PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 30 June

In the news: Recopak, Pact Group, Aldi Australia, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation - 2023 APCO Annual Awards, Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association - APPMA Awards of Excellence, Australian Institute of Packaging - new president.

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Food & Drink Business

In 1976, Ferrero opened its first factory outside of Europe in the Australian mining town, Lithgow, New South Wales. Tic Tacs were the first product to come off the line but in 1978, Nutella production began. On its 50th anniversary, employees, their families, community partners and political dignitaries came together to celebrate the milestone. 

Pure Foods Tasmania (PFT) cut its quarterly operating cash outflow by 69 per cent to $311,000 in the three months to 30 September, as customer receipts rose 60 per cent and manufacturing costs fell.

Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) has extended Univar Solutions China’s exclusive right to distribute its lupin protein in mainland China to 31 December 2028, buying time while it finds a contract manufacturer to replace its closed German plant.