National packaging group Pro-Pac has expanded its presence in the food packaging industry with the purchase of Sydney's Eco Food Pack Australia.

South Australian pipi marketers and growers are hoping a new packaging research project will be able to extend the shelf life of their produce.

Jet Technologies has established an Indonesian subsidiary to pursure opportunities in that country's growing FMCG sector.

The AFGC has expressed strong reservations on the decision by Australian health ministers to approve a star rating system for food labelling.

Australian federal and state health ministers have approved a new star rating system for food nutritional labelling.

The Australian Packaging Covenant will step up its efforts to encourage signatories to exceed their sustainability targets in the coming year.

Pharmacist and inventor of the Webster-pak system of medication packaging, Gerard Stevens, has been named a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

The PKN annual Shelf Shout Awards for packaging design gave the judging panel a tough challenge to separate the winners from the runners-up.

Brisbane contract manufacturing and packaging company, National ProPack, has been acquired by TSI Pharmaceuticals, part of the global TSI Health Sciences group.

Australian label converters joined their peers from the South East Asian region at the recent Label Summit Indonesia in Bali.

Victoria-based Result Packaging has formed a partnership to distribute US-based Numina Group warehousing and picking technology in Australia and New Zealand.

The APPMA has welcomed stretch wrapping, palletising and conveying specialist JMP Engineering as its newest member company.

Visitors to PacPrint13 may have been down compared to previous shows, but packaging companies reported strong satisfaction with the event.

Penfolds' limited edition Ampoule wine packaging format has been described as the launch of the year at this week's London International Wine Fair.

Bundaberg Distilling Co has unveiled new labelling to its best-selling product line and new high-end product offerings to mark its 125th year of operation.

The AFGC has criticised a petition supporting a Container Deposit Scheme, prepared by the Boomerang Alliance, describing it as misleading