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ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging Group (PPG), which entered voluntary administration in October, has confirmed further changes to its leadership and administration timeline. Read more
Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia and its industry partners have received long-term approval from the ACCC to operate a national soft plastics collection and recycling scheme, under an eight-year authorisation.
The ANZ flexible converting industry is set to benefit from Currie Group's new strategic collaboration with packaging leaders Uteco and Bimec, and the European Flex-Converting Alliance (FlexCA).
As National Recycling Week gets underway in Australia, the NSW Government has announced the next phase of its plastics phase-outs and phase-ins. Introducing tethered caps on plastics drinks bottles by 2030 is on the list.
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Jet Technologies expands packaging team
11 Nov 2025Donce Bozinovski has joined the packaging team at Jet Technologies as key account manager focusing on the coffee sector, bringing years of industry-specific experience to the business.
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Precision lidding gives Wicked Sister packaging edge
6 Nov 2025Jet Technologies has supplied the foil lidding for Wicked Sister’s limited-edition dessert range, produced to mark the upcoming cinema release of Wicked: For Good by Universal Pictures.
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Opal study explores e-methanol potential at Maryvale
13 Nov 2025A feasibility study at Opal’s Maryvale Paper Mill will examine the potential to capture and reuse biogenic carbon dioxide to produce e-methanol, a low-carbon fuel alternative.
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Absolut Keith Haring edition lands in Australia
12 Nov 2025Absolut has released the Keith Haring Artist Edition bottle in Australia, marking a renewed collaboration with the late pop artist nearly four decades after his original design for the brand.
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European tube deliveries drop 3.9% in H1 2025
9 Oct 2025Deliveries of aluminium, laminate and plastic tubes in Europe fell 3.9 per cent to about 5.8 billion units in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to the European tube manufacturers association (etma).
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Quicktron brings QuickMix to Australia
6 Nov 2025Quicktron Robotics is introducing its new generation of integrated goods-handling technologies, the QuickMix suite, to the Australian market.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 14 November
14 Nov 2025In the news: ACCC, SPSA, Planet Ark, Holloway Group, iQRenew, Currie Group, Pro-Pac Packaging Group, Jet Technologies, Phantm, Mecca, Boxer & Co., Absolut
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PKN Podcast Ep 122: October News Unpacked
5 Nov 2025In this episode, Lindy Hughson and Navan Kaur provide insight, analysis and commentary on the top news stories shaping change in Australia’s dynamic packaging industry in October.
Woolworths has opened its new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Western Sydney, joining the company’s National Distribution Centre (NDC) at the Moorebank Logistics Precinct, which was completed in November 2024.
The NSW Government has announced the next phase of its Plastics Plan, setting out a roadmap to phase out single-use and problematic plastics as part of its broader strategy to tackle the state’s waste crisis.
More than 150 of Australia’s innovation experts gathered in Canberra last week for the annual National Innovation Policy Forum. Leaders from business, research and boundary-spanning entities, policymakers and parliamentarians were there, looking at how best to address the significant challenges facing local R&D.
