• Australia’s leading trade event for food production, manufacturing, and distribution, foodpro, has officially launched registrations for this year’s event, on 23-26 July, in Melbourne.
    Australia’s leading trade event for food production, manufacturing, and distribution, foodpro, has officially launched registrations for this year’s event, on 23-26 July, in Melbourne.
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Border uncertainty and ongoing lockdowns due to COVID-19 have caused the cancellation of foodpro 2021.

Event organisers Diversified Communications had already postponed the event from July to 10-13 October, but with the situation in Sydney showing no signs of improvement, decided to cancel the event altogether.

It announced that the next foodpro will be held in Melbourne on 23-26 July 2023.

Don’t forget, even though foodpro the event was cancelled, the Food & Drink Business foodpro preview went ahead with all the confidence in the world. Click here to see what you would have seen in real life had the spicy cough not stepped back into the ring.

If 2023 seems a long way away, Diversified pointed out two events are planned for 2022:  

FoodTech Qld | 7-8 July 2022, Gold Coast Convention Centre

FoodTech Qld returns in 2022 to a brand new location in the sunny Gold Coast featuring a show floor with latest in food manufacturing and supply chain technologies. New for FoodTech Qld will be a dedicated conference stream where you will hear from leading industry experts on topics such as agtech, climate science, food technology and much more. 

ThinkFood Live | 9-10 November 2022, Sydney

Looking for the latest in NPD and manufacturing innovations? From ingredients and brand design to technology and packaging, ThinkFood Live has everything to transform an idea into a product reality. This is the opportunity to be at the epicentre of where innovation meets brand curation and explore 360 product solutions from expert suppliers and like-minded professionals.

 

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The Australian Beverages Council has renewed calls for urgent national packaging reform, saying global supply disruptions highlight the need for stronger domestic recycling and harmonised EPR.

Close the Loop has sold its US-based ISP Tek Services business for US$10m, as part of a broader strategic reset aimed at sharpening focus on its core packaging and resource recovery operations.