ProPack.pro is one of the leading business portals for the packaging industry. We keep our readers informed on the issues and news affecting their businesses and the sector. ProPack.pro covers the business and technology opportunities of packaging with broad reaching editorial coverage that includes news, comment, features and product reviews.
Carmen is trusted and well respected, she is known to always go above and beyond to ensure her clients expectations are exceeded.
Brian Moore – Sales Manager
Brian has worked in Australia as well as his native New Zealand and in Singapore, mostly with media for the printing, packaging and graphic communications industry.
He has experience founding multiple titles in the APAC region, including Asia Pacific Packaging, Asia Pacific Newspapers Today, and Asia Pacific Apparel.
In his 40+ year career, he has held many and varied positions in publishing companies, including editorial and sales roles, understanding the full end-to-end process of publishing. Brian has also been a copy writer and edited a book for Readers Digest.
In his downtime, he managed to create a magazine on a passion project, The Stamp Collector, producing it entirely on his own.
Hafizah Osman – Editorial
When she is not working on ProPack.Pro, Hafizah is the editor of Australian Printer, the longest-running trade publication in the country, and one of the longest-running in the world. Known for fair, accurate reporting, and breaking stories, she has cultivated good relationships with all those she works with.
Before writing on the printing and packaging industries, Hafizah was the print and digital editor for a content, communications and publishing agency. She created meaningful, memorable and strategic content for brands and clients.
Hafizah started her career as a cadet journalist 10 years ago (2011) at IDG Communications, reporting on everything technology related within the reseller community. She worked her way up the ranks and became its associate editor in five years. She’s always on the hunt for a good news story.
Paul Brescia – Editorial
Paul Brescia, who previously worked for the Printer Media Group until 2020, has returned to Intermedia to work as a freelance journalist across ProPack.pro and the RetailBiz titles within the Charted Media Group division of Intermedia.
Before writing on the printing and packaging industries, he was a radio journalist, doing news and current affairs for the nationally broadcast program, The Wire, including working as a Federal budget-lock up reporter in Canberra.
With a Masters in Future Journalism, he is well-across the digital aspects of publishing, while his print knowledge and experience gives him a healthy respect for the power of ink on paper.ProPack.pro is one of the leading business portals for the packaging industry. We keep our readers informed on the issues and news affecting their businesses and the sector. ProPack.pro covers the business and technology opportunities of packaging with broad reaching editorial coverage that includes news, comment, features and product reviews.
ProPack.pro Website
Our website – www.propack.pro – provides the industry with must-read news as it happens. We have high page impressions and the most unique browsers of any title in our sector. We offer the only daily email news bulletin in the industry, going out to a large number of subscribers every day. We pride ourselves on our strong regional focus, but also feature news content relevant to the packaging converters worldwide.
Printer Magazines Group
The Printer Magazines Group is the print industry’s leading magazine publisher. The publications include
Australian Printer
ProPrint
ProPack.pro
New Zealand Printer
James Wells – Managing Director
James is the Managing Director of Printer Media Group (a division of The Intermedia Group) – the owner of Australian Printer, New Zealand Printer, ProPrint and ProPack.pro.
James has worked for The Intermedia Group since 2000 and prior to this appointment worked for the Sydney Olympic Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) as a Supervisor and Manager within the Media Operations Team.
As a Group Publisher, James has created and managed numerous print and digital publications for the event management, liquor and hospitality industry as well as the hotel accommodation category, the consumer electronics industry, the jewellery industry and the convenience retailing industry.
Carmen Ciappara – Sales Manager
Carmen joined the printing industry in 1986. She was part of the team that launched ProPrint in 1991 and is responsible for the advertising sales in print for ProPack.pro, sister titles Australian Printer, ProPrint and their digital platform Sprinter.
Carmen has successfully grown the ProPrint Awards since its inception (formerly known as the Power 50) in 2010, the only Australian industry event that brings innovators and leaders of print together with suppliers who proudly support, sponsor and partner with the Power 50.