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A dinner celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo was held in Canberra recently.

An end-of-year drinks evening in Melbourne on 13 December will see the CEOs of PCA and PIAA shed light on the next steps towards a merged association.

Australian wine company Penfolds will re-focus on cork closures and investigate glass closures as an alternative to screwcaps.

Omniverse Foster Packaging Group celebrated its recent merger by hosting a special event in Port Melbourne on 23 November.

PKN spoke to leading packaging industry figure Nigel Garrard shortly after his win at The CEO Magazine 2016 Executive of the Year Awards in Sydney last night.

A successful pilot project could give impetus to a closed loop recycling system for coffee cups, and potentially for other liquid paperboard packaging.

At Pact Group's 2016 AGM on 16 November, CEO Malcolm Bundey reflected on the year's successes against a backdrop of challenging market conditions.

Accolade Wines will bottle its own wine with a $40 million investment in a winery at Berri in South Australia's Riverland.

Blackmores will use anti-counterfeit packaging technology by brand protection group YPB for its vitamins range over the next two years.

Oji Fibre Solutions has announced its intention to develop a new corrugated plant in Yatala, Queensland.

A new $110m packaging plant in Vietnam will see liquid packaging giant Tetra Pak expand its regional footprint.

Pact Group has continued to roll out its 'customer-led innovations' with the launch of a new jug-like milk bottle.

The ACCC has expressed its concerns via a Statement of Issues on the proposed merger of The Dow Chemical Company and DuPont.

PCA – where to from here? PKN spoke to CEO David Carter after the Packaging Council of Australia EGM held in Melbourne on 9 November.

Australia-based flexibles giant Amcor has acquired Chinese flexible product manufacturer Hebei Qite Packing in a $36 million deal.

Amcor has announced its acquisition of Sonoco's rigid plastics blowmoulding operations has been completed.