Prof Pierre Pienaar, education director for the AIP and president for the WPO, has been recognised by the PMMI in the US with a Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame award.

Avery Dennison marked the official opening of its new purpose-built distribution centre in Moorabbin last week, which showcases sustainable building design and the company’s graphic arts expertise.

Amcor will boost its investment in ePac Flexible Packaging by $45 million, signalling the global packaging giant’s confidence in the digitally-based flexible packaging market, and ePac’s ability to scale.

PKN’s latest issue, which sports a fresh new design layout, features the latest stories on brand and pack design, food packaging, fibre-based packaging, printing and converting, and labels and labelling.

Packaging professional extraordinaire, Emeritus Professor Harry Lovell, passed away this week. The Australian packaging community mourns the loss of an outstanding individual.

Multivac is responding to the rapidly rising demand for packaging machinery and materials in Australia, with the significant expansion of its sales and logistics capacity in Queensland.

Tray sealing specialist Proseal has relocated to a new factory in Australia to enhance its comprehensive range of sales and support services for customers throughout the country.

Pact Group has converted $420 million of existing loan facilities into Sustainability Linked Loans, which will see the group benefit if targets are achieved, and penalised if not.

Confectionery giant Mars Wrigley will spend $25.5 million on its Ballarat facility to expand production, increase sustainable packaging efforts, and drive operational efficiencies.

As institutional investors gave a thumbs up to its rights issue, Pro-Pac Packaging (PPG) revealed it suffered a $25.9m NPAT loss in the 2021/22 financial year, on sales that rose by eight per cent to $403.9m.

Global UK-founded climate action NGO WRAP has opened its new WRAP Asia-Pacific office in Adelaide, in a partnership with Fight Food Waste Australia.

Amcor has announced its first batch of recipients for its Lift-Off seed funding initiative, with Bloom Biorenewables and Nfinite Nanotechnology getting the nod.

Pro-Pac Packaging (PPG) is aiming to raise $30.2m from its shareholders in a renounceable rights issue, offering shares at 30c, a 52.8 per cent discount on the last trading price.

Planet Protector Packaging CEO and founder Joanne Howarth has been recognised as the 2022 SBE Impact Award Winner in the Women to Watch – Global Growth Potential Category.

Amcor has opened its latest world-class Innovation Centre in Jiangyin, China, bringing advanced packaging technologies and more sustainable material science to the Asia-Pacific region.

Visy’s $150m cardboard box manufacturing plant in Queensland, part of the packaging and recycling giant’s $700m investment in manufacturing facilities in the state, has been approved by Brisbane City Council.