PKN’s latest issue is now out and includes a preview of the finalists in our Women in Packaging Awards; the gold winners of the 2025 PIDAs; and the latest developments in Pack & Label Printing, Sustainability, Health & Wellness Packaging, and Packaging & Processing Machinery.

The annual WorldStar Awards ceremony took place in Milan last week, with strong representation from the ANZ region, which finished 4th in the world overall. PKN joined the Aussies in attendance.

Detmold Group is consolidating its Adelaide-based packaging businesses into a new global headquarters at Regency Park, bringing together staff from eight sites across the city under one roof.

APR Plastics, Aster Chemicals and Energy, Taghleef Industries Group and Pro-Pac Group have begun a strategic partnership which aims at “revolutionising the recycling of hard-to-recycle soft plastics”.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Australia (CCEP) has officially opened what it says is the largest and most efficient canning line in its global network, located at its Richlands manufacturing facility in Brisbane.

The Australian Takeovers Panel has rejected a request from minority Pact Group shareholders to block the company’s plan to delist from the ASX. The delisting will be put to the vote on at Pact's EGM on 12 June.

The biggest event for ANZ print this year, PacPrint – incorporating Labels & Packaging Expo – is up and running in Sydney, and welcoming print business owners and managers from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

The PKN Women in Packaging Awards is back for the second year. With a record number of submissions received for the 2025 programme, the depth and diversity of talent across Australia’s packaging value chain has been nothing short of extraordinary.

Minority shareholders in Pact Group have written to the Australian Takeovers Panel asking it to stop the company’s proposed delisting from the ASX, which the company wants to action on 16 July.

A new digital labelling platform, powered by GS1 QR code technology, is set to reshape consumer engagement and usher in a new era of product transparency. The initiative is a collaboration between AFGC, NZFGC, and GS1 Australia and New Zealand.

Asahi Beverages has unveiled a new $60 million canning line at its brewery in Yatala, Queensland to meet the growing demand for cans over stubbies.

In a compelling close to the 2025 Australasian Packaging Conference, Dr Nicole Garofano, Pippa Corry and Belinda Chellingworth distilled the event’s insights into a clear message for everyone in attendance.

The AIP Conference took place from 6–7 May at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney, bringing together packaging professionals from across the globe. This year’s theme, Reimagine Packaging Design, set the tone for two days of forward-thinking dialogue.

The 2025 PIDA AIP President's Scholarship winner was Joel Wells, managing director at Circular, who will be given the opportunity to undertake the Diploma in Packaging Technology.

The 2025 PIDA ABA Scholarship winners were philo & co's Pippa Corry (Certificate in Packaging); and Synlait Milk Limited's Ransheema Rita (Diploma in Packaging Technology).

Pierre Pienaar, education director at the AIP, and immediate past president of the World Packaging Organisation, has been named the Industry Packaging Professional of the Year at the 2025 PIDAs.