PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 11 March

In the news: Circular Plastics Australia (PET), Pact, Cleanaway, Asahi, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Hershey Company, HP Indigo, CSIRO, Vale John Wellman, AUSPACK.

Video of the Albury/Wodonga site supplied by Circular Plastics Australia (PET).

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Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

Every food, drink, personal care and household product made in Australia starts with an investment decision. A company chooses to replace a production line, automate a process or expand a plant. That choice is now made in a global market for capital, and Australia is struggling to compete. The question is simple. Will the next generation of manufacturing investment come here?