ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging Group (PPG) will raise $59.8 million to buy Victoria-based Perfection Packaging and NZ company Polypak.

A frank discussion of key issues in plastics and sustainability was hosted in Sydney yesterday, with the focus firmly on Australia's recycling responsibilities going forward.

PKN's upcoming LIVE event, New Frontiers in Packaging Print, will include a deep dive by Boxer & Co MD Gwen Blake into consumer trends informing design choices for printed packaging.

Australia has triumphed in a major trade dispute over its pioneering tobacco packaging law.

Tna has opened a new office and training centre in Mexico to give new services and extra support to local food manufacturers.

A provider of molecular-based security and authentication solutions is rolling out a new security print platform solution.

The online grocery sector will benefit from smart packaging technology in the next five years, with four key trends in e-commerce emerging.

For brand owners large and small looking for new ways to maximise shelf impact and engage the consumer via printed packaging, our LIVE forum in Sydney will bring you up to speed.

The ACCC will conduct checks on 10,000 food products to ensure businesses are correctly displaying the new labels which come into effect on 1 July.

Packagers need to be ready for the demands of omnichannel sales, warns Zebra Technologies, which has just released its ‘Future of Fulfilment’ vision study looking at the on-demand economy.

PlastX is among a group of tech start-ups taking part in a tech accelerator program developed by BlueChilli and supported by Coca-Cola Amatil.

ProPak Asia 2018 is in full swing, and Australian companies are ready to do business in a market that is showing increasing demand for our packaging and processing expertise.

Growth in the cannabis segment is leading to more opportunities for the packaging industry.

Ticket sales have opened for the inaugural packaging and printing industry forum in Sydney on 3 August, presented by PKN and stablemate Print21, and supported by leading suppliers Currie Group, HP and Matthews.

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths this week announced further plans to tackle food waste, slash produce wrapping, and ditch single-use plastic waste.

A research project into packaging accessibility has revealed almost half of Australian consumers have difficulty opening packaging every day.