• Industry update with Aleks Lajovic, Impact International
    Industry update with Aleks Lajovic, Impact International
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Australia’s manufacturing sector is facing a new wave of disruption, with supply chain instability, rising costs and shrinking local capability creating what Impact International managing director Aleks Lajovic describes as a “COVID 2.0” moment.

Speaking with PKN in a one-on-one video interview, Lajovic said the pressures currently impacting the plastics and packaging sector mirror the uncertainty experienced during the pandemic, but with a more fragile industrial base.

The conversation follows Lajovic's comments in an article on the resin crisis published in PKN last week, and his forthright opinion piece this week.

Food & Drink Business

The Australian Distillers Association (ADA) and Spirits Victoria Association (SVA) have appointed Marianne Duluk as the new Victorian spirits industry development officer and SVA executive officer, commencing 4 May.

Treasury Wine Estates is restructuring into four regional divisions and reshuffling its executive team as Penfolds depletions surge in China and the US business returns to growth.

Specialist contract processing winery, Winemasters SA, has gone into administration after the site failed to sell. Hall Chadwick partners, Brent Kijurina and David Trim, have been appointed administrators.