Topics announced for AIP National Conference

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) has announced the topics that will be covered at the AIP National Conference in June.

Chemical migration from packaging to food, innovative responsible packaging, chain of custody certification and sustainable fibre sourcing, the latest generation in metallocene polyethylene products, zero waste at events and venues, and the use of polybutene-1 based products in flexible packaging are just some of the technical papers that will be presented at the packaging conference.

To be held on 17 and 18 June at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney, the conference will bring together 10 international speakers from seven countries, as well as 44 Australian speakers, over two days.

Other topics to be discussed at the conference include:

• Reducing food waste through better packaging design.
• Laboratory testing to minimise guesswork in plastic raw materials selection, package design, quality assurance and pre-production trials.
• Closure systems in the Australian market.
• Vision inspection in the manufacturing industry.
• Sustainable, resource-saving systems in beverage filling.
• Balancing better PET packaging.
• Packaging design and managing brand assets.
• How Ingeo can be considered as a PS replacement.
• Measuring packaging value.
• Sustainable packaging designs.

For more information on the AIP National Conference, call +61 7 3278 4490, email info@aipack.com.au or visit www.aipack.com.au