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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

The federal government has granted 10 companies a share of $4 million to enhance Australia’s agricultural traceability systems – including Y-Trace, Planfarm, CSIRO, LiveCorp, Australian Organic Limited, Blue Farm Intelligence, and the Queensland Cane Growers Organisation.

The Ben Buckler Whisky Company has appointed Kristy Bloomfield as CEO and co-founder, bringing senior leadership experience from Lyre’s Spirit Co and Sullivans Cove Distillery as the business plans for a major expansion.

Global flavours and fragrance company, Givaudan, is closing its Australian manufacturing site and moving it offshore. The closure will be implemented over 18 months and will see the loss of around 66 jobs.