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

Queensland’s best beverages have been awarded at the 2026 Royal Queensland Distilled Spirits and Beer Awards, with Happy Valley Brewing Co and Nil Desperandum taking out the top honours.

Adelaide Hills wine producer, Sidewood Estate, has entered a national distribution partnership with Samuel Smith & Son, the domestic distribution arm of Hill-Smith Family Estates.

Twelve months after bringing four businesses together under the SPC Global banner, CEO Robert Iervasi says the biggest shift has been cultural as much as financial: the company has moved from making what it can and “finding a home” for it, to building the portfolio around what consumers want, in the channels where demand is strongest.