• PKN partnered with HP, Currie Group and Blue Star Print to produce 4500 different versions of its front cover.
    PKN partnered with HP, Currie Group and Blue Star Print to produce 4500 different versions of its front cover.
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For our March-April issue, we partnered with HP, Currie Group and Blue Star Print to produce 4500 different versions of the front cover, with three variable areas on the cover itself: the design on the can, the PKN masthead, and the version number on the top right of the page.

You can find out more about it in this video from Mark Stevens, head of digital at Blue Star Print Group, Stephen Wong, creative executive at Yaffa Media (who designed the seed file and the cover art), and Jason Beckley, segment manager of Labels & Packaging at HP.

 

Food & Drink Business

Winemaking technology company, Bucher Vaslin, has launched its Pacific operation, to provide local resources to the Australian and New Zealand markets. The new entity will be led by industry expert, Paul Baggio, bringing decades of experience and a deep understanding of local winemaking needs.

Bega Group has allegedly joined forces with global dairy giant FrieslandCampina in its bid to acquire Fonterra Co-operative Group’s Mainland business. There are two other players in the ring for Mainland – Japanese food company Meiji Holdings Co and French dairy giant Lactalis.

Personalised food, sustainability, alternative protein sources, and the growing influence of private labels are major themes for the food and beverage sector. A recent webinar hosted by Anuga and its knowledge partner, Innova Market Insights, identified key trends currently at play and emerging.