Australian Packaging award winners cover broad industry spectrum

Heading a broad spectrum of categories in Australia's inaugural Packaging & Processing Innovation and Design (PIDA) Awards, Paul Haberland, packaging manager, Nestlé Australia, and Lestor Nichol, managing director, Matthews Australasia, were named dual winners of the Industry Packaging & Processing Professional of the Year award.

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Developed by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA), and the Packaging Council of New Zealand, the awards have been designed to recognize companies and individuals making a significant difference in their field.

Other dual winners in specific categories included the Young Packaging & Processing Professional of the Year to Alexandra Brayshaw, accessible packaging researcher, Arthritis Australia, and Nina Cleeve-Edwards, manager of the Oceania Innovation Acceleration Team at Nestlé Australia.

The Machinery Equipment category award went to HMPS for the HMPS6000 End Load Cartoner and among many other industry segments was the ecologically significant Save Food Packaging & Processing Award to Fresh Technologies and Cryovac Freshness Plus. 

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Henry Mendelson

  • Oceania correspondent

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