ILPRA Australia at FoodPro 2026: More Than Packaging Machinery
From 26 to 29 July 2026, ILPRA Australia took part in FoodPro 2026 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Recognised as Australia’s leading trade event for food processing, packaging and innovation, FoodPro connects manufacturers and technology specialists across meat and poultry, seafood, dairy, fresh produce, packaged foods, beverages, bakery, ready meals and pet food.
For our first exhibition in Australia, we chose to present ILPRA philosophy: continuous and complete consultancy, shared project development and close local support. Every project starts by analysing the customer’s product, required output, packaging materials, shelf-life objectives, hygiene requirements and future automation needs.
Packaging Solutions Built Around the Product
Our packaging machinery for the Australian food industry includes:
- Tray sealing machines for sealing, vacuum, MAP, Gas Flush and skin packaging applications;
- Fill Seal machines for cups, pots, closed with pre-cut lids or film from reel;
- Thermoforming machines for flexible and rigid films;
- Vertical packaging systems for powders, frozen food, snacks and granular products;
- Dosing, cutting, portioning, weighing and robotic handling technologier for cheese and dairy products
- Complete automated lines with inspection, labelling, case packing and palletising.
Responding to the Australian Food Market
Almost 90% of Australian food manufacturers are small and medium-sized businesses, creating strong demand for flexible and scalable food packaging machines. Packaged food retail sales reached approximately USD 37.4 billion in 2024, while Australian ready-meal sales reached around AUD 2.83 billion in 2025 after growing at an average annual rate of 6.2% between 2020 and 2025. These conditions create opportunities for tray sealing, MAP, vacuum, Skin, Fill Seal, thermoforming, vertical packaging and complete automated lines, particularly where manufacturers need to reduce labour dependency, extend shelf life and adopt new packaging materials without compromising seal quality or food protection
Australian manufacturers increasingly require flexible automation, reliable technical support and packaging systems capable of working with evolving packaging materials in Australia. Through its modular approach, ILPRA can test and configure solutions for PP, PET, aluminium, paper-based trays, recyclable mono-material structures and application-specific barrier films.
This flexibility is particularly relevant for ready meals packaging, meat and poultry packaging, dairy products, seafood, fresh produce and convenience foods, where machine performance must be balanced with seal integrity, product presentation, food safety and shelf life.
Local Food Packaging Consultants, Global Engineering Expertise
With ILPRA Australia, customers can now combine local technical and commercial support with the engineering capabilities of the entire ILPRA Group.
We work alongside customers from product and packaging-material trials through line configuration, installation, training and after-sales support: the customer’s production target becomes a shared project, supported by local expertise and the complete technological range of ILPRA Group.
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