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Australia's environment ministers have declared packaging reform urgent and named soft plastics as an initial priority, but offered no firm timetable or regulatory commitments. SPSA has welcomed the soft plastics focus, while Boomerang Alliance and WMRR have raised concerns about the lack of concrete action. Read more
Amcor has acquired preform manufacturer Encon for US$55 million (AU$77 million), in a move that will boost its rigid plastics arm.
Label and flexible packaging printer RAKO has invested in two HP Indigo 20000 digital presses and nine HP Indigo WS6800 digital presses.
Councils around Australia are catching on to the benefits of supplying households with composting bags from Cardia Bioplastics.
Amcor's 2015 Sustainability Review highlighted several new initiatives and targets for the packaging supplier.
ColaLife and Amcor Flexibles have developed a pouch which delivers diarrhoea medicine to children in remote Zambia.
A surge in interest in GMO-free or non-GMO products is driving consumer demand for cleaner labelling and greater pack transparency.
A beauty care product using sustainable aluminium aerosol packaging has been recognised in this year's awards.
PopPack has won the Packaging Innovation Award for Creative Technology at Japan Pack 2015, and has signed a deal for commercialisation in Europe.
A new way for brands to engage with consumers has been released by Printpack, involving 'invisible' graphics that get exposed in sunlight.
Self-made school canteen certification logos on food and beverage packaging are misleading parents, according to Choice.
Australia is the launch market for the global roll-out of Belgian beer brand Stella Artois' new look packaging. PKN finds out more from local licensee Lion.
Flexible packaging specialist RollsPack has developed a garden-in-a-bag pouch product.
Orora has partnered with Australia's largest refrigerated logistics provider AHG, strengthening its offering to its fruit and produce corrugated customer base.
Ego Pharmaceuticals has turned the sod on the site for its new global HQ in Dandenong South, Victoria, a $135m investment that will create 200 jobs by 2017.
Members of the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) were given the opportunity to visit the Tooheys Brewery site in Lidcombe, Sydney.
Macadamia supplier MacFarms has released packaging which contains the nuts in their shell, and an easy-open key.
