Welcome to AUSPACK 2022 On behalf of the APPMA Board, I would like to welcome everyone to AUSPACK 2022. As the first major industry exhibition in Australia since 2019 courtesy of the pandemic, this show – the flagship event in the APPMA calendar – is promising to be very exciting.
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USPACK has now become the southern hemisphere’s leading exhibition for the packaging and processing industry, and there are so many reasons to be here: AUSPACK Leaders’ Forum Conference, 18-19 May: This year’s forum has been reshaped to allow plenty of time between forum sessions for networking and visiting the exhibition floor. It means visitors can attend the sessions of their choice, and still either visit stands on the floor for research and networking, or be on their own stands. Or both. Running in the middle two days of the exhibition, the forum begins each day at 7:30am with a breakfast, finishing on the first day with an informal cocktail and networking function. Lunch is supplied on both days during the middle session. A strong line-up of speakers will present on topics from where business and the economy are at and what’s next; sustainability and the circular economy; future
technology; risk, resilience, rebalance and reward; investment and collaboration; adapting and diversifying for commercial success; future supply chain; and people, planet, profit. This year’s forum is informative and flexible, offering both in-person and online tickets. Solutions Theatres, 17-20 May, free entry: This expanded offering of curated sessions will dive deeply into solutions that educate, while solving complex problems. Visitors will be presented with in-depth overviews of technology, solutions and strategies, with sessions covering: packaging & packing materials, technology, consumer trends, packaging design, processing & equipment, meat processing, procurement, cyber network security, sustainability & the circular economy, supply chain, future manufacturing, future warehouse, future trends, preventative maintenance and education.
APPMA Awards of Excellence, 18 May: This year’s APPMA Awards of Excellence will celebrate finalists and winners in eight award categories, focusing on the four main themes of recognition, celebration, inclusivity and education. Always a wonderful night, the 2022 event is not to be missed. AUSPACK floor exhibition, 17-20 May, free entry: Whether you’re looking to make new contacts or source solutions across processing, packaging or filling machinery, through to product identification solutions, packaging materials, materials handling or ancillary components in food & beverage, frozen goods, pharmaceuticals & cosmetics, chemical & household items or FMCG, you’ll find it at AUSPACK 2022. Once again, the zoned floor space will make it really easy for visitors to spend their time researching, learning and networking for the specific areas in which they are most
interested. AUSPACK 2022 features an array of new zones: IT & Services, Processing Equipment, Packaging and Packaging Materials, and Packaging Machinery. This year, nearly half the exhibitors are APPMA members, while physical space booked by Australian companies is near the previous record. After the two very tough years that businesses have experienced, this shows the benefits that manufacturing businesses find in AUSPACK. We trust that you will find AUSPACK 2022 the perfect place to research new solutions or potential agencies, and engage in very-welcome in-person networking while expanding your knowledge base I encourage you to visit the APPMA on Stand C030. Mark Dingley Chairman Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) www.appma.com.au
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