Capital expenditure investments at foodpro 23-26 July
The poll, run by leading food manufacturing event foodpro, also indicated that over a third of are looking to invest in processing and packaging in the same period (37 per cent of respondents).
Trade Shows/Events
Registration now open for Australian Manufacturing Week (AMW2023)
To be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 9-12 May 2023, the 2023 Melbourne show will be back on home ground and slated to be a big event. Once again organised by the Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL), AMW2023 will occupy more than 10,000 square metres of exhibition space at the MCEC in Melbourne, with 300 leading industry exhibitors taking stands to showcase the latest manufacturing technologies, processes, and support services to expected crowds of over 10,000. AMW2023 will be the ‘must attend’ event in the manufacturing landscape. There will be seven Zones on the show floor of Australian Manufacturing Week, each with their own distinct specialisations. These include: Austech Machine Tools, sponsored by ISCAR; Additive Manufacturing Zone; Australian Manufacturers Zone, sponsored by Sutton Tools; Manufacturing Solutions Zone, sponsored by Adobe; Robotics & Automation Zone; Weld and Air Solutions Zone, sponsored by AtlasCopco; Plastic Technology Zone. “AMW2022 at ICC Sydney was a great success and we look forward to an even better AMW2023 at the Melbourne Convention Centre in May,” said Frank Yao of Innofocus Photonics Technology. AMW is the One event that showcases the latest innovations, technologies, and equipment in the advanced manufacturing sector. Visitors and exhibitors can explore new opportunities, meet, and network with Industry leaders and technology experts, all Under one roof at one show. Register Now to attend Now is the time to register online to visit Australian Manufacturing Week in Melbourne. It’s going to be the biggest manufacturing show in the Southern Hemisphere. To register, go to australianmanufacturingweek.com.au https://australianmanufacturingweek.com.au/?utm_source=australianmanufacturingnews.com&utm_medium=editorial &utm_campaign=visprom_2022&utm_content=604×270
Mitsubishi Electric to showcase data analytics solutions at Modern Manufacturing Expo
Peter Drucker’s statement that ‘you can’t manage what you can’t measure’ has quickly become the new business mantra. Reliable, accurate information is imperative to the development of a successful business strategy. Yet collecting the data itself is not enough. “If this is our only focus, we can quickly end up in a world of data overload where we have an enormous amount of data but no easy means of interpreting that data into information to achieve our purpose,” explains Meighan Heard, Executive Director, Commercial and Corporate, Mitsubishi Electric Australia. She goes on to say that it’s what an organisation does with data that makes all the difference to management of operations, goal achievement and overall company results. “Steven Rice puts this nicely in the well-known quote: “I believe that data will set you free. At the end of the day, it’s all about how you turn those pieces of information into insights that will improve your business”. Transforming data into actionable business insights This is where analytics software solutions come into play, transforming large volumes of real-time data (such as that from manufacturing or facility operations) into actionable intelligence. The information obtained from these analytical tools can be used to drive improvements in productivity, efficiency, quality and sustainability. “When this is taken to the enterprise level, the information obtained can be applied to solve common business challenges. For example, expert systems and machine learning can be applied to Big Data, leading to visualisation and reporting solutions for energy optimisation, fault detection and diagnostics, predictive maintenance, SPC quality control, and equipment efficiency,” elaborates Meighan. Mitsubishi Electric provides technology, systems and software to enable companies to collect data, analyse that data and drive helpful insights into their operations and activities. At an enterprise level, the products and solutions provided by the company’s bespoke […]
Clean energy conference to tackle renewables, hydrogen
Global companies will gather in South Australia later this year to discuss how industry can transition to clean energy. Future Energy Week will bring about 400 delegates from national and international companies, governments and academia for the event in November. It’s the second year the Tonsley Future Energy Consortium has hosted the event, which is hosted at the Tonsley Innovation Hub in Adelaide, South Australia. On the table for discussion are topics around hydrogen energy, the future of mobility, food, energy and water and the “energy trilemma”, which refers to making energy affordable, sustainable and reliable. The Tonsley Innovation Hub is a 6.1-hectare site in Adelaide’s inner south that houses a wide range of companies wanting to rethink the traditional thinking around manufacturing. The energy consortium formed four years ago and comprises industry, government and education sectors to promote collaboration. The two-day event will involve keynote speeches and some panel and workshop sessions to allow delegates to collaborate. Engineering companies with national and international footprints, such as SAGE Automation and AZZO, will be represented at the forum. Founder and event director Quentin Roberts said Future Energy Week is not just another “talkfest”. Roberts said it was an opportunity for companies big and small to discuss some of the challenges facing the energy sector. Last year, Secretary General of the World Energy Council, Dr Angela Wilkinson, made a keynote address, and Roberts hopes the global forum will again take part. “They can get involved in helping to shape the future as well,” Roberts said. “We need that transition to clean energy to happen sooner rather than later, and this is really like a catalyst for that action to occur. “It’s important to create these spaces to have the dialogue because there might be challenges we need to try and meet, but […]
Confident connections
Central Coast-based 4id Solutions opens the door to the true potential of the connected world – its leading-edge technologies enabling customers to track, trace, and protect important assets. Using intelligent labelling, credentials, wearables, and other digital identity technologies, 4id Solutions offers tracking capability to many sectors including healthcare and med tech; manufacturing, transport, and logistics; banking and finance; controlled substances; and entertainment management. 4id Solutions is a worthy nomination for the Hunter Manufacturing Awards (HMA) in three categories: Excellence in Innovation; Excellence in Manufacturing Capability; and Manufacturer of the Year – fewer than 50 employees. The Hunter Manufacturing Awards represents all businesses actively engaged in the manufacturing sector, including their allies, in the Upper Hunter, Lower Hunter, Central Coast, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Port Stephens, and Mid-North Coast regions. HMA has a loyal following thanks to its efforts of inspiring and encouraging vibrant and enduring manufacturing in these regions. A mission to promote best practices in manufacturing motivates the HMA. In highlighting the achievements of the best, it encourages and sustains the aspirations of those who want to join them. 4id Solutions is one such operation. 4id Solutions enables enterprises concerned with the wellbeing of people and the movement of material assets to validate, verify, and capture data with confidence. “It is accurate, secure, and reliable for the visibility you need – when you need it most,” says 4id Solutions Marketing Coordinator Michael Glenn. “Use cases include regulatory compliance, item traceability, supply chain security, product authentication, access control, and consumer engagement.” From industry-compliant labels and tags, radio-frequency identification (RFID) conversion and high-resolution printing, encoding and encryption, 4id Solutions has an answer. Powered by innovation, it offers unparalleled accuracy, and optimal cost effectiveness. High-quality labels and tags have various uses including asset tracking and logistics for highly regulated industries. Wristbands and wearables […]
APPMA Awards of Excellence finalists announced!
Finalists in the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) Awards of Excellence have been announced. APPMA Chairman Mark Dingley said, “We had a strong response to the awards, expanded to eight categories and reshaped this year around four main points: recognition, celebration, inclusivity and education. The number of submissions shows the value the industry places on this award program.” Awards and finalists are: Australian Machinery Manufacturing Award – SME: recognising Australian-based manufacturing, innovation and success of a product launched into the domestic and/or export market in the past three years. Finalists are: Automation Systems & Controls – Scan Tunnel INOX Australia – Turn-key Food Processing Systems Trimatt Systems – Trimatt Systems – CardLine 7000 Sponsor: SMC Australian Machinery Manufacturing Award – Corporate: recognising Australian-based manufacturing, innovation and success of a product launched into the domestic and/or export market in the past three years. Finalists are: Fibre King – ‘Little Packer’ Casepacker Foodmach Pty Ltd – Foodmach LMES (Line Manufacturing Execution System) Robotic Automation – Robotic Automation MOTOPAL Palletising Gripper Sponsor: SMC Import & Distribution Machinery Award – SME: recognising innovation and success in equipment launched in Australia in the past three years. Finalists are: Packsize – The M1: Global Modular Architecture and Advanced Functionality Pacmatix Pty Ltd – GSP 50s Flow Wrapper Import & Distribution Machinery Award – Corporate: recognising innovation and success in equipment launched in Australia in the past three years. Finalists are: Foodmach Pty Ltd – Mengibar MassFlow Filler-Capper Omni Group – VentX Unico Ventilated Pallet Wrapping Machine Rhima Australia – Rhima RPC washer and automation Packaging Design Innovation Award: recognising design innovation and success as a result of a new idea or modification introduced into a packaging design. Finalists are: GS1 Australia – 2DBarcodes on packaging by GS1: Welcome to the new dimension Heat & Control – Ishida Inspira Series Snack Food Bagmaker Select […]
Objective3D advances additive manufacturing strategy with over A$2million investment
Australia Manufacturing Week (AMW) 2022 news Objective3D, a leader and the largest Stratasys provider of Additive Manufacturing (AM) solutions in Australia, has invested over A$2million to advance additive manufacturing at a production scale, including new innovative material offerings and an expanded AM software ecosystem with the availability of new polymer 3D printing systems for the Australian market. The investment includes the latest in Stratasys technologies and a newly constructed manufacturing pods at the Objective3D Additive Manufacturing Centre located in Carrum Downs, VIC, making it the largest showroom and additive manufacturing service bureau in the region. The new technologies are the Stratasys F770, J826, J35Pro, H350 and Origin One and will cover Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), PolyJet, Selective Absorption Fusion (SAF) and P3™ Programmable Photopolymerisation. “These new technologies represent an opportunity to seriously tackle production manufacturing using additive”, said Matt Minio, Managing Director of Objective3D. “Our greatest growth today comes from customers who either wish to manufacture serious production volumes on their own additive system or have Objective3D manufacture for them. “These latest in-house technologies and new materials further enhance the ability for customers to manufacture greater production volumes using additive, producing components that are representative of injection moulded parts for their strength and surface finish. With the current disruptions to global supply chain, this technology couldn’t have arrived at a better time.” These latest technologies are currently available in Australia and will be available for viewing at the Objective3D Stand (stand no. AM30) in the upcoming Australia Manufacturing Week (AMW) 2022. SAF™ Technology powers new Stratasys H350 3D printer for production scale The Stratasys H350 3D printer is designed for the production of thousands of parts as additive manufacturing at higher volumes gains momentum in the industry. The first 3D printer in Stratasys’ new H Series™ Production Platform, powered by […]
Surging growth by LAPP delivers AUSPACK firsts
One of the country’s most successful branded cabling, connector, connectivity and automation system facilitators, LAPP Australia, will introduce major new drag chain cabling and custom engineering services at AUSPACK in Melbourne from May 17-20. The fully fledged Australian branch of the German global leader in cabling and connectivity solutions, LAPP Group, has far more than more than doubled its inventory of locally stocked product lines, from 1,500 to more than 4,000, since setting up in this country just four years ago. LAPP Australia has helped major industries weather the COVID pandemic by securing their supply chains to world-best product through online shop listings growing from 5,000 product listings to over 25,000 products. These cables, connectors, and services are vital to industries and automation/Industry 4.0 for applications including food and beverage, solar and energy, resources and materials handling, primary production and process engineering, acoustics, electrical contracting, water and wastewater, recycling, machine building and automation. Highlights of AUSPACK stand G105 will include the widest range of industrial and electrical cables on the Australian market, including: ÖLFLEX power and control cables SKINTOP cable glands ETHERLINE data communications systems for ETHERNET connections UNITRONIC data cables EPIC Connectors SILVYN robust cable protection and supply systems HITRONIC super-fast fibre-optic cables FLEXIMARK cable marking systems. LAPP will also be displaying its Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) cables, as well as cables specifically designed for high heat or low temperature and refrigerated environments. Complementing this broad range will be Australia’s widest range of drag chain cables. LAPP OLFLEXflexible drag chain cables (also known as energy chain cables) are designed to be used in applications that are constantly moving. They ensure the fail-safe supply of energy, data and impulses and are engineered to guide and protect cabling. Such integrated systems are suitable for automated manufacturing, robotics and industrial manufacturing. […]
Book now! Registrations open for Australian Manufacturing Week 2022
Online registrations are open now for visitors to the inaugural Australian Manufacturing Week exhibition, taking place in Sydney in June 2022. Owned and operated by AMTIL, AMW is Australia’s premier manufacturing solutions event. Under the theme ‘Where technology meets innovation’, AMW 2022 will take place at the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) in Darling Harbour from 7-10 June 2022. The opening of registrations marks a major milestone in the build-up to the exhibition. Preparations for AMW 2022 have been marked by high levels of early interest, with the floor space almost entirely booked out well before the end of last year. “It’s great to finally have opened up registrations for visitors to AMW,” says Kim Banks, Head of Events at AMTIL. “We’ve had an incredible response from exhibitors, with stands getting booked faster than any of us had anticipated. There’s clearly a really strong appetite across the industry for an exhibition like AMW. Now we’re just concentrating on welcoming as many visitors to the show as we can.” AMW will occupy more than 9,000 square metres of floor space at the ICC Sydney, with more than 155 organisations taking stands to exhibit some of the very latest manufacturing technologies, processes and support services. AMTIL will be making regular announcements between now and the start of the event about its plans for the show, so it’s worth keeping an eye on the AMW website as well as its social media channels for the latest updates. The AMW exhibition will consist of six dedicated zones offering a comprehensive view of the modern manufacturing landscape. The Austech Machine Tools & Ancillary Equipment Zone will host an extensive range of metalworking and machine tool technology, including the latest state-of-the-art cutting tools from Iscar Australia. Exhibitors such as Automated Solutions Australia and Epicor Software […]
Registrations for AUSPACK 2022 now open
Registrations for AUSPACK 2022, the southern hemisphere’s leading processing and packaging trade event, are now open. The globally recognised, long-running biennial event, which is part of Packaging and Processing Week, is heading back to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 17-20 May, 2022. It brings expanded business sessions and improved online searchable directories to enhance visitors’ ability to tailor and plan their visit. Mark Dingley, Chairman of the Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA), which owns AUSPACK, said, “AUSPACK 2022 will showcase a host of global mega trends in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical processing and packaging industries. “As the first industry expo since 2019, it will be the perfect place for people across the packaging and processing sectors to find solutions to increase efficiencies across their business.” This year, more than 250 suppliers representing hundreds of global brands will be on the show floor, offering visitors solutions that address a range of industry trends and themes. AUSPACK 2022 will allow attendees to see first hand, products that offer enhanced safety, security, automation and cost-saving benefits. The AUSPACK Leaders Forum, from 18-19 May, will offer business owners the opportunity to benchmark as an organisation of the future, gain knowledge and inspiration, and network with like-minded, forward-thinking leaders. Key themes include: future supply chain adapting and diversifying for commercial success future technology sustainability and the circular economy investment and collaboration future workforce The expanded Solutions Theatres at AUSPACK 2022 will give visitors in-depth overviews of technology, solutions and strategies, with sessions covering: supply chain and procurement education preventative maintenance materials and packaging design network security the circular economy the future of manufacturing and warehousing … and more The exhibition floor will also feature an array of new zones: IT & Services, Processing Equipment, Packaging and Packaging Materials, and Packaging […]