The Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre will partner with the Australian Institute of Packaging for one of its first projects.

It was a night of celebration for the Australasian packaging industry when 200 representatives gathered in Sydney earlier this week to see who had achieved the top accolades in 2019 Packaging Innovation and Design awards. We caught some highlights on camera.

Sealed Air Corporation is set to splash US$510m on acquiring Automated Packaging Systems (APS), a leading manufacturer of automated bagging systems, on a cash and debt free basis.

The ability to attract bright young people and develop their critical thinking emerged as the key themes at the PKN + Food & Drink Business Women in Packaging breakfast panel, held at the AIP Technical Forum.

Bega Cheese has won a federal court case against US food giant Kraft Heinz, giving it the right to continue to use the distinctive “trade dress” associated with its peanut butter.

One of the highlights of the PIDA awards evening is the announcement of the industry professional of the year award, which this year went to Joe Foster of OF Packaging. He spoke to PKN on video shortly after the announcement.

A new award for Accessible Packaging design was introduced to the 2019 Packaging Innovation & Design Awards Programme. SPC, Flavour Creations and Sealed Air were recognised for their breakthrough designs.

At a gala event in Sydney last night, Australasia's peak packaging awards programme announced its winners' list, representing the cream of the crop in packaging design innovation and industry contribution for 2019. We caught some of the winners on video.

Creativity, collaboration and a rapidly changing workplace were some of the key points addressed by BrandOpus Australia managing director Nikki Moeschinger, the keynote speaker at the 2019 Women in Packaging Breakfast Forum.

Channel 9's 60 Minutes on Sunday night has sparked a furore in the packaging and waste management industry. PKN spoke to key stakeholders in a bid to bring balance to the conversation.

Visy has officially opened its new $100 million corrugated packaging facility in Truganina, Victoria.

From 2020, Coca-Cola will use 16,000 tonnes less of virgin plastic in Australia as it doubles its use of recycled plastic bottles in the Australian market.

TV show 60 Minutes is set to send shockwaves through the country, with what it says is a major exposé of Australia's plastic recycling crisis, and showing what it claims are recycling scams.

Sustainable eCommerce packaging company Better Packaging Co is one of five recipients in New Zealand of the annual grant from SheEO, a global support network for women entrepreneurs.

Australasia's peak packaging awards programme – the Packaging Innovation and Design Awards – has released its highly anticipated list of company and individual finalists across eleven categories, representing the cream of the crop in packaging design innovation and industry contribution for 2019.

Kimberly-Clark will close its Ingleburn plant in south-western Sydney and send manufacturing of Huggies nappies offshore in a move that will cost up to 220 jobs and impact the packaging supply chain.