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As 2025 draws to a close, it is clear the packaging sector has undergone one of its most consequential years in over a decade. Consolidation at the top, restructuring in the middle, and bold innovation at the edges have reshaped the industry’s horizons. At the same time, regulators, brand owners and recyclers have inched closer to a new circular operating model, even as policy clarity remains elusive. Read more
Pact has reported a decline in revenue and earnings for the first five months of FY26, citing subdued market demand, as chair Raphael Geminder pursues settlement of the long-running TIC earn-out dispute.
PKN brings you the top 20 clicks on our website this year, a healthy mix of surprise and no-surprise. Pro-Pac Packaging led the list, Women in Packaging came in at #4, and Zipform's paper bottle at #15.
Tubemaker Impact International has invested $500m in four new electric injection moulding machines from Sumitomo Demag, for cap manufacturing at its Smithfield, NSW facility.
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Aussie icon Jacob’s Creek shines in Paptic gift bag
5 Dec 2025Australian wine brand Jacob’s Creek is once again making its mark on Finnish shelves, with its Double Barrel Shiraz returning to Alko in a ready-to-gift Paptic bag for the holiday season.
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Feeding the future of snacking from end to end
3 Dec 2025The snack aisle is evolving, with most consumers today wanting more from their snacks: more function, more flavour, more transparency. TNA's Twan ven den Burg unpacks the trends.
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Call for national reusable packaging plans
4 Dec 2025Boomerang Alliance is calling on state and territory governments to introduce national policies to promote reusable packaging, with a view to scaling up public-place reuse following global examples.
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Design agency Boxer & Co rebrands to Boxer Brands
10 Dec 2025Boxer & Co. has relaunched as Boxer Brands, unveiling an evolved strategic framework that underscores packaging’s role as one of the most influential commercial levers available to brand owners.
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Collaboration yields ultra-thin mono-PE bread bag
10 Dec 2025ExxonMobil Signature Polymers, Hosokawa Alpine and BW Converting have worked together to create a 25-micron mono-material PE bread bag designed for recyclability.
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Volta head delivers hot melt adhesive savings
10 Dec 2025Robatech has introduced Volta, an electric application head designed for use with all major hot melt systems. It can be fitted to non-Robatech melters, hoses and controllers to upgrade performance.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 12 December
12 Dec 2025In the news: Pact Group, AusPost, iQRenew, RollsPack, Foodcare, UPAC, Boxer Brands, Nectar Cold Pressed, Jacob’s Creek
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PKN Podcast Ep 124: 2025 Year in Review
1 Dec 2025In this special Year in Review episode, PKN publisher Lindy Hughson and co-host Grant McHerron look back at the big packaging stories of 2025.
Our Top 100 2025 edition of Food & Drink Business magazine is more than the annual flagship Top 100 Report. Industry leaders reflect on the year past and the one ahead, we provide our annual news review, M&A wrap-up, and all the executive moves, and a Roman-inspired sports drink, Posca, is our final Rising Star for 2025.
A blend of salt, red wine vinegar, and water – known as Posca – was the ‘original sports drink’, helping to keep the soldiers of the Roman Empire marching up to 30 kilometres per day. Keira Joyce spoke with Posca Hydrate co-founders, Merrick Watts and Ed Stening, about reviving a 2000-year-old functional beverage for the modern healthy lifestyle.
From the big deals to the quiet divestments, Food & Drink Business editor, Kim Berry, recounts the mergers and acquisitions of 2025.
