging happening throughout Africa. This is where vendors buy in bulk and repack into small pack sizes for ‘open market’ sales which better suits the consumer owing to low income and poor storage facilities at home. Affordability also drives daily supply of household, hygiene items such as toothpaste where 15ml (one day dose) sachets are by far the biggest seller of toothpaste units. It is in this area of small dose packaging that most support, knowledge and advice is required.

This recent RTP has been a good start. On-going education is required at all levels of the packaging spectrum, i.e. formal and informal sector. The AIP, in collaboration with WPO, has the knowledge, the resources, the first world experience and the ability to share information and expertise. In fact, we have an obligation to help those in developing countries. The APO and WPO are to be commended for taking the initiative to begin addressing this most serious need in Africa.

The AIP can feel proud that it was approached to deliver this week of education and support. The AIP is committed to offering similar training over the next 12 months in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China and Bangladesh.

The road ahead is long and it is wide but the journey has commenced. The destination is not necessarily in sight but the rewards along the way for ALL involved will be big and long lasting. You are invited to join in this journey as you begin thinking about your contribution to improving packaging standards around the world.

Pierre Pienaar MSc FAIP Education Coordinator Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP)

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INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING, NIGERIA INCORPORATED IN NIGERIA; RC 630559

PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY LAGOS, NIGERIA 18TH TO 24TH SEPTEMBER 2013

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PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY LAGOS, NIGERIA 18TH TO 24TH SEPTEMBER 2013

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DEAR AIP MEMBERS

DO YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY ON ELECTRICITY, FUEL OR REFRIGERANT?

DO YOU WANT A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? SCLAA will be providing tailored and Industry specific

FREE TRAINING

To Australian SME Supply Chain & Logistics companies on energy efficiency in

• Every capital city across Australia

• 22 regional and rural areas

• Via webinar

• On the website www.sclaa.com.au Comprehensive 7 phase program with follow ups Click the GREEN icon on www.sclaa.com.au to register

This program will be run in the locations below during 2014. There will also be ten webinars, for SME’s unable to attend, who can view it on their computer when convenient.

FEBRUARY Melbourne 11th February Bendigo 12th February

MARCH Geelong 17th March Warrnambool 18th March Mildura 19th March Albury/Wodonga 24th March Wagga Wagga 25th March Canberra 26th March

JULY Townsville Rockhampton Gladstone Brisbane

AUGUST Gold Coast 1st August Sydney 25th August Wollongong 26th August Newcastle 27th August Coffs Harbour 28th August

25th July 26th July 27th July 31st July

Kalgoorlie Albany Bunbury Perth Geraldton Karratha

MAY

20th May 21st May 22nd May 23rd May 26th May 27th May

SEPTEMBER Tamworth 1st September Orange 2nd September Hobart 11th September Launceston 12th September Whyalla 17th September Adelaide 19th September Darwin 19th September

This activity received funding from the Department of Industry as part of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program.

To book to attend the training simply email secretary@sclaa.com.au and let them know that you are a part of the AIP. AIP NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2013

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WHO IS LOOKING AFTER YOUR PACKAGING DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY? DO THEY NEED FORMAL PACKAGING QUALIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE YOUR BOTTOM LINE? EDUCATION AND TRAINING

CERTIFICATE IN PACKAGING

DIPLOMA IN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND HALF DAY TRAINING COURSES

Are you aware that the AIP can assist you with internationally accredited formal packaging training?

Did you know that you can complete a Certificate in Packaging on-line in less than two years?

Did you know the AIP can offer you an on-line Diploma in Packaging Technology?

The AIP can also customise half day training courses just for your company. The courses can be delivered on-site to your marketing, supply chain, production and technical staff to promote a broad understanding of current and potential pack formats that suit your manufacturing equipment and processes.

ASK THE AIP HOW WE CAN HELP YOUR STAFF WITH THEIR PACKAGING EDUCATION PH: +61 7 3278 4490 info@aipack.com.au www.aipack.com.au