AIP to head to New Zealand with Plastic Packaging Courses

by Press Release on 2011-10-04

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) announced today that they will be heading to New Zealand to run the Introduction to Plastics and Advanced Plastic Packaging half-day training courses. The half-day training courses are in conjunction with the Packaging Council of New Zealand and will be held on the 14th and 15th of November respectively at the BNZ Highbrook Partner Centre, East Tamaki.

Introduction to Plastics course
The Introduction to Plastics half-day training course introduces Introduction to Plastics basic principles, techniques, and equipment for the most commonly-used physical and analytical tests on polymeric materials. This half-day training course will be clear and comprehensive, it will present a precise, non-mathematical introduction to plastics, their raw materials, syntheses, properties and applications, discussing the manufacture and properties of plastics as a function of the molecular properties of polymers used in the plastics industry.

Who should attend?
The Introduction to Plastics half-day training course is intended for people who have a direct involvement in packaging operations as well as design and development within all packaging associated industries. This would include the production, development, technology, purchasing, sales, QA/QC, marketing, regulatory and development functions.

Advanced Plastic Packaging course
The Advanced Plastic Packaging half-day training course will cover certain aspects of organic chemistry, revisit the raw materials, syntheses, and applications, only touching on the manufacturing and moulding aspects.  It will ensure that those attending are reminded of the main classes of plastic materials as a function of the molecular properties of polymers used in the plastics industry. It will discuss the molecular structure of plastics in relation to the two main families of plastics, namely thermosets and thermoplastics.

Who should attend?
The Advanced Plastic Packaging course is intended for those that have already attended the ‘Introduction to Plastics’ course, or have spent a number of years in some related plastics industry. It will extend to those attending to new levels of understanding the complex world of polymer science. Every attendee will learn new aspects of polymers, test themselves and their ability of remembering what they learnt previously.

To book your place simply email info@aipack.com.au for a booking form or log on to www.aipack.com.au