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There's never a dull moment in the dynamic Australasian packaging industry, with M&A activity, leadership changes, and product innovation keeping our news desk busy all year long.

From Orora's booming growth over the financial year, to the Australian Government's pledge to make all packaging in the country reusable, compostable or recyclable by 2025, to needles in strawberries and plastic bags out of supermarkets, to the first ever Print21 + PKN LIVE joint event, 2018 was a rollercoaster of a year for the packaging industry... and PKN was there to cover all the news highlights.

See our review of the year that was in the latest issue of PKN magazine.

Food & Drink Business

Organic Bay Distillery has partnered with Peacock Bros. to deliver a premium packaging transformation, helping it strengthen its shelf presence in Australia's increasingly competitive craft spirits’ market.

Cost-conscious Australians are now nearly twice as likely to look for supermarket specials than to switch to a private label alternative, according to new analysis by Circana.

Australia’s best gelato has been named – and it’s made in Victoria, with Oh My Gelato! taking out the coveted title for its bespoke flavour, ‘The Melbourne Marvel’.