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Click here to read the September/October print edition of the APPMA Machinery Matters online.

In this edition, the continuing challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic are discussed. Here, APPMA chairman Mark Dingley discusses the obstacles and opportunities during the economic recovery period.

On page 3 you can find a report on the APPMA’s first-ever virtual annual general meeting and read about the recent board elections; two directors held their seats, while one new director was announced.

Also, on pages 4 and 5, there is a roundup of headlines from APPMA members from the past two months, including news from KHS, Foodmach, Jet Technologies, Profile Solutions, HMPS, SMC, and Herma.

And finally, on page 6 you'll find an article on the benefits of automation in minimising food product recalls, and on page 7, we look at a Krones installation at a Taiwanese microbrewery.

Machinery Matters is published bi-monthly in partnership with the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association, as a supplement to PKN Packaging News and Food & Drink Business.

Food & Drink Business

Labor is supporting First Peoples businesses in Victoria to reach new world markets, with a delegation of First Peoples business owners on their way to the World Indigenous Business Forum in Canada.

Foodbank’s 2026 Hunger Report has confirmed what its report last year started to show – not only is one in three households not reliably able to afford food in the past year, but middle-income working households are driving the shift and fresh produce, protein and dairy are the first items cut from the basket.

Archie Rose Distilling Co. has moved its core whisky range into lighter bottles and redesigned packaging as the Sydney distiller prepares to enter the US, two months after actor Chris Hemsworth joined the business as co-owner.