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Visy has produced the first glass bottles at its new recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland, where annual capacity is expected to reach up to 1bn bottles and jars once fully operational. Read more
Pact Group and Aldi are scaling up recycled packaging in Australia, with more than 19 million laundry and cleaning bottles annually to contain up to 50% Australian recycled plastic.
Allied Pinnacle has invested $10m across its Sydney manufacturing operations to increase capacity, improve production speed, and deploy automation – creating a more efficient manufacturing base.
Visy has invested $30 million in a new 2.8-metre-wide corrugator at its Smithfield board factory in Western Sydney, increasing board output by 33 per cent.
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XXXX cans mark Lions three-peat
14 Oct 2026Lion has launched a limited-edition XXXX GOLD can celebrating the Brisbane Lions’ third consecutive AFL premiership, with a production run of 100,000 commemorative cans for Queensland fans.
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Amcor develops flip-top closure for Choví sauces
6 Oct 2026Amcor has developed a bespoke two-colour flip-top closure for Spanish sauce brand Choví, incorporating a silicone valve to control sauce flow.
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Coonamble welcomes new Return and Earn depot
22 Oct 2026The Coonamble community has embraced the convenience of the state’s first remote high-speed Return and Earn Depot, returning 220,000 containers since the facility opened in August 2026.
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Boxer serves up fresh look for Wattie's
26 Oct 2026Boxer Brands has redesigned the packaging for Wattie’s Main Meals frozen range, using the New Zealand food brand’s teal colour and logo alongside food photography and colour-coded variants.
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UPM, Uteco and Siegwerk develop paper packaging
21 Oct 2026UPM Speciality Materials, Siegwerk and Uteco have developed a paper-based secondary packaging solution containing up to 90 per cent paper.
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TNA robag Quantum recognised for design
12 Oct 2026TNA Solutions’ robag Quantum system has received a Gold Good Design Award, with the company describing it as the first VFFS packaging solution to receive the award.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 16 October
16 Oct 2026PLAY PKN: CCEP, APPMA, Tetra Pak, Lion, XXXX, Tokyo Pack
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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.
Foodbank’s 2026 Hunger Report has confirmed what its report last year started to show – not only is one in three households not reliably able to afford food in the past year, but middle-income working households are driving the shift and fresh produce, protein and dairy are the first items cut from the basket.
Archie Rose Distilling Co. has moved its core whisky range into lighter bottles and redesigned packaging as the Sydney distiller prepares to enter the US, two months after actor Chris Hemsworth joined the business as co-owner.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder, Ben Cohen, is calling on Australian consumers to boycott Magnum ice cream, escalating a campaign for parent company The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) to sell the brand to investors aligned with its social mission.
