The VMA is calling on all businesses across the print, packaging and visual media industry, members and non-members, to urgently participate in its Industry Workplace Planning Survey.

The Australasian Institute of Packaging will add a regional voice to the inaugural World Packaging Day on 6 September, highlighting packaging’s contribution across the product value chain.

For the fifth consecutive year, the AIP has released the key findings of its Career & Salary Survey (2025) for the Food, Beverage and wider industries, and has also opened up the 2026 iteration.

Three packaging professionals from Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia have been recognised through the AIP's 2026 scholarship program, supporting further education in packaging technology.

The Australasian Institute of Packaging has joined the Australian Food & Grocery Council as a member, with a focus on supporting packaging capability across the FMCG sector.

Applications for the 2026 Packaging Scholarship Program, delivered by the Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA) and the Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP) close on 27 February. 

The Society of Plastics Engineers Australia–New Zealand will hold its Economic Outlook for 2026 briefing on 26 November at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne.

PLASTICS and the Society of Plastics Engineers plan to merge, forming a single organisation representing the full plastics value chain, with the merger expected to be finalised by the end of 2025.

The Australasian Institute of Packaging has appointed two new associate directors to its board: Joe Foster for AIP Northern Region, and Shannon Doherty-Andall for AIP Central Region.

50-year veteran of the packaging industry and one of the key members of the AIP Education Team, Keith Chessell, has been recognised with the AIP Distinguished Service award at the 2025 PIDAs.

Visual Connections has appointed Karren Challoner-Miles as EGM – Association. This follows a restructuring of the organisation, which also saw Sarah Moore promoted to GM – Trade Shows & Events.

As the gold dust settles on the highly successful 2024 PIDA Awards, co-ordinated by AIP, PKN has compiled this highlights reel for those who missed the event, or who may want to relive it.

Unilever, Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, MSD Merck, AB InBev, and Tetra Pak are among the big brands signed up to participate in the AIPIA World Congress on smart packaging in Amsterdam on 18-19 Nov.

During the PIDA 2024 Awards ceremony, the AIP presented PKN managing editor & publisher, Lindy Hughson MAIP, with the Distinguished Service Award for excellence in journalism.

The AIP 2024 Career & Salary Survey is open until 27 September for the Australasian region; it aims to benchmark salaries and employment trends within the packaging industry.

For the third consecutive year, the AIP has released the key findings from its 2023 Career & Salary Survey for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.