At this year's edition of Propak Asia, many returning exhibitors will be welcomed back to the Australian Pavilion. 

An ever-growing number of Australian companies have identified ProPak Asia as the number one exhibition to showcase their products into the ASEAN Region and 2019 will be no exception. This year will see 17 Australian companies exhibiting at ProPak Asia, which is the largest contingent to date.

INOX to unveil NEW demo-chef cooking system at ProPak Asia

INOX will be unveiling its demo-chef cooking system on their stand at ProPak Asia 2019. Based on INOX’s ‘Chef’ series of cooking kettles, the demo-chef is a complete cooking kitchen facility skid mounted system that enables food processors to trial any type of viscous food product under various cooking conditions.

Sautéing, frying, heating and cooking can be achieved under ATMOSPHERIC, PRESSURE or VACUUM conditions. The unique horizontal agitator in the demo-chef cooker has an effective gentle lifting motion that provides a thorough agitation that improves heat transfer from the kettle steam jacket, is capable of mixing products of higher viscosity, and with particulates such as soups, sauces, marinades, jellies, liquid stocks and any other type of liquid food product that requires cooking.

This type of agitation is also capable of sautéing or frying products such as onion, garlic or other products that are usually prepared in other frying machinery and then transferred into a kettle.

The demo-chef has the ability to process in this way in the same machine, without the need to transfer the initial product to the final mixture of product inside the kettle. Truly a one-stop cooking system. Thus, saving labour, processing time and the need for additional machinery.

The demo-chef system is available for customers to fully process and test, their food products with INOX cooking systems. This enables and gives customers confidence and proof of process before investing in production equipment.

Furthermore, customers can improve on quality and appearance of their food products to further enhance the overall quality, flavours and appearance of their food products. Thus, gaining highly sought- after competitive advantages in the innovative and demanding consumer food product space.

Rhima to showcase Pot and Utensil Washers

Mr Darrem Lam, Business Development Executive South East Asia, Rhima added that ‘Rhima will be showcasing pot and utensil washers as well as a multipurpose crate washer on their stand this year.’

“Rhima are specialists in washing solutions and will be showcasing tray, pot and utensil washers mainly for bakeries. They also have a range of other washers available for different washing purposes, such as crate washers,” Mr Lam said.

Profile Solutions to showcase 4LD Plastic Bottle leak tester

Profile Solutions will be showing a working 4LD Plastic bottle leak tester capable of testing > 4500 small bottles per, which is also flexible enough to test up to 6L containers. Profile Solutions manufactures the fastest plastic bottle leak testers per test head in the world and they have exported to 35 countries so far.

The flagship unit is the 6LD has on small bottle tested >17000 bottles per hour on a single head, world record testing and was still finding 0.18 mm holes.

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP)

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will not only be exhibiting in the Australian Pavilion but will also be launching the inaugural Global Packaging Forum, in conjunction with the show organisers on the 12th of June. As the peak professional body for packaging training and education in Australasia the AIP welcomes visitors to the stand to discuss professional and personal development.

Inaugural Global Packaging Forum – 12th June

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), in conjunction with UBM Allworld, will be running the inaugural Global Packaging Forum on the 12th of June @ ProPak Asia 2019.

Speakers will be coming from all across the globe to discuss regional and global trends in Sustainable Packaging, Biodegradable and Compostable Packaging, 2025 Sustainable Packaging Targets, how the industry can help minimise Food Waste, Save Food Packaging Design, Regional and Global Trends in packaging, innovation, digital printing, robotics & automation and more.

The speakers will come from both key global packaging associations and leading companies in these markets. All of industry is invited to attend and tickets will be free.

Sustainable Packaging Training Course – 14th June

The AIP will also be running their new ‘Introduction to Sustainable Packaging Training Course on the 14 th for all of industry to attend.

HMPS will be exhibiting the new award-winning compact frame at Propak Asia

HMPS has developed a modular frame design which allows for benefits on multiple layers. For customers it means flexibility around growth and expansion which allows them to be fit for future. The standardised machine design in a modular format with a smaller more compact footprint.

The electronics are all fitted in an overhead panel which ensures that it is out of the way and only operated by appropriate staff members. The new design allows the customer flexibility. One of the key design elements is the visibility of the machine. Fault finding is a lot easier as the machine will light up in the area where the problem has occurred

Fibre King to showcase new Compact Modular Palletiser

This year Fibre King will be showcasing one of their newest machines, the Compact Modular Palletiser (CMP). This machine is designed specifically for palletising in facilities where space is limited, the footprint of the machine is just 2 metres wide by 3 metres long.

Fibre King will also be showing off some of their latest IOT and Industry 4.0 initiative which they have integrated into the CMP. Specific features which will be displayed include, on machine pallet pattern generation, operator efficiency training, real time productivity data and predictive maintenance technology.

Australian Companies that are exhibiting outside of the Australian Pavilionacross other zones include Gold Peg, Heat and Control, tna, Metz Specialty Materials, and Moisttech/Maselli Asia Pacific.

According to Mr Stuart Ellis, Export Manager, Metz Specialty Materials, ‘‘ProPak Asia provides the perfect platform to showcase our range of flooring to companies that are attending the show in search of packaging equipment. Once they see our Australian- made quality flooring they soon realise that it is the perfect solution to sit their equipment on,’

“We will be displaying a small range of our products, specifically for the Food & Beverage industry, (but applicable across many others) and highlighting our uniqueness in this area of construction. Metz manufacture supply and install both tile and epoxy/PU (resin) flooring and we will have a dynamic display that pours water over a tiled flooring system into a drain, so visitors have the ability to touch and feel the tiles and water,” Mr Ellis said.

Generation FastBack Distribution System to be showcased on Heat & Control stand

With an extensive range Heat and Control will showcase a selection of their available equipment so that visitors can see first-hand the build quality. This will include their latest generation FastBack® Distribution system and the world’s only true multi- spectrum metal detector from CEIA.

As exclusive representatives of industry leader, CEIA, Heat and Control offer their metal detection systems to the food and pharmaceutical industries. Representatives will be on the booth to walk visitors through their fully-interactive touch-screen display cataloguing the complete product offering of Heat and Control.

Gold Peg to launch FreeTherm and Pizza Cheese at ProPak Asia

Building on Gold Peg’s outstanding expertise and reputation in direct steam injection cooking, Gold Peg are launching a new processing range of equipment at ProPak Asia 2019.

According to Paula Bell, Marketing Manager, Gold Peg, ‘they have chosen ProPak Asia 2019 to launch a brand-new batch processing system called the FreeTherm. Freetherm is purpose-designed for the region’s cooking and processing requirements.’

“Whilst Gold Peg’s name is strongly related to continuous cooking success, we acknowledge that continuous cooking is not feasible for all situations. Therefore, we have designed the FreeTherm batch processing system,” Ms Bell said.

The FreeTherm brings elements of the proven efficient and effective RotaTherm® continuous cooking & processing technology to the batch cooking processing world.

With the FreeTherm the product is:
 Mixed by two independently controlled augers
 Heated with unique Gold Peg Direct Steam Injectors which eliminate hot spots
 De-aerated using an integrated vacuum system
 Held in an insulated buffer tank once processed for delivery to downstream system

According to Mr Sean Herrington, Managing Director, Maselli Asia Pacific, ‘they will be presenting new solutions to market and will use ProPak Asia as the launch platform for the ASEAN region.’

“We will showcase our new LP10 and LP20 series range of laboratory and portable liquid analysers for Brix, CO2, O2, Alcohol designed to meet the current needs of the alcohol, beer and soft drink producers in the region.” he said.

tna robag 3ci rotary VFFS packaging system to be showcased on stand tna robag ® FX 3ci: a rotary vertical, form, fill and seal (VFFS) packaging system.

Compact and easy-to-clean, this turnkey system is designed to package at top speeds from a single tube with triple rotary jaw action for a wide range of products.

Come and meet the Australian exhibitors and see what new and innovative products and solutions they will be showcasing to suit the ASEAN Region.

Known as Asia’s number one packaging and processing exhibition ProPak Asia 2019 will showcase over 20,000 products and solutions across 1900 exhibitors from 50 countries within 9 zones over 4 days. There will be 18 pavilions from 13 countries including Australia, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, UK, and USA.

To be held from the 12 to 15th of June in Bangkok, Thailand, ProPak Asia has been serving the ASEAN Region for 27 years and is the regional hub for connecting packaging and processing manufacturers and suppliers.

(Pictured: 1. Gold Peg FreeTherm, 2. INOX new Chef system)