APPMA Awards of ExcellenceOur SponsorsThe Association as the convenor of the Awards of Excellence acknowledges the sponsorship support of:- Awards of ExcellenceWINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2011 AWARDS Export Achievement AwardThe recipient will have made a worthwhile contribution to an existing or new export market. The Award was for the PLA-G series of net weighers. The PLA-G series of net weighers are designed for high speed, high accuracy weighing of free flowing products in capacities from 500g up to 3000g. Almost 100 weighers have been exported to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. Machines have been sent further afield to New Zealand and Venezuela Design AwardThe Design Award will recognise the development of a packaging or processing line or module that results in the significant advancement of packaging and processing machinery technology by either introducing a new idea or modifying an existing principle. The Award was for the iDSnet. iDSnet is a solution to a problem for a huge component of the manufacturing sector - certainly all food and packaging companies with coding and packaging errors. Traceability and quality assurance has become and increasingly important over the last decade and this need has been identified and a solution provided. Customer Participation AwardThis Award has a major emphasis on the customisation of packaging and processing machinery which is required to suit a customer's individual needs. The winner, individual or team will be able to demonstrate that the end user has expereinced increased sales, increased plant efficiency and profitability. The Award is for the development of the Laminator / Tray Erector in partnership withn Amcor Australia. The project has highlighted a substantial increase in productivity with a reduced number of operations Amcor require to construct a tray which speeds up the production line, reduces costs and increases transport and storage efficiencies of the product, all to the end use customers benefit. Imported Equipment AwardThis Award is to recognise the efforts of an APPMA Member/a Company eligible to be a APPMA Member who promotes their overseas principal's equipment in the Australian market, where the equipment in itself represents a high standard of excellence in every respect relevant to the industry consistent with the standard applied.
The Award to insignia stood out for its ability, using the Domino M - series label applicator, to print and apply labels to cartons at high speed. This ability allows the technology to be used by the high volume, high speed manufacturers where potential savings are considerable. The ability of the high speed system creates the opportunity to reduce packaging inventory, reduce carton loss and line change over times.
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