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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

Construction has begun on New South Wales’ first end-to-end hydrogen and ammonia production plant – The Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia (GEGHA) project – supported by $45.2 million from the state government.

The Australian Refrigeration Council has appointed Mark Lamb as its new CEO and Susie O’Neill as deputy CEO, as the national licensing authority for the refrigeration and air conditioning industry moves into its next leadership phase.

Nutritional and wellness company Nuchev (ASX: NUC) has secured a $4 million unsecured working capital facility from substantial shareholder H&S Global Holdings, structured to support its growth plans across the group in the short to medium term.