AIP to hold technical dinner on plastics
The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and the SPE will hold a joint technical dinner on plastics on 13 July at Box Hill Golf Club, Melbourne.
The guest speaker will be Gerard McKone, business development and technical manager (ANZ), Clariant (New Zealand), who will present a paper on ‘Clariant: bringing packaging to life through additives’.
Clariant is a specialty chemical manufacturer providing additive solutions to the packaging sector utilising emerging technologies. The presentation looks at ways of utilising innovative additive technologies in packaging.
McKone’s background is in industrial chemistry, specifically in the fields of surfactants, surface coatings and thermoplastics. He has worked for Clariant for more than 35 years in a variety of technical, business development and operational roles in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
To book your place at the dinner, click here.
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