The PKN Women in Packaging Awards returns for 2026, inviting nominations to recognise the women delivering impact, innovation and leadership across the Australasian packaging value chain.

Close the Loop Limited has reported mixed half-year results, with its Packaging Division delivering double-digit growth and providing a stabilising influence across the Group.

Fonterra Oceania has rolled out Amcor’s AmPrima Recycle-Ready flexible packaging for shredded cheese, replacing multi-material laminates in one of dairy’s most technically demanding formats.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has partnered with Australian clean-tech company Seabin in a move aimed at tracking and reducing ice cream packaging waste in Sydney Harbour, and using the data to inform future action.

Orora has delivered a robust first-half result for FY26, with double-digit EBITDA growth, strong cash generation and continued momentum in its Cans business underpinning performance across the group.

World Packaging Organisation has announced the winners of the WorldStar Student Awards 2026, with Australia emerging as one of the standout nations in this year’s global competition.

Australian packaging company Detmold Group is making measurable progress against its 2025-2050 sustainability roadmap. PKN takes a look at how this translates into practical outcomes for customers.

Cohesion Labels has just clocked 101 years in business, placing it among a small group of Australian label converters to have navigated a century of technological, economic and market change.

MCC, a global supplier of prime label solutions, with a strong presence in ANZ, has received US court approval to continue operating in the normal course following its prepackaged Chapter 11 filing.

Amcor has delivered a solid half-year result, with the first full months of ownership of Berry Global driving a step-change in scale and earnings, with early synergy capture helping offset softer underlying volumes.

BioPak has appointed Guy Brent as chief executive officer, effective 2 February 2026, marking a new phase of growth for the global sustainable foodservice packaging group.

Australian packaging machinery manufacturer Packserv has forged a new strategic alliance with FP Developments, making its equipment directly available to customers across the United States.

Tetra Pak is investing €60 million in a new pilot plant in Lund, Sweden, to advance development of an aseptic carton material that replaces the traditional aluminium foil layer with a paper-based barrier.

The Australian and New Zealand businesses of Pro-Pac Packaging (PPG), excluding Perfection Packaging, have been sold to Consolidated Packaging Australia, a subsidiary of Knoxcorp, the privately owned Australian investment company headed by Jim Knox.

Schütz Australia is expanding its packaging collection and reconditioning activities in Victoria through the acquisition of ContainerSave and DrumSavers.

Avantium N.V. and Packamama have signed a capacity reservation agreement for Avantium’s plant-based polymer PEF, branded as Releaf. The polymer is produced using Avantium’s YXY Technology.