Unilever ANZ has welcomed Government's 2025 national recycling pledge, with CEO Clive Stiff saying the company wants to change the current model, and wants a complete shift in its apporach to resources.

Pact Group executive chairman Raphael “Ruffy” Geminder said Australia’s packaging industry faces an inflection point with consumer sentiment shifting and government action forthcoming.

In what has been hailed as a milestone event, the Australian Government joined business leaders to announce new targets to reduce packaging waste and improve recycling in Australia.

Coffee pod manufacturer iCapsulate is in voluntary administration, less than two years after receiving a $2.5m investment offer in the biggest ever deal seen on TV show Shark Tank.

The strawberry crisis has the industry looking at implementing longer terms solutions, which could include a covering barrier, a tamper evident seal, and hardened plastic.

The Coca-Cola Company has bought South Australian success story Organic & Raw Trading Co, owner of the MOJO kombucha brand – a sign of the growth opportunity in this burgeoning beverage category.

Foodtech Packtech is on this week in Auckland, New Zealand with more than 250 suppliers exhibiting their wares across four halls at the ASB Showgrounds, making it the largest edition in over a decade, according to organisers.

GlaxoSmithKline is among leading brandowners waking up to the opportunity active and intelligent packaging presents for consumer engagement. It's using the upcoming AIPIA congress to see where it can lead.

AUSPACK will return to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 26 to 29 March 2019 and the show floor is filling up fast.

This year’s Diamond Award winner goes to Procter & Gamble’s Air Assist, liquid packaging technology that uses compressed gas for rigidity in flexible films and reduces plastic use per package by 50 per cent compared to a rigid bottle.

Industry technology supplier Jet Technologies is hosting The Innovation Series, which will present the latest developments in labelling and narrow web printing.

Orora is buying Texas-based packaging distributor Bronco Packaging Corporation (Bronco), for up to US$24m.

The first commercial installation of printed organic solar cells, at CHEP’s Beresfield facility near Newcastle, highlights the wealth of opportunities functional printing has to offer.

Changing of the guard at the top of the industry’s largest digital supplier has Takayuki Togo replacing Sunil Gupta who served as managing director for two tough years at the head of the embattled enterprise.

Coca-Cola Amatil's Packaging Services Division has opened a new injection moulding and assembly line at its Eastern creek facility for making a three-part HDPE closure for its Powerade brand.

Serial award winners RollsPack and Multi-Color Australia took out the flexo and labels Best In Show awards respectively at the Flexible Packaging and Label Makers Association (FPLMA) annual awards