PLAY Food & Drink Business News Bulletin: 20 Oct

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Packaging News

The 2025 PIDA AIP President's Scholarship winner was Joel Wells, managing director at Circular, who will be given the opportunity to undertake the Diploma in Packaging Technology.

The 2025 PIDA ABA Scholarship winners were philo & co's Pippa Corry (Certificate in Packaging); and Synlait Milk Limited's Ransheema Rita (Diploma in Packaging Technology).

Pierre Pienaar, education director at the AIP, and immediate past president of the World Packaging Organisation, has been named the Industry Packaging Professional of the Year at the 2025 PIDAs.