Orora's Australasia business remains the engine room driving earnings growth for the group, which today announced its FY17 results.

Woolworths and Coles' plans to phase out single-use plastic bags over the next year have been welcomed by a bioplastics developer.

The AIP is now accepting applications for the 2018 Master of Food & Packaging Course after a successful run in 2017.

Smartphone use, a desire for experiences, and environmental concerns have been revealed as three key consumer trends.

McDonalds Canada has turned its cardboard drink trays into portable speakers for smartphones as part of a limited release at a beach.

Paper and board manufacturer Detpak has ramped up its range of PE-lined cups with imagery inspired by coffee-producing nations.

Coca-Cola in the UK has created an ad made entirely out of its 100 per cent recyclable packaging.

A major research centre focused on developing digital technologies in manufacturing has opened.

Equipment pooling provider Loscam has moved into a new 4,075sqm warehouse facility in Brisbane.

Gore's new film found that the tech solutions needed to avert a climate change catastrophe are available and affordable now.

Brambles' keg company Kegstar has acquired Keg Lease from the Meddings Family.

Australia's largest privately owned folding cartons supplier Hanna Group (Hannapak) has been acquired by paper and packaging solutions company WestRock for $75 million.

Australian owned packaging company Detmold Group has reached an agreement with US-based Novolex to buy Heshan Innopak Co. Ltd.

This week Chobani Australia brings innovation to the dairy aisle with its Flip range that's already made it big in the US. PKN looks at the unconventional IML process used in the Australian pack's design.

Disruptive food business models, game-changing technology, an interactive social media demo and much more are planned for this year's LIVE industry forum.

It is the end of the road for the Packaging Council of Australia as we know it, as it prepares to dissolve and become part of the Printing Industry Association of Australia.