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Our LIVE industry event in Sydney was a huge success, helping attendees brainstorm how to build their brand.

Topics covered included:

  • how big brands are trying new approaches to engage millennials
  • how far we can go with intelligent packaging
  • how personalised packaging boosts sales
  • how to build your brand through social influencers at low cost
  • how to scale up your SME facility as you grow
  • how having a social conscience can profit your business
  • how to find inspiration in the stories of your industry peers

Our annual action-packed full-day conference has much to offer FMCG brand owners, marketers, designers and suppliers, and our 2018 event will be bigger and better than ever.

Check out the highlights from LIVE 2017:

Packaging News

Sicut Enterprises and Close the Loop have received $5m and $2.4m in government grants respectively, to develop projects that will see 12,000 tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastics recycled into materials for local manufacturing.

Rosanne Jessop, MD of Pilz ANZ, is the new vice-chair of APPMA. With a career spanning 25-plus years in manufacturing, automation, and digitalisation, she brings a wealth of expertise to the role.

In a collaborative effort, Kimberly-Clark Australia and Woolworths have successfully completed a packaging trial aimed at eliminating the use of secondary plastic packaging for Viva paper towels. The initiative, now set to become standard practice, is projected to save 15 tonnes of plastic annually.