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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 a2 Milk Company (a2MC) reports the supply chain problems that stripped roughly 14 per cent from its China label infant formula sales this year have been substantially resolved, with preliminary FY26 results in line with or slightly ahead of guidance.

JBS-owned smallgoods company, Primo Foods, has invested $7 million into a new boiler house at its Primo Chullora facility, intending to future-proof the site, which has been operating for 28 years.

Italian confectionery company, Ferrero, has appointed Terence Viney as its new general manager Australia and New Zealand, succeeding Massimo D'Ambrosio, who now moves to a new role within the Ferrero Group in the United States.