PKN’s latest issue for 2025 is hitting desks, delivering industry news and in-depth features, including the latest developments in Food & Beverage Packaging, Labels & Labelling, Sustainability and Design, as well as our on-the-floor report of Paris Packaging Week.
Hot off the press, the PKN Packaging News March-April 2025 issue is on its way to you in the mail and available online for your convenience.
FEATURES
In our Cover Story, we look at how Avery Dennison leverages cutting-edge technology and sustainable practices to deliver intelligent solutions to the food industry (page 14).
In Sustainability, APCO’s Angela Mayer speaks on the multi-year action plan to combat plastic pollution in the Pacific developed by ANZPAC, Pacific Recycling Foundation and UNSW (page 16); Circular Communities Australia opens the country’s first purpose-built big bag recycling plant in Queensland (page 18); Simply Cups recycles 50m paper cups across the ANZ region (page 18); and CDS Vic operator Visy launches a first-of-its-kind large format RVM refund point in Melbourne’s CBD (page 18).
In our stacked Food & Beverage Packaging section, Zipform Packaging launches paper bottles with over 95 per cent wood-based fibre, no plastic liner and over 50 per cent PCR content (page 24); five:am launches paper-based tubs for yoghurt in an Australian-first (page 26); Tip Top introduces 30 per cent recycled content into its Amcor-supplied LDPE bread bag (page 27); Viva Energy produces its first ISCC+ certified bio-based polymer from used cooking oil (page 28); Tetra Pak and Nissha Metallizing Solutions introduces an aseptic beverage carton with a paper-based barrier (page 30); Cama provides key insights on what makes good shelf-ready packaging (page 31); Hirsch Wine modernises its wine production with a fully automated bottling line (page 32); and Sidel introduces a new bottle base designed for high-speed production of 100 per cent rPET bottles (page 33).
Then in Labels & Labelling, UPM’s involvement in the Chinese Waste to Resource program unlocks high-value recycling for PET bottles (page 34); and Australian egg producers now have more marking technology choices thanks to Result Group (page 35).
In Design, Think Tank Creative London’s Nick Seston shares key packaging trends for 2025 (page 36).
And in Expo Report, Cape Decision’s Dominique Huret reveals what caught her eye at Paris Packaging Week (page 38).
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE…
As always, rounding out the issue are our regular sections: Industry Insight digs deep into the Digital Product Passport, a tool to assist companies with sustainability and transparency (page 12); People in Packaging shines a light on Amcor’s Nayeleh Deirram, who has set a new dairy industry standard with her antistatic packaging solution for bulk milk powder (page 20); Tech Speak looks at how the AIP’s support for students in their packaging design projects has delivered a record set of wins at WorldStar (page 40); and we highlight the upcoming industry events to mark on your calendar in What’s On (page 42).
And finally, in News: Amcor and Berry merger gets shareholder approval (page 6); packaging scores for Close the Loop (page 6); Orora transforms in challenging market (page 8); IVE packaging grows as profits rise (page 8); Pact revenues rise but resin issues remain (page 10); and TomKat expands into ASEAN with Segi Fresh (page 10).
Enjoy the read.
