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PKN's latest issue is out, bringing readers a full wrap-up of recent major industry events, company news, packaging innovation and our indispensible annual industry directory.

The latest issue is in the mail and on its way to PKN subscribers. But if you can't wait, download or read it online here

HIndustry event highlights in this issue include:

  • Smart, connected, sustainable... and successful - PKN journalist Jake Nelson reviews the AUSPACK 2019 Business & Industry Conference.
  • AUSPACK 2019 breaks every record - The PKN team's overview of the Melbourne show that raised the bar for future events.
  • Creativity and critical thinking in the future workplace - journalist Doris Prodanovic and associate editor Wayne Robinson report on the Women in Packaging breakfast forum.
  • Forum faces the future - Innovation and sustainability were major themes at the 2019 AIP National Packaging Technical Forum. Jake Nelson delivers the wrap on the day's discussions.
  • Top night for top achievers - who won what at the PIDA awards.

In company news, we find out more about the strategy behind Matthews rebrand and new-look chameleon logo; how Tetra Pak is turning drinks cartons into digital data carriers, and how Coca-Cola Australia plans to double its recycled plastcs usage.

Features in this issue include FMCG Packaging (including a look behind the scenes at theJUST water bottling facility) , Luxury Packaging (innovation on show at ADF & PCD in Paris earlier this year); Pack and Label Printing (a closer look at the business of next-gen digital disruptor Luminar, the new deal struck by Kodak and Matthews, and Brewtopia's end-to-end personalised beverage packaging solution.)

PLUS: the special supplement APPMA Machinery Matters, which, not surprisingly, focuses on AUSPACK in this issue.

And last, but by no means least, our annual INDUSTRY DIRECTORY, the essential listing of packaging machinery, materials, services and their suppliers.

Click here to read or download the latest issue.

 

Food & Drink Business

This is your final call for the 2026 Hive Awards, recognising innovation and excellence across the food and beverage manufacturing industry! We heard the buzz, busy bees, and extended the deadline for entries to the 2026 Hive Awards until this Thursday, 19 March. You've got two days left – go, go, go!

Independent women-led brewery, Reckless Brewing, has completed a capital raise of more than $500 thousand through Birchal. Since releasing its first beer in late 2019, the company has opened a physical brewery in Bathurst, and is now ready to expand its national footprint.

The development of a mandatory Winegrape Purchases Code of Conduct is officially underway, following Dr Craig Emerson’s analysis of the Australian wine industry, released by Wine Australia last July. The code will commence on 1 January 2027.