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The number of exhibitors heading to AUSPACK next month will be the highest in the show's 30 year history, according to organisers.

AUSPACK 2015 will have more exhibitors, will cover more floor space and will host the biggest educational program in three decades according to Luke Kasprzak, portfolio director, Industrial Division, Exhibition and Trade Fairs.

“We are very pleased to announce that AUSPACK 2015 will have the largest floor space of any exhibition in its history at 8017sqm and we have over 315 exhibitors including, a record number of 80 internationals and 67 APPMA Member companies,” he says.

He also said that five of the founding companies that started AUSPACK, CPS, Heat & Control, MPI, Nordson and Walls Machinery, will be exhibiting.

“This year AUSPACK will represent over 1200 brands showcasing new and innovative processing and packaging machinery,"says Kasprzak.

Under the umbrella of Packaging & Processing Week, the 2015 National Technical Forums will also be held during the week. The forums are designed as the educational component of AUSPACK and they too have broken records by expanding to a four-day program, according to Kasprzak.

“This year delegates will have the opportunity to hear 39 speakers from 8 countries cover an extensive range of topics under the theme Open Innovation & Collaboration,” he says.

The 30th Anniversary AUSPACK will take place from 24 to 27 March at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

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