PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 22 September

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Food & Drink Business

CCEP has completed a $39.7m manufacturing upgrade at its Kewdale facility in WA, installing a high-speed can production line that increases capacity by more than 40% and lifts production speeds to 1500 cans per minute.

Nearly 6 in 10 Aussies in food and beverage manufacturing believe their organisation is becoming less productive, despite continued investment in workplace technology, according to Argon & Co.

The Federal Government has introduced legislation requiring LNG exporters to supply the equivalent of 20 per cent of exports to the domestic market, a scheme food and grocery manufacturers have lobbied for.