The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is pleased to advise that they have awarded both Ralph Moyle and Craig Wellman a Fellowship. The grade of Fellow is the highest recognition to AIP members and is designed to recognise the significant and sustained contribution to the technology, science or application to packaging in the industry.

Ralph Moyle, Packaging Development Officer, Simplot Australia and National President of the AIP, was recognised for the significant contribution he has made to the packaging industry over the last 40 years. Ralph is an experienced food and packaging consultant and in the last four decades he has worked in many areas including Quality Management and Control, Operational Management, Packaging Design and Development and more recently work with the Packaging Covenant and Shelf Friendly Packaging development.

Ralph Moyle's role in many significant and innovative Shelf-Friendly Packaging developments that are currently in stores around Australia and New Zealand are one of the key contributors to this recognition. Ralph's packaging knowledge has resulted in successful contemporary designs and material selections, improved shelf life, lower material costs, shorter supply chains and environmentally friendly selections for many companies and his technical expertise is of the highest standard in this industry.

Craig Wellman, Chief Executive Officer, Wellman Packaging, has demonstrated innovative packaging leadership in the area of plastics technology and injection moulded closures over the last two decades. He has been engaged in the plastic and packaging industries through his family business since the age of 6.

Craig has led the company to become a Tier 1 supplier of rigid packaging solutions for FMCG in food, pharma, homecare, personal care and beverage with manufacturing & distribution operations across 4 main business units of bottles, preforms, closures and thinwall IML. His passion is for packaging and process technology, innovation and he holds a number of patents as an inventor, especially in the area of injection moulded closures.

The AIP National Board would like to once again congratulate both Ralph Moyle and Craig Wellman for their significant contribution to the packaging industry in Australia.