A $650 million thermal power plant will be built in South Australia by international company SolarReserve.

Australia is getting closer to a coffee cup solution with the launch of the country's first recyclable coffee cup.

Orora's Australasia business remains the engine room driving earnings growth for the group, which today announced its FY17 results.

Woolworths and Coles' plans to phase out single-use plastic bags over the next year have been welcomed by a bioplastics developer.

The AIP is now accepting applications for the 2018 Master of Food & Packaging Course after a successful run in 2017.

Smartphone use, a desire for experiences, and environmental concerns have been revealed as three key consumer trends.

McDonalds Canada has turned its cardboard drink trays into portable speakers for smartphones as part of a limited release at a beach.

Paper and board manufacturer Detpak has ramped up its range of PE-lined cups with imagery inspired by coffee-producing nations.

Coca-Cola in the UK has created an ad made entirely out of its 100 per cent recyclable packaging.

A major research centre focused on developing digital technologies in manufacturing has opened.

Equipment pooling provider Loscam has moved into a new 4,075sqm warehouse facility in Brisbane.

Gore's new film found that the tech solutions needed to avert a climate change catastrophe are available and affordable now.

Brambles' keg company Kegstar has acquired Keg Lease from the Meddings Family.

Australia's largest privately owned folding cartons supplier Hanna Group (Hannapak) has been acquired by paper and packaging solutions company WestRock for $75 million.

Australian owned packaging company Detmold Group has reached an agreement with US-based Novolex to buy Heshan Innopak Co. Ltd.

This week Chobani Australia brings innovation to the dairy aisle with its Flip range that's already made it big in the US. PKN looks at the unconventional IML process used in the Australian pack's design.