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PIMA Presidents Report January 2020

Dear Members, Welcome to 2020, let’s hope that the year moves forward in better shape that heartache and pain that the bushfires brought to our communities over the Christmas/New year period. I’m sure that we know someone directly affected not only by the fires but also the drought that has brought the farming districts to its knees. I’m sure that you all know Stephen Dawkin’s, the head Polymers teacher at TAFE. Stephen and wife Tracy had recently all but relocated down the coast to Cobargo but sadly they were hit by the fires that ravaged the town and basically lost everything! Speaking with Stephen, he is focused on moving forward and getting their lives settled back into a normal routine, which may take some time. Stephen was grateful of the support that was given to them by family, friends and industry and in his words was really humbled by everyone’s generosity! If there can be any positives to come out of such a devastating event, it’s the resilience of the people affected and the outpouring of support from the country and abroad to all those in need at this time! There is no doubt that we live in a country that is quite diverse with nature often dealing out it’s harshest blows at times, from flood to fire, from Cyclones to hail, from thunderstorms to dust storms, but all of this makes us all quite unique and tough and resilient folks. On an industry front, this year brings again the PIMA charity Golf Day to be held at Bankstown Golf Club on Friday the 8th of May so please save the date. Please consider having your own team entered as it’s a great opportunity in playing alongside customers, suppliers or even family, so please enter early when the forms come out and we hope that our industry can continue to support this wonderful event. We are also looking to hold the introduction to plastics course and the technical data sheet course. If you think that you have any staff that you may to send along then please reach out and advise us on your interest or simply keep an eye out on the flyers. PIMA with support of the NSW Business Chamber has produced a video in effort to showcase the plastics industry and jobs that can filled within the industry. This video will be used to promote the industry to Schools, it’s on the PIMA and Skill’s road website and is also with 1300 Apprentice. We hope to capture more young people looking to gain apprenticeships in our industry. Please keep an eye out on the future newsletters and flyers informing you of what is coming up. I wish everyone a strong and successful year ahead. Kindest regards, Grahame Aston PIMA President.

January 2020 Newsletter

PIMA NEWSLETTER

January 2020 Newsletter

PIMA Young Achiever for 2019:

During the AGM meeting for PIMA on Thursday 7th November 2019 an award for PIMA Young Achiever 2019 was presented to Chloe Aston from PPC Moulding Services. Chloe now joins the club of recognised young achievers in the plastics industry. Chloe was the 2019 winner for her efforts to manage the Key Pay payroll computerised system into PPC Moulding Services. With an increasing workforce of over 270 employees across two companies Chloe took on the challenge to find a computerised system and implement it across the two companies. Her successful managing of this project earned her the prestige Award of PIMA Young Achiever for 2019.

Chloe Aston receiving her Young Achiever Award 2019 from PIMA Secretary Anthony Prior

Special Articles:

Press Release Oct 2019

Greiner Extrusion launches Digi.Line 4.0 for

Real-Time profile Extrusion Optimisation Greiner Extrusion received a overwhelming response from extrusion industry professionals at the launch and ongoing live demonstrations of Digi.Line Extrusion 4.0 producing a hollow chamber profile at their booth at last week’s triennial plastics manufacturing showcase, K-Fair in Dusseldorf Germany. Representing a significant technology breakthrough for profile production, Digi.Line Extrusion 4.0 controls the extrusion process from the tooling die to the stacking table digitally optimizing in real time the production process. Digi.Line minimizes material consumption and increases output by ensuring error-free reproduction of all process parameters. Key features are:

• Digi.Control with 15” HMI inter-connects and controls all line components for complete reproducibility of process parameters and fast start-ups.

• Flow.Matic ensures automatic control of full profile sections in conjunction with Digi.Tank which controls water level, flow rates and vacuum settings.

• ShapeMatic ensures exact geometry is maintained of the profile shape.

• DigiScale in conjunction with Weigh.Matic automates profile weight optimization. The combined benefits of Digi.Line optimization on a typical PVC hollow chamber window profile weighing 1.2kg/m at 350kg/hr output can be up to €125,000 per annum savings. Greiner Extrusion is the worlds leading supplier of extrusion lines, tooling and turnkey plants for profile extrusion, whose core competency is process expertise in profile extrusion – development, design, manufacture and process optimization of tooling and extrusion lines.

Digi.Line 4.0 demonstrations attracted industry professionals at the K-Fair

Click on link to watch DIGI.LINE video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEllmeAdKC0

Membership drive, we will welcome any new members or past members re-joining the cause. Visit our website at www.pima.asn.au for further information or contact us direct with an email to pima@pima.asn.au to obtain information on membership. The new website is now up and running.

Greiner Extrusion Group is represented in Oceania by HBM Plastics Technologies

For further information contact:

Gary Brown +61 419 867 304 Head Office +61 2 8814 3100

www.hbm.com.au

Up Coming PIMA Key Dates:

Plastics Pioneers Luncheon Dates:

Thursday 20th February 2020 Thursday 21st May 2020 Thursday 20th August 2020 Thursday 19th November 2020

Events

PIMA charity Golf Day to be held at Bankstown Golf Club on Friday the 8th of May so please save the date. This year the Golf Day will be starting early morning around 8.00am and after round of golf a lunch rather than a dinner presentation. Please keep an eye out for further details soon.