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PKN brings you exclusive insights into Bannister Downs' award-winning dairy design that stars Ecolean packaging and equipment, CCA's new closure line, and Lion's investment in agility with a solution from Foodmach... and much more.

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Also in this issue:

  • Comment: From hate crime to waste crime
  • LIVE 2018: Highlights from the recent New Frontiers in Packaging Print Forum
  • Pharma Packaging: New regulations require new packaging strategies
  • The fight against food waste heats up
  • On-the-go product and packaging innovation
  • Wine packaging design takes new direction

PLUS! A new section called Machinery Matters, brought to you in partnership with the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA).

Food & Drink Business

The Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of SA has announced the winners of its 2025 Royal Australian Spirit Awards (RASA), with the Central Coast’s Amber Lane Distillery receiving three of the seven major trophies.

Rum with roots

In the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, a former journalist has stepped into the world of distilling, handcrafting a range of spirits using local sugarcane molasses. Keira Joyce spoke with Soltera Rum founder, Keri  Algar, about starting up her own business with a tropical rum bar dream.

Winners of the 2025 Royal Adelaide Wine Show have been announced, with Western Australian companies, Howard Park Wines and Evans & Tate, taking out the top awards – for Most Outstanding Red and White Wines in Show.