Processing machinery will continue to be a critical focus for AUSPACK 2015 with an impressive list of companies that have already signed up for the 30th anniversary show which is in less than five months.
According to Luke Kasprzak, portfolio director– Industrial Division, Exhibition and Trade Fairs, companies such as TNA Australia, Heat & Control, Walls Machinery, Krones and JL Lennard are just some of the processing exhibitors returning in 2015.
“In addition we have international processing companies such as Daxner Pacific, Lothar A.Wolf Speizialmaschinen, as well as first time exhibitors Viking Food Solutions and Summit Machinery exhibiting next year,” he said.
Viking Food Solutions offer cutting-edge food processing and packaging solutions ranging from vacuum packaging equipment and materials, dip tanks, shrink packaging, tray sealers, trays and film and food labels. The industries Viking services include fresh and processed meat, poultry, seafood, dairy and other chilled food products.
Stuart Mead, director of Viking Food Solutions, believes that the first impression is the last impression and that in a rapidly growing economy, no one understands this better than owners in the food industry.
“Viking Food Solutions will be showcasing a broad range of solutions on their stand including the A-MAPS tray sealer, the Viking XG 680 automatic tray sealer, the Viking 1020, 250 and 423 vacuum packers, the Viking dip tank 66 and the Viking Planus hamburger machine,” he said.
“The Viking Automatic hamburger machine is designed to be used in the manufacture of many different shaped burger patties; all to a uniform size and weight. The Viking XG 680 automatic tray sealer is an inline tray sealer suitable for MAP packing of a large range of products such as cold cuts, meats, poultry, cheese, fresh pasta and ready meals. These are just two of the solutions that we will have on our stand at AUSPACK 2015.”
Julie Taylor, general manager, Summit Machinery, added that as a first-time exhibitor they hope to bring a different perspective to AUSPACK as they have been firmly based in the processing equipment field for over twenty-five years.
Summit Machinery is active in the vegetable, salad, cheese, meat and nut industries across Australia and New Zealand. The company has its own range of salad washers, spin dryers, trim tables, conveyors, elevators and ancillary equipment as well as representing FAM (Belgium) siz ereduction machinery, (dicers, slicers, shredders), Stumabo (Belgium) industrial machine knife manufacturers, Dofra (Holland) processing machinery for potatos, onions and capsicums and Tenrit (Germany) processing machinery for carrots.
“Summit Machinery believes that AUSPACK will be a good fit for our offerings as any company looking for new packaging solutions has to, in the first-instance, produce the product to be packed. This is where Summit excels and can offer the AUSPACK visitor a ‘one stop’ solution for all their processing equipment needs. We are planning to showcase the FAM Centris, FAM Flexifam and Tenrit solo carrot peeler on our stand as well as other processing equipment,” Taylor said.
The processing equipment side of AUSPACK continues to grow and welcoming new exhibitors such as Viking Solutions and Summit Machinery will add true value to the visitor experience.
AUSPACK 2015 will be held March 24 to 27 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. AUSPACK is owned and presented by the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA), Australia’s only national packaging and processing machinery organisation.