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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 Night Time Industries Association has appointed Paul McLeay as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Mick Gibb, who led the peak body for four years before departing to take up the CEO role at the Brewers Association of Australia.

The Food Taipei Mega Shows 2026 Food Taipei Forum brought together international experts to discuss the how precision nutrition, sustainable development, and disruptive business models are acting as the gears driving the future of the global food industry.

Brisbane-based food technology company Just Meat Protein has closed an oversubscribed $1.8 million seed round, with Inghams Group taking a 10 per cent stake.