Pact Group’s focus on plastic recycling, reuse and sustainable packaging has seen the Group recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative companies for 10 consecutive years.

Arnott’s is on track to meet the Australian Packaging Covenant’s 2025 National Packaging Targets by 2023, two years ahead of schedule, with a raft of initiatives driving its sustainable packaging progress.

Tickets are now available for the Print21+PKN LIVE event, Amplify & Engage, which will see brand owners and printers come together on 9 Nov to see how digitally printed packaging can drive growth.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation and Accolade Wines have partnered to develop the first Australasian Recycling Label for the country’s wine industry.

The new Orora glass beneficiation plant in SA has begun operations, with the $25m facility set to recycle 150,000 tonnes of post-consumer glass each year, which will go into the company’s glass bottle manufacturing plant next door.

The AIP will be exhibiting and running a session at Waste Expo 2022, held on 26-27 October, with industry partners the AFGC and the NRA.

Cadbury’s iconic Dairy Milk, Caramilk and Old Gold family blocks range will now be wrapped in 30 per cent recycled soft plastic packaging.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has published its action plan for phasing out PFAS in fibre-based food contact packaging.

Sydney Rowing Club in Abbotsford provided the perfect venue for the Women in Print’s 'Print and Prosecco' NSW event, where attendees heard from guest speaker Kirstene Ciappara. PKN was there.

Avon Graphics has acquired Lorimier in a move that will bring more than 200 years of history, and two of the country’s most well-respected names in trade finishing and embellishment, under one brand.

The annual Print21+PKN Packaging News LIVE Event is back on 9 November in Melbourne, this year focusing on what digitally printed packaging can do for brands – and printers.

Prof Pierre Pienaar, education director for the AIP and president for the WPO, has been recognised by the PMMI in the US with a Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame award.

Avery Dennison marked the official opening of its new purpose-built distribution centre in Moorabbin last week, which showcases sustainable building design and the company’s graphic arts expertise.

Amcor will boost its investment in ePac Flexible Packaging by $45 million, signalling the global packaging giant’s confidence in the digitally-based flexible packaging market, and ePac’s ability to scale.

PKN’s latest issue, which sports a fresh new design layout, features the latest stories on brand and pack design, food packaging, fibre-based packaging, printing and converting, and labels and labelling.

Packaging professional extraordinaire, Emeritus Professor Harry Lovell, passed away this week. The Australian packaging community mourns the loss of an outstanding individual.