Australians were among those honoured at the gala WorldStar Packaging Awards 2019 event attended by 350 international guests in Prague, Czech Republic, and hosted by the World Packaging Organisation earlier this month.

Landa chief executive Yishai Amir says the company is looking at installing half a dozen of its Nano presses in Australia within the next three years, two of them for carton printing and two for flexible package printing.

Recommendations from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to the federal government to broaden the GST on pre-prepared and packaged meals have been rejected by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and finance minister Matthias Cormann.

Unpacking the opportunity that is packaging print: the Print21 + PKN LIVE annual conference for the packaging print community will take place on 12 August in Sydney. With strong industry support and a stellar line-up of speakers and panellists, the event is shaping up to be a calendar highlight this year.

Western Australia's Hunt and Brew can now serve its cold brew coffee products Australia-wide after turning to Jet Technologies for a bespoke filling solution to extend product shelf life in stores and in transit.

The emergence of direct-to-package and direct-to-container printing is shaping up as a major threat to traditional label printing; however, for now label printing is still on the rise, to the tune of 4.4 per cent a year.

Ahead of Saturday’s election, the Boomerang Alliance has called for more action on plastic pollution from the major parties.

PKN's latest issue is out, bringing readers a full wrap-up of recent major industry events, company news, packaging innovation and our indispensible annual industry directory.

In another positive step towards meeting the packaging industry's 2025 targets, the federal government has committed $3 million to recycling projects, including a B2B circular economy e-commerce platform. PKN spoke to APCO CEO Brooke Donnelly.

The Amcor takeover of US-based Bemis has taken one more step towards completion, with shareholders in both companies voting overwhelmingly in favour of the deal.

Gravure Packaging and Fuzed took out a trio of Golds at Pride in Print, the annual New Zealand printing awards, sending them to the top of the leaderboard as the only companies to win three Golds.

The Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre will partner with the Australian Institute of Packaging for one of its first projects.

It was a night of celebration for the Australasian packaging industry when 200 representatives gathered in Sydney earlier this week to see who had achieved the top accolades in 2019 Packaging Innovation and Design awards. We caught some highlights on camera.

Sealed Air Corporation is set to splash US$510m on acquiring Automated Packaging Systems (APS), a leading manufacturer of automated bagging systems, on a cash and debt free basis.

The ability to attract bright young people and develop their critical thinking emerged as the key themes at the PKN + Food & Drink Business Women in Packaging breakfast panel, held at the AIP Technical Forum.

Bega Cheese has won a federal court case against US food giant Kraft Heinz, giving it the right to continue to use the distinctive “trade dress” associated with its peanut butter.