PLAY PKN: Video News Bulletin 9 April

In the news this week: Packaging in the time of coronavirus, Australian Institute of Packaging, Sealed Air, OF Packaging, Tetra Pak, Caps & Closures, Zipform, WPO, Chobani.

Food & Drink Business

The Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania (RAST) has launched its inaugural 2026 Royal Tasmanian Whisky & Spirits Awards, supported by Lark Distillery founder and industry veteran, Bill Lark, as Patron of the Awards.

Lion has proposed to move production of James Boag beers out of Tasmania, with a plan announced to close the James Boag’s Brewery in Launceston in November, driven by long-term decline in the national beer market.

Global seafood supplier, Safcol Australia, has broken ground on its new $80 million purpose-built food manufacturing facility in Edinburgh, South Australia – expected to deliver double the production capacity of the company’s current site.