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QLM Group has acquired the assets of coffee packaging specialist Roastar, including the distribution rights to the PrimeVent degassing valve system, strengthening its coffee packaging capability. Read more
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has announced that CEO Chris Foley will step down at the end of November, following four years in the role during a pivotal period for packaging policy and regulatory reform.
Pact Group has urged a Senate Inquiry to support mandatory national packaging regulation in order to drive sufficient demand for recycled content and investment in Australia's circular economy.
Australian packaging automation supplier HMPS Propac has acquired Enmin, strengthening its packaging line capabilities by adding product handling, vibratory feeding and weighing systems to its portfolio.
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Smurfit Westrock creates Coca-Cola World Cup packs
8 Jul 2026Smurfit Westrock has partnered with Coca-Cola China to develop a range of paper-based packaging formats for the brand’s 2026 World Cup campaign, targeting both retail and e-commerce channels.
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First dry-formed fibre trays enter food service
9 Jul 2026Dry-formed fibre takeaway trays produced on Yangi's demo line are being used in food service for the first time through a collaboration with Swedish food truck and catering business Flavor Boss.
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AIP brings Packaging Cockpit to Australasia
9 Jul 2026The Australasian Institute of Packaging has partnered with Packaging Cockpit to bring packaging specification management software to Australia, New Zealand and parts of Southeast Asia.
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Australian reseal design wins Red Dot
8 Jul 2026A Sydney startup has won a prestigious global design award for a reusable closure that addresses one of flexible packaging's enduring challenges – maintaining freshness after a pack has been opened.
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Amcor partners with Kelpi on fibre packaging
30 Jun 2026Amcor is evaluating a bio-based seaweed coating technology from UK startup Kelpi as part of a collaboration to expand barrier coating options for fibre-based packaging.
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Geoff Thorp leads Turck ANZ growth
14 Jul 2026Turck Australia New Zealand is repositioning its business to focus on automation solutions and expanded customer support under managing director Geoff Thorp, who took on the role in July 2025.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 10 July
10 Jul 2026In the news: APCO, Cercle, QLM Group, Bound, Scanfill, ExxonMobil, Smurfit Westrock, Coca-Cola, AIP, Packaging Cockpit
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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.
Brisbane-based food technology company Just Meat Protein has closed an oversubscribed $1.8 million seed round, with Inghams Group taking a 10 per cent stake.
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has partnered with Thailand’s Food Innopolis and the Research University Network (RUN) to launch the new Thailand-Australia Venture Exchange Program. Applications are now open, and close 31 July.
Sydney deep tech venture ALBON is pitching a low-energy, algae-based system to dairy, meat, rendering and other food processing operations facing rising water costs and tightening discharge rules. It has just been named as one of the Cicada x Tech23 2026 cohort.
