PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 28 March

In the news: Zipform Packaging, Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia, Visy, Stone & Wood, Lion, Novelis, Rio Tinto, Hive Awards, Allied Beverages, Chobani, Close the Loop, Grove Juice, MeAgain, Avery Dennison, Women in Packaging.

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Food & Drink Business

Food and beverage manufacturers are facing a warehouse space crisis, and most of them did not see it coming. Production expanded, storage followed and over time, an organised operation became a fragmented footprint of disconnected warehouses, rising third-party costs, and a site nobody would have designed on purpose. Swisslog ANZ director of sales, Steve Dimitrovski, examines why the space problem is structural and how automation is helping manufacturers solve it without building a new site.

NSW Food and Beverage manufacturers are invited to join an upcoming information session at the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) to learn about funding and support available to help businesses innovate, grow and improve competitiveness.

Fine Food Australia has wrapped its 2026 edition reaffirming its position as the largest food and hospitality trade event in the Southern Hemisphere.