• Industry update with Aleks Lajovic, Impact International
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Australia’s manufacturing sector is facing a new wave of disruption, with supply chain instability, rising costs and shrinking local capability creating what Impact International managing director Aleks Lajovic describes as a “COVID 2.0” moment.

Speaking with PKN in a one-on-one video interview, Lajovic said the pressures currently impacting the plastics and packaging sector mirror the uncertainty experienced during the pandemic, but with a more fragile industrial base.

The conversation follows Lajovic's comments in an article on the resin crisis published in PKN last week, and his forthright opinion piece this week.

Food & Drink Business

New Zealand-based specialty coffee roaster, Allpress Coffee, is strengthening its global footprint, investing in new roasteries in Melbourne and London.

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has launched its latest Innovate to Grow round, a free eight-week research and development (R&D) training program, with this round focused on supporting Queensland SMEs.

Many food and beverage companies are totally reliant on transport and logistics, meaning an inflation surge sparked by higher fuel prices is the last thing they need. It also makes now the perfect time to re-assess their logistics for efficiency and resilience.