PKN’s latest print issue is hitting desks and landing in inboxes, bringing readers up to speed with the people, technologies and innovations shaping packaging, printing and processing across Australia and beyond.
Hot off the press, the PKN Packaging News Quarterly June 2026 issue is on its way to you in the mail and available online for your convenience.
FEATURES
This edition’s Cover Story explores how Avery Dennison is positioning digital identification and intelligent materials as tools to help the ANZ food sector reduce waste, improve supply chain visibility and unlock commercial value from smarter packaging systems (page 12).
In Labels & Labelling, Label Power reflects on the rapid evolution of the local print industry as it approaches 30 years of manufacturing labels in Australia (page 14). Meanwhile, Epson reveals how converters are investing in digital technologies that combine production efficiency with premium embellishment and short-run flexibility (page 16).
In Pack Printing, investment at Ultra Labels & Flexpack’s Brisbane site is reshaping the company’s flexible packaging offer as it scales for growth (page 18). Filton Packaging is pairing operational discipline with new flexographic capability, as recent investment opens the door to higher-spec work and broader market reach (page 22). J&P Flexographics is positioning itself for long-term growth while maintaining the agility and customer focus that have defined the family-owned business for nearly four decades (page 24).
In Innovation & Design, Brendon Holmes, managing director of Caps & Closures, explains why one of the most immediate tests of pack performance happens at the point of opening (page 26). Abbe is reshaping its packaging offering with a stronger focus on integrated solutions designed to improve efficiency, flexibility and supply chain performance (page 28). Superpop’s bold brand and pack redesign by Edison Agency goes beyond shelf impact, introducing GS1 2D barcodes with SmartFacts to unlock digital engagement and product transparency (page 30).
In Women in Packaging, we take a closer look at the finalists in the 2026 PKN Women in Packaging Awards, celebrating the talented women helping shape the future of Australia’s packaging industry (page 32).
Our interpack 2026 report revisits the highlights from Düsseldorf, where the mega trade show brought together global leaders in packaging and processing technology, with a strong Australasian contingent among attendees (page 46). In the machinery halls, key themes included flexibility, operational simplicity, hygiene, uptime, traceability and adaptability in response to changing packaging formats and regulatory requirements (page 48). In the materials halls, sustainability emerged as the defining force shaping materials development, packaging formats and printing technologies (page 56).
In Packaging & Processing Tech, Packserv helped Drunken Sailor scale production with a modular automation solution tailored to the business’s growth ambitions (page 60), while Kaeser Compressors Australia is turning attention to its range of low-pressure, high-volume blower technologies for the food and beverage sector (page 62).
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE…
In Industry Insight, we examine how a convergence of pressures facing Australia’s packaging sector is reframing the national packaging reform debate (page 10).
Tech Speak looks at the Australian Institute of Packaging’s refreshed strategic direction and what it means for the industry moving forward (page 64).
And in What’s On, we round up the key industry events to mark in your calendar (page 66).
Finally, in News: APR begins a new era in Dandenong South (page 6); Papyrus Australia advances its banana fibre technology in a story on turning plantation waste into packaging pulp (page 6); Woolworths expands its soft plastics return network (page 7); CCEP launches a Pacific PET circularity program (page 8); Amcor takes out Best Packaging at the HIVE Awards (page 8); and a proposed Greens packaging bill adds pressure for national packaging reform (page 9).
Enjoy the read.
