• APPMA has appoined a new director, Stuart Shaw, as it gears up for AUSPACK next year.
    APPMA has appoined a new director, Stuart Shaw, as it gears up for AUSPACK next year.
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As the packaging and processing industry starts looking ahead to AUSPACK 2015, the trade show owner APPMA has added a new director to its board.

Stuart Shaw, innovations manager at Machinery Automation & Robotics (MAR) in Sydney, has just been elected to the board of the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA).

Shaw joined MAR in 2004 and has developed his understanding of the industry over more than two and a half decades in automation, materials handling, packaging and processing technology development. He built his expertise by holding several positions in Australia and Europe in both technical and business development roles.

Shaw’s role at MAR has the development of innovative automation solutions at its core. Shaw manages the process from early stage concept through to solution.

MAR is a leading designer and manufacturer of complete industrial automation solutions. It provides purpose-built packaging, palletising and process machinery.

Shaw stated that he looks forward to, “the opportunity to work with association members and contribute to the Australian packaging and processing machinery industry benefiting clients seeking the competitive edge automation and robotics provide.”

The APPMA is a sponsor of the Food & Drink Business Live Industry of the Future Forum taking place on 11 August in Sydney. Find out more about the forum here and about APPMA here.

Find out about AUSPACK 2015, the event owned and managed by the APPMA, here.

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