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Opal has sold its Australian and New Zealand bag manufacturing business to an affiliate of The Magan Group, with no production interruptions expected during the transition. Read more
Pope Packaging has completed the largest single project in its 70-year history, doubling printing capacity and increasing converting capacity at its South Australian paper sacks facility.
Element Logic has entered a strategic global partnership with Ranpak to integrate packaging automation, including box forming, right sizing and paper-based protection, into its warehouse solutions.
Peacock Group will bring its Peacock Bros. and insignia operations together at a purpose-built Dandenong South facility, increasing the two businesses’ combined warehouse and production footprint.
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Coke's Golden Can puts packaging in play
1 Oct 2026Coca-Cola and Coles' Golden Can promotion is back, with specially marked multipacks, prize-bearing cans and an on-pack QR code to connect packaging with shopper participation and loyalty rewards.
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Amcor develops flip-top closure for Choví sauces
6 Oct 2026Amcor has developed a bespoke two-colour flip-top closure for Spanish sauce brand Choví, incorporating a silicone valve to control sauce flow.
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Opal explores biogas at Maryvale Mill
24 Sep 2026A new feasibility study has highlighted an opportunity to produce renewable bio-energy at Opal Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill in Gippsland, marking a step toward more sustainable manufacturing.
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Popit recycling system wins Good Design gold
7 Oct 2026Popit Recycling’s milk bottle recycling system has won Gold for Engineering Design at the 2026 Australian Good Design Awards, recognising its approach to food-grade HDPE recycling.
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Amcor launches inverted pet food cup in China
24 Sep 2026Amcor and Chinese pet food brand Ge Wu An have launched the Li Kou pet food cup, which uses a bottom seal to allow the meal to be released from the packaging in one piece.
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Flexibility drives machinery investment
16 Sep 2026PMMI’s 2026 State of the Industry Report identifies flexibility, automation, workforce constraints and emerging AI applications as major influences on machinery investment. The operational pressures the US market- based report describes have clear relevance for Australian manufacturers.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 2 October
2 Oct 2026In the news: Pope Packaging, Peacock Group, Element Logic, Ranpak, Tetra Pak, C4C Packaging, Coca-Cola, Coles
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PKN Podcast Ep 124: 2025 Year in Review
1 Dec 2025In this special Year in Review episode, PKN publisher Lindy Hughson and co-host Grant McHerron look back at the big packaging stories of 2025.
The recent Abbott Nutrition infant formula investigation in the US, is a reminder that food safety risk can sit in the production environment as well as the product. HACCP International Global Certification manager, Rachel Meryment, looks at what manufacturers should consider when selecting, maintaining and reviewing equipment and materials.
The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium has launched its first major campaign in Australia, a three-year, EU co-funded push to separate its PDO cheese from locally made parmesan on supermarket shelves.
Smallgoods company, Tibaldi, and its parent company Singapore based investment group, Chestnut, have acquired South Food Group, a family-owned Australian smallgoods operation.
