The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will head to Auckland in late November to run two half-day training courses.
The first course, Introduction to Plastics, will run on Wednesday November 25 and the second course, Introduction to Modified Atmosphere Packaging will run the following day. Pierre pienaar will present both courses at the Packaging Council of New Zealand Building 17E Greenmount Drive, East Tamaki, Auckland.
Course director Pierre Pienaar
The Introduction to Packaging Course will present a precise, non-mathematical introduction to plastics, their raw materials, syntheses, and applications, discussing the manufacture and properties of plastics as a function of the molecular properties of polymers used in the plastics industry. The course will consist of the properties of the main classes of materials, on the principles of such processes as injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding and thermoforming polymers.
The Modified Atmosphere Packaging will cover MAP and its application to fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, followed by the functional attributes of MAP films. It will examine the role of Active Packaging (antimicrobials, antioxidants etc.) including recent developments and future projections will be examined. The course will also outline advances in polymeric films, including sustainability, together with the technical assessment and monitoring of Modified Atmosphere Packs.
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