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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 Western Australian government has granted an aquaculture licence to Fremantle-based marine science solutions company, SeaStock, for the state’s first commercial-scale, land-based algae production facility.

The University of Queensland (UQ) has officially opened its new $60 million Biosustainability Hub, already working with companies on future food ingredients to accelerate an Australian and global transition to a sustainable bioeconomy.

Castlemaine artisan producer Long Paddock Cheese has been named Best Australian Cheese at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards, putting the small Central Victorian fromagerie alongside Europe’s leading makers.