Australia’s top 100 wineries will have the opportunity to use digital wine labels to connect to consumers directly, as wine tech companies Cellr and Junovate team up for the packaging solution.

An exclusive agreement with Canada's Accu-Label will see Opal bring high speed paper-based labelling technology to the fresh produce sector in Australia and New Zealand.

Matthews Australasia has launched a new Solaris laser in the Australian market for high-speed packaging and beverage lines, which it says is the fastest laser in the marketplace.

Iceland, a UK frozen food retailer, has adopted Ravenwood’s linerless technology for trialling plastic-free packaging across its range of Conference pears.

Jet Technologies has teamed up with global provider of software and hardware printing and packaging solutions Esko to deliver Esko's product range to businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

After months of working with industry and carrying out pilot projects, 2DBarcodes by GS1 are now live at Woolworths, bringing many advantages to customers, suppliers, and retailers.

The government is evaluating Australia’s country of origin food labelling. Industry stakeholders and consumers have been called to participate in a survey as part of the assessment.

With 2DBarcode technology, food safety is entering a new era in retail. There is a need to change the way food is managed in the supply chain to ensure safety, and a trial at Woolworths proved successful.

Foodmach has launched the Code One package, a solution designed to increase certainty of cash flow and equipment reliability for coding and labelling activities on packaging lines.

Heidelberg Druckmaschinen’s most recent Print Media Industry Climate Report indicates the packaging and label printing sector has been “very” stable in the present Covid-19 pandemic period.

UPM Raflatac has expanded its range of adhesives for low-temperature food labelling with the launch of its RP48 acrylic adhesive for the South East Asia market.

Foxcil, a Sydney label manufacturer, has taken up the call by the Australian government to manufacture PPE, specifically face shields, and which are available to the trade.

Label design software developer NiceLabel is offering free subscriptions of its cloud-based labelling solution and technical consulting services to organisations that have joined the fight against Covid-19.

Coding and marking system manufacturer Squid Ink has introduced a new laser marking system for high-speed food and beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and other primary coding applications.

Matthews Australasia has more than doubled its initial target to support wildlife impacted by the recent bushfires in Australia, from $10,000 to $25,000. The funds are going to WIRES, which rescues and cares for wildlife in NSW

Linx Printing Technologies, represented in Australia by APPMA member Matthews Australasia, has released a new ink designed to resist moisture, colour change, and transference.