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Visy is recruiting more than 100 operators, technicians and tradies for its glass recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland, which will begin operations in 2026. Read more
Visy’s has completed a $30m upgrade to its recycled paper mill in Brisbane, to manufacture new grades of paper for corrugated boxes used by Queensland farmers and food and beverage businesses.
Global packaging giant Amcor will showcase a range of new packaging solutions at multiple upcoming global exhibitions, including Drinktec, Fachpack, Luxe Pack Monaco and London Packaging Week.
CS Graphics has finalised a management buyout of Aldus Graphics, which will see the company take full ownership of the core distributor operations from Aldus.
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Brown Brothers launches aluminium Prosecco bottle
3 Sep 2025Brown Brothers has launched a limited-edition Prosecco in a 750ml aluminium bottle – the first of its kind in Australia – in a move that combines sustainability, convenience and shelf appeal.
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Cookies with heart – and a packaging conundrum
11 Sep 2025Social Moments, a Melbourne cookie business founded by neurodiverse entrepreneur Mattie Michael, is winning customers with its hand-baked treats – but facing a stumbling block with its packaging.
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Packaging waste powers Visionary’s circular signage
10 Sep 2025Australian signage company Visionary, along with saveBOARD, has launched a recycling program that addresses the industry’s reliance on PVC but also creates a new end market for packaging waste.
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Boxer & Co scores win at Sydney Design Awards
10 Sep 2025Boxer & Co won Silver in the 2025 Better Future Sydney Design Awards, in the category Graphic Design: Identity & Branding, for its work with Perfection Fresh Australia.
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World's largest flexible packaging summit set for Mumbai
25 Aug 2025ElitePlus will host world’s largest speciality films and flexible packaging summit in Mumbai on 2-3 September, with the event set to bring together over 2200 delegates from more than 23 countries.
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Jansz winemaking gets future ready with ifm
15 Sep 2025When establishing Jansz Pontos Hills Winery, a sparkling wine facility for Jansz Tasmania in the Coal River Valley, Hill-Smith Family Estates looked for a temperature monitoring solution. ifm had the solution.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 12 September
12 Sep 2025In the news: nviro1, Visy, CS Graphics, Aldus Graphics, Nutella, Johnnie Walker
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PKN Podcast Ep 118: August News Unpacked
4 Sep 2025In this episode, Lindy Hughson is joined by Grant McHerron to provide insight, analysis and commentary on the top news stories shaping change in Australia’s dynamic packaging industry in August.
In October 2024, Gold Coast-based food manufacturer, Smart Foods, acquired The Aussie Plant Based Co. just days after it had gone into liquidation. Food & Drink Business caught spoke the CEO, Raghu Reddy, as the company nears its first-year anniversary, about the company and alternative protein landscape.
Bega Group has reached an agreement with Crumpton Group to sell the land, buildings and equipment located at the Peanut Company of Australia’s peanut processing sites in Kingaroy and Tolga, after initially deciding they would be shut down over the next 18 months.
National industry body, Spirits & Cocktails Australia (SCA), has appointed Steven Fanner as executive director. Fanner will be based in Canberra, as the organisation moves its headquarters from Sydney to the capital.
