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A Thurne slicer that has been designed for cheese and cooked meat is being put to work on Linco’s stand at B185.

The PolySlicer 1000 comes with a choice of orbital or involute blades, and can operate as a standalone unit or as part of an integrated fixed or catch weight system. It can also produce a range of pack formats including shingled, stacked, staggered, shaved, portioned, folded or interleaved presentations, and.variety packs.

PKN Packaging News editor Lindy Hughson spoke to Linco managing director Geoff Bourke and Chris Howard from Thurne in the UK about this slicing technology. Watch this video to see the PolySlicer in action.

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.