Alf and Nadia Taylor, well-known founders of multinational food processing and packaging equipment manufacturer tna, have been awarded with the 2018 Ethnic Business Award in the medium to large business category.

The global market for packaging machinery will reach an estimated US$42.2 billion by 2021, with the Asia-Pacific region making up the lion’s share, according to a new report looking at global trends impacting the packaging machinery sector.

Big data analytics is already part of the packaging industry, but is about to get a whole lot more important, according to the latest PMMI white paper which examines how manufacturers can use it to transform their businesses.