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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 appointed two new directors to the Wine Australia board to help strengthen the organisation’s role in supporting the wine sector – Darryn Hakof and Stephen Strachan.

One of Australia’s largest dairy processors, Lactalis Australia, plans to phase out manufacturing at its Longwarry dairy factory, before shutting down the site in the first half of 2027.

Chocolate and confectionery company, Yowie Group, has posted a US$0.9 million (AU$1.3 million) first-half profit, reversing a US$4.66 million (AU$6.7 million) loss a year earlier.