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Organisers of the Australian Institute of Packaging national conference have lined up eight international speakers and thirty six in total over the two-days the conference will be held in June.

International speakers include Thomas Schneider, vice president of the World Packaging Organisation; Asma Siddiqi of Euromonitor International; and Dr Mike Okoroafor, vice president of Packaging R&D/Innovation at HJ Heinz.

Organisers say the conference is ideally suited for the food, beverage, manufacturing and packaging industries, and designed for both personal and professional development, offering networking opportunities with like-minded packaging experts. Keynote speakers include Brad Teys, managing director of Snapsil Corporation; Jacqueline Moth, general manager Marketing & Sales, O-I Asia Pacific; Chris Mooney, managing director, Planet Green Corporation; Angela Nicholls, sustainability communications manager, Visy; John Ward, LeMac Australia Group; and Dr Helen Lewis of the Sustainable Packaging Alliance.

Open to both Members and non-members, the conference takes place on June 16-17 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victoria.

Australian-made and owned carbon neutral paper, creating tonnes of sustainable value
•  Australian Paper launch seven new carbon neutral paper stock varieties
•  Carbon neutral paper helping to improve companies triple bottom line reporting
•  New range set to save 15,000 tonnes of greenhouse emissions in 2010

In response to overwhelming customer demand, Australian Paper, the nations only carbon neutral paper producer, has announced the introduction of seven new carbon neutral grades that will be widely available through a range of new distribution partnerships.   

Paul Allen, Australian Paper GM Marketing, said the carbon neutral stock will create a tonne of sustainable value by helping government and listed companies hit carbon reduction targets and improve triple bottom line reporting figures.

“With Australian Paper’s new range of Australian owned and made carbon neutral paper, we are giving procurement and production departments a choice they can be proud of.  

“We are helping government and big business walk the talk on sustainability,” Mr Allen said.

“Our new grades will nullify more than 15,000 tonnes of harmful greenhouse emissions in 2010, so something as simple as the choice of paper can have a huge impact on environmental performance. The stock has independently certified metrics as to the amount of CO2 avoided through the use of the grade; metrics that will improve their ‘People, Planet and Profits’ reporting.”

Hannapak showed its new manroland 700 with inline foiler at an industry event this week, which attracted both sheetfed and web offset commercial printers to the Richmond factory.

The new press is the first of its kind in the country, and one of 50 so far sold by the giant German press manufacturer. The press is a Roland 700 with the striking foiling unit being located on the second unit.

The first unit lays down a glue according to where the foil should go, then the foil on a web is laid on the second print unit, units 3-6 are for process printing, unit eight is for coating. The press can also run as a standard offset press, and is equipped with QuickChange for fast makeready.

Sam Hanna, sales and marketing director of Hannapak says, "For many years we have been successful with manroland technology, we are careful to choose the very best solutions for our business and our customers. This latest investment with its inline print enhancement not only expands our product portfolio but it also increases our added value offering to our customers."

The press installed by Hannapak is a highly specified 700 series, with the inline foiling, but also inline camera for bad sheet detection, and inline waste sheet eject.

Speaking at the event manroland board member Dr Markus Rall says, "Australia seems a more optimistic environment than much of Europe, and this is reflected in the likes of Hannapak making this significant investment. We believe the future for print is bright, notwithstanding the current crisis, which in some markets is coming to an end."

Rall outlined manroland's twin goals in press development of increasing efficiencies and provided added value solutions, goals he said were 'perfectly summed up in the Hannpak press."

Steve Dunwell, managing director of manroland Australasia professed himself delighted to be carrying on the long relationship manroland has enjoyed with Hannapak, he says, "We are proud to partner one of the most advanced printers in the country."

Source: i-grafix.com

Hannapak, who recently installed the first Roland 700 HiPrint in Australia, is opening its doors for a manroland hosted open house, which will allow visitors to see the new generation Roland in full operation firsthand.

The invitation only event will include speeches by Steve Dunwell, managing director of manroland Australia as well as Dr. Markus Rall, member of the executive board, manroland AG.

The demonstration of the Roland 700 with InlineFoiler Prindor along with an accompanying presentation will be conducted by Tony Kenney, manroland.

Sam Hanna, sales and marketing director of Hannapak says, "There are many new inline technologies that have not been seen before in an operational environment. Visitors will see firsthand how well the HiPrint performs as well as the design innovation that can be achieved with the inline foiler."

The open house will be held at Hannapak, North Richmond on March 16, to request an invitation contact Allison Whitelaw

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