11:30 – 12:00 – Machinery Guarding Basics Machines can help improve production efficiency in the workplace. However, their moving parts, sharp edges, and hot surfaces are often the cause of serious workplace injuries such as crushed fingers or hands, amputations, burns, blindness or even death. Safeguards are essential to keep workers out of harm’s way, but what requirements apply when designing safeguards? During this presentation we will introduce the requirements of Australian legislation and standards for guarding and the standards that you can use in the design of safeguarding in order to select appropriate solutions for various hazards. Any organisation that uses machinery and anyone that designs, manufactures or supplies machinery should attend to learn: • The key points from legislation on guarding • What standards should be used when designing guarding for machinery • What types of safeguarding devices are available PRESENTER: Andy Pearson, National Services Manager, PILZ Australia
13:45 – 14:15 - Impact of packaging design on meat processing We will take you through the typical journey of a water reliant organisation implementing Net Zero Water strategies; the corporate ESG commitments needed, practical and regulatory design considerations and the practical design and build of a wastewater recycling plant including what lies behind technology selection and what success looks like. Gain practical examples on: • how to overcome regulatory hurdles • what is wastewater recycling practically? • understanding why Net Zero Water is a smart strategy PRESENTER: Matt Castersen, Lead Process Engineer, Waterform
12:15 – 12:45 – TBC
THEATRE STREAM: MEAT PROCESSING 13:45 – 14:15 - Impact of packaging design on meat processing In this seminar, we will be looking at global packaging trends, innovations in protein categories and what is on the horizon for our region. Learn how through innovative packaging design we can maximise shelf life and throughput whilst minimising downtime, rework and energy costs. Join us to understand: • Global packaging trends and how these will affect Australia • Impact of sustainability drivers • Ability of packaging to maximise throughput PRESENTERS: Adam Waldron, Technical Sales & Sustainability Manager, Food Packaging, Klöckner Pentaplast and Ben Elkington, Director of Product Line Management – Global Trays, Klöckner Pentaplast
14:30 – 15:00 - An unintended path to disruption Provenir’s mission to introduce on-farm processing as an alternative to the current meat supply chain was always going to be disruptive. Though the challenges of soaring cattle prices, lack of supply and a global pandemic meant that this innovative company had to go back to the drawing board to re-imagine itself. By seeking to value every part of the animal, Provenir has become one of the most diversified, vertically integrated meat companies that asks the question... what is a cow worth? You may be surprised what their answer is..Join Chris and find the answers to: • Finding and harnessing company resilience • Finding opportunity in dire situations • Challenging the status quo PRESENTER: Chris Balazs, CEO, Provenir
15:15 – 15:45 – Please refer to the website / onsite agenda for further information
THURSDAY MAY 19 THEATRE STREAM: SUSTAINABILITY & THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 10:00 – 10.30 - FFS technology and the future of sustainability An increasing concern about the need to control the volume of plastic packaging that is produced and disposed of, has led many countries to implement stringent regulations. The Form Fill Seal technology used to make cups from plastic reels (usually polystyrene) and fill them, is very much concerned by these measures. This session will explore this challenge and the surprising opportunities to move to more sustainable solutions using FFS as a tool to improve the overall footprint: • What is at stake on the 2025 horizon? • What solutions are available to move away from Polystyrene cups? • Recyclability, circular economy: what is possible and what is not? PRESENTER: Wilfrid MARIE – IMA DAIRY & FOOD ASIA PACIFIC - CEO
10:45 – 11:15 - A new frontier for the future packaging of liquid products The creation of a circular economy in the field of HDPE plastic containers opens a discussion that involves various stakeholders, from local councils / community collection, sorting and recycling system operators, organisations with a commercial interest, manufacturers producing blow molding machines to the consumer / end user. The manufacturers of extrusion blow molding machines have an important responsibility in supporting new technologies that drive the development of the circular economy. In this presentation, you will examine: • How increasing the efficiency of EBM machines promotes the circular economy • How the use of recycled materials (other than plastic) in containers can decrease the use of HDPE without compromising strength and quality • How Total Quality Control solutions support the circular economy • How electricity consumption can be reduced through the production process PRESENTER: Moreno Minghetti, Executive VP, Alpha Mac 28 Food&Beverage Industry News | May 2022 | www.foodmag.com.au
