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Mars has opened $112.6 million Wodonga pet food facility, bringing autonomous mobile robots, AI-enabled planning tools and advanced packaging automation into one of Australia's largest new food manufacturing investments. Read more
New Cleanaway research reveals overwhelming support for packaging reform, recycled content mandates and national recycling rules, as industry looks to policy certainty to unlock the next wave of recycling infrastructure investment.
Three months after fears of a plastics supply crisis first rippled through Australia's packaging sector, the immediate sense of alarm has eased. Supply chains are still under pressure, prices remain elevated, and uncertainty persists, but PKN's conversations across the packaging value chain suggest the industry has shifted from crisis response to resilience management.
Australia’s first National Environmental Protection Agency has appointed veteran public sector leader John Bradley as its inaugural CEO, ahead of the agency’s official launch on 1 July.
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Low-pressure air drives efficiency
17 Jun 2026Kaeser Compressors Australia is widely recognised for compressed air systems, and is now turning attention to its range of low-pressure, high-volume blower technologies for the food and beverage sector.
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Packaging and automation shape Hort Connections
16 Jun 2026HORT Connections 2026 showcased an industry balancing sustainability ambitions with the practical realities of productivity, labour availability and operational efficiency, with packaging innovation and automation solutions featuring strongly across the Adelaide show floor.
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Amcor gains RecyClass certification for PCR
10 Jun 2026Amcor has secured RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification across a range of flexible packaging manufactured at its UK sites, covering materials that incorporate PCR plastic.
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Kleenex puts ‘check your poo’ message on pack
11 Jun 2026Kleenex is using its toilet paper packaging to promote bowel cancer awareness through a nationwide campaign with Bowel Cancer Australia.
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Cellulose tech targets fibre barrier challenge
11 Jun 2026New cellulose-based films and coatings developed in Finland could help fibre-based packaging achieve high barrier performance without relying on plastic layers.
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Haver & Boecker marks 20 years of Adams
16 Jun 2026Packing facilities in the building materials, food and chemical sectors have used Haver & Boecker and Adams technology for two decades, to improve product protection, cleanliness and energy efficiency.
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VIDEO: PKN Industry Update with Richard Fine
16 Jun 2026PKN EXCLUSIVE: As productivity returns to the national policy agenda, BioPak co-founder Richard Fine argues that Australia's waste and recovery systems should be part of the conversation.
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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.
Casella Family Brands (CFB) has appointed Oatley Fine Wine Merchants as distribution partner for its premium wine portfolio in Australia, including Peter Lehmann Wines, Morris of Rutherglen and Brand’s Laira – effective from 1 July.
As part of an electrical panel modernisation, Real Pet Food Company recently turned to global industrial automation and digital transformation company, Rockwell Automation. The Single Pair EtherNet/IP In-cabinet Solution was utilised to significantly reduce downtime and derisk the rewiring process.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) vice president sales At Home, Tobias Hoogewerff, recently attended Food + Grocery Australia 2026, and reflects on the opportunity to see the wider sector come together – a reminder of the vibrancy and resilience of the industry, and the shared ambition to keep evolving.
