Plastics and metal packaging manufacturer NCI has taken a step forward in expanding its industrial and food services product range with the acquisition of the HP Steel business from receivership.

Professor Harry Lovell OAM FAIP presents a brief history of the birth of palletising and containerisation.

Amcor Cartons has won seven gold and two highly commended awards at NZ’s Pride in Print Awards for 2012, announced in Auckland in June.

Pierre Pienaar FAIP outlines how packaging plays a role in ensuring product safety in the pharmaceutical sector.

The new president of O-I Asia-Pacific, Sergio Galindo, has hit the ground running since arriving in Australia to take up his new role, having spent his first weeks in the job visiting the company’s many sites across the region.

GS1 is to launch a new service using smartphones and hand-held devices for consumers to easily access product and health data.

Extended product data for Woolworths and Metcash private label goods and brands from Nestlé Australia will be available to consumers on mobile devices.

The growing preference by the major retailers for shelf-ready packaging (SRP) has provided a particular challenge for pharmaceutical companies who need to balance the requirements for functionality, branding and integrity.

Colorpak, a leading supplier of high end printed packaging to the pharmaceutical market, has recently invested in new vision inspection equipment for its flexibles division based in Regents Park.

The flexibles division of Amcor and Swiss machine manufacturer Rychiger have teamed up to deliver a high stability container for healthcare products.

Perhaps more than any other market segments, packaging of personal care products owes much to fashion trends and the aspirations and self images of its consumers. PKN looks at how three branding and design agencies approached the task of giving beauty and personal care products a makeover of their own.

Queensland’s Gold Coast brought out the sunshine for delegates who gathered in June for this year’s AIP National Conference. Roland Tellzen and Lindy Hughson also followed the sun to the event – and were rewarded with a glimpse of the road ahead for the packaging industry, as well as the experts’ opinions on the issues facing the industry today.

Tetra Pak’s acquisition of New Zealand bulk powder packaging specialist Sealing Technology has boosted the company's capabilities in the bulk dairy products sector.

Even as the printing industry in general, celebrated this year’s Drupa show in Germany, signs are the local industry is gearing up to withstand challenging times ahead.