The board at consumer packaging giant Amcor used its half year results to urge shareholders to vote in favour of the proposed mega merger with Berry, and said not voting was the same as a no vote. Read more
The PKN Packaging News September-October 2024 issue is out now and is packed full of the latest news and in-depth features, including our comprehensive coverage of the PIDA Awards.
Packaged beverages have officially started rolling off the line at Suntory's +$400 million multi-beverage manufacturing facility in Queensland, with the new plant including a high-speed glass line and two canning lines supplied by Krones, and a kegging system from KHS.
Sydney-based tube manufacturer Impact International has made significant strides in enhancing its Smithfield production facility, investing over $4 million in the past 12 months.
In an Australian first, a new collaboration between Pact Group, Hilton Foods, Woolworths Group and Cleanaway Waste Management will create a circular solution for trays and punnets made from PET.
At the Australian Freight Industry Awards last week, APR won the inaugural Waste & Recycling Business of the Year award for its initiatives that have achieved measurable success in improving waste diversion rates and resource recovery outcomes for paper and hard-to-recycle plastics.
The Visual Media Association (VMA) has formed the Labels and Packaging Coalition, a new initiative to provide print industry technical expertise to inform government policy, targets and regulations..
Amcor has announced two new senior executive appointments in operations and sustainability, to help accelerate organic growth in the business in newly introduced positions for the company.
Pro-Pac Group's soft plastic recycling projects have had an investment boost following the latest rounds of government grants for a recycling plant in Albury and film extrusion plants in Melbourne and Perth.
Amcor’s interim CEO Peter Konieczny has been appointed to the position permanently, taking responsibility for leading the global US$13.6bn business and its 41,000 staff.
Orora has sold OPS, its North American packaging solutions business, in order to focus entirely on its global beverage container business, in what the company says marks the start of a new era.
A significant reduction in volume from a major customer, adverse weather, rising resin costs, were among reasons cited by Pro-Pac Group for sending it deep into the red in the 2023-24 financial year.
Four years on from its launch of an ambitious closed loop system for refill pouches in the home and personal care market, Australian company Zero Co has changed tack to launch ForeverFill, a paper-based refill system it claims is a world-first.
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has shortlisted the finalists for the 2024 APCO Awards, recognising 55 organisations across eight different sustainable packaging categories.
Dry moulded fibre innovator PulPac has appointed Marcus Palm, an active company Board member since 2019, as its new vice-president as the company continues to advance the uptake of its technology.
Recycling operation Close the Loop saw its FY24 revenue and profits soar on the back of its US operations, although numbers in its Australian packaging business were down.
Australian cardboard packaging printer and converter Pakko has purchased the key machinery and database assets of Boxes R Us, and engaged the owners, following the company's sudden closure.