The owner of award-winning Australian drinks brand Mother of Pearl Vodka is purchasing Australia’s first Frugalpac paper bottle machine, with the aim to provide an end-to-end bottling solution for wine and spirit brands in Australia and Southeast Asia.

IVE Group used its HYresults presentation to reveal how it will build a $150m-a-year folding carton business, with major investments planned to drive growth at its JacPak acquisition, and at its Silverwater site.

Close the Loop says strong first half revenue and EBITDA growth means it is on track to beat its full year guidance, with the newly acquired ISP Tek business performing ahead of expectations.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has exceeded its target for recycled plastics in its bottles, and looks set to improve on that figure, thanks in part to its joint venture recycling plants in Australia.

Record production, volume growth and improved product mix in cans enabled Orora to boost its Australasia EBIT by 2.2% in the first half of the financial year, while US operations saw a 0.9% rise in EBIT.

Industry figure Robert Becher, managing director of food processing solutions supplier INOX, and director on the APPMA Board, passed away tragically on Saturday 17 February.

Visy’s major $50m upgrade to its glass recycling factory in Laverton, Melb, was officially opened today, by Victorian Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos, and Visy chairman Anthony Pratt.

Half year revenues at Pact Group, currently the subject of a takeover bid by majority owner Raphael Geminder’s Kin Group, fell by 4.7 per cent in the six months to 31 December.

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Raphael Geminder’s protracted bid to buy the whole of Pact will run until March, with the offer to acquire all shares now extended, and further warnings issued to the remaining shareholders.

Food & Drink Business has launched its inaugural industry excellence awards and is calling on all food and beverage processing and packaging innovators to submit entries. 

The Spicers Group, a leading supplier of paper, packaging, and visual communication products, has entered into an agreement with Winson Group to acquire Signet Packaging.

Net profit at the world’s biggest packaging business, Amcor, fell by almost 60 per cent in the first half of the financial year, leading to the company axeing 2000 jobs, about five per cent of its workforce, as it seeks to reduce costs.

In a move to reduce its reliance on virgin plastic for flexible wrappers for its Cadbury chocolate range, Mondelez has inked a deal with Amcor to source 1000 tonnes of post-consumer recycled plastic.

WPO president Luciana Pellegrino, has revealed her new executive team of VPs, who will hold office for the 2024-2026 period covering four key portfolios: Marketing, Education, Sustainability & Save Food, and Governance.

Australians will now have access to recycling instructions on qualifying paper cups, thanks to a recent partnership between the APCO's ARL program with paper cup recycling program Simply Cups.