AUSPACK 2009 , the biennial packaging and processing machinery, materials exhibition will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park. AUSPACK 2009 will have over 200 exhibitors under one roof showcasing over 900 brands.
According to Rob Keen, Event Director, Exhibitions & Trade Fairs (ETF), visitors will have the opportunity to gain insight into everything from automated processing machinery, robotics, mixing and batching equipment, product identification solutions, quality process and ancillary equipment, plastics extrusion, powder and liquid fillers and shrink wrap packaging machines.
AUSPACK 2009 is one exhibition designed to bring all industries together. Regardless of whether an individual comes from food, beverage, packaging, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, medical or wine; there is something for everyone.
Some of the exhibitors, who will be seen in 2009, include ABB Australia, Beumer, Beverage Packaging Solutions, Contract Packaging Systems (CPS), Fallsdell Machinery, Heat & Control, ITW Industrial Packaging, JL Lennard, The Le Mac Group, KHS Pacific, Markem-Imaje, Norsdon Australia, Propac Industrial, Rhima Australia, Rockwell Automation, RML, Sancell, Selpak Automation, Solari Packaging Systems, Ulma Packaging, Visy Automation and Walls Machinery.
According to Linda Gleeson, National Business Manager, Markem-Imaje are exhibiting at AUSPACK 2009 for the fourth time. Markem-Imaje were formerly exhibiting as Imaje Coding Technology and Unimark.
Markem-Imaje view AUSPACK 2009 as a significant exhibition in the Australian packaging industry as it provides an opportunity to showcase the new cutting-edge technology and provides solutions to the FMCG and packaging industry as a whole.
Markem-Imaje are manufacturers of product identification and traceability solutions, offering a full line of reliable and innovative inkjet, thermal transfer, laser, print and apply label and RFID-based systems.
In addition, there will be a significant amount of international exhibitors including: AmbaFlex, Beumer, Food Processing Equipment, Jackway Convertor Industries, Krueger & Salecker, Sky Softgel and Utien Pack.
According to Marc Fimeri, Managing Director, Adept Vision Specialists will be demonstrating the latest technology in machine vision systems for automated inspection in packaging on their stand at AUSPACK 2009. Expert vision engineers will be available on their stand to discuss the live demonstrations of high speed label and cap inspection, web inspection and plastics inspection including flash detection.
Also on display will be a wide assortment of cameras, lenses and lighting that are used to integrate optimised vision systems for packaging inspection. The systems will feature Dalsa's latest Vision Appliances, embedded vision computers with simultaneous support for multiple cameras. The Vision Appliances are running with either Sherlock or iNspect vision software. These both offer full vision functionality for vision inspection including Optical Character Recognition, 1D and 2D Barcode Detection, Pattern Tools for registration, colour analysis and all other tools required for a state-of-the-art packaging inspection system.
According to Grant Harpur, National Sales Manager, Bizerba Australia will be exhibiting at AUSPACK 2009 as part of their process to establish the company locally.
While Bizerba are well known in Europe and North America, they see AUSPACK 2009 as an opportunity to promote their weighing and labelling technologies to the Australasian industry.
Bizerba’s exhibit will include GLMI weigh labelling, CWE check weighing, and metal detection equipment. Their participation in AUSPACK 2009 is also an important opportunity to engage prospective customers, while raising awareness of the potential that new Bizerba products have to offer such as TTI (Time – Temperature Indication) and RFID labels.
AUSPACK 2009 is owned and presented by the Australian Packaging Machinery Association (APMA), Australia’s only national packaging and processing machinery organisation.