TNA Solutions has added a third manufacturing site in Australia, the second in Sydney, to meet the burgeoning demand for technology solutions from the global confectionery and nutraceutical sectors.

Pilz celebrated its 25th anniversary in ANZ, and 75 years since it was founded, with a lively evening event in Melbourne for staff, customers, partners, and friends, and with Thomas Pilz over from Germany.

Raphael Geminder has told Pact shareholders that the company's statement on the independent Knoll report, which indicated his offer was too low, has serious shortcomings.

A challenging trading environment was cited by Pro-Pac as the reason its three month revenue to September slipped by $2.1m compared to the previous quarter, down to $77.8m.

IVE has made its move into fibre-based packaging, acquiring Melbourne-based packaging group JacPak in a $35m deal, as the first stage in a strategy to build a $150m-a-year folding carton business.

Spiral Foods, one of Australia’s leading suppliers and distributors of quality traditional foods, has turned to Great Wrap for its compostable pallet wrap to be introduced into its supply chain.

Close the Loop says it will once again have a solution instead of landfill for post-consumer soft plastics, as its new TonerPlas 2.0 processing line will be commissioned in December, at a new facility in Reservoir.

In what the company is calling an Australian-first, KitKat has increased its use of recycled plastic in the wrappers of select products to 90 per cent.

The board of Pact Group has told shareholders that Raphael Geminder’s takeover offer through Kin Group is too low, and advised them to reject the proposed deal.

The 2023 SPE ANZ Plastics and Circular Economy Conference concludes today, and has had a series of presentations from global experts, highlighting the leading position Australia is in.

Visy has opened its new $175 million corrugated box factory in Hemmant, Queensland, which it says is Australia’s most advanced, and has the capacity to produce one million boxes a day.

The APPMA membership has spoken: In what has proven to be the most competitive voting round to date for the highly prized seats on the board of Australia’s peak body for the packaging and processing machinery sector, Mark Emmett, Rym Kachouri and Mark Hollingsworth have retained their seats.

In an industry-first for the Australian pet food sector, pet food manufacturer Prime100 is rolling out its new premium dog food product line in Tetra Pak’s Tetra Recart packaging system, which has involved a multimillion-dollar upgrade to its Melbourne production facility that will pave the way for global expansion.

APCO shines the spotlight on finalists in its awards program that will recognise companies and individuals for their exceptional leadership and dedication to packaging sustainability.

Clarence Valley Metal Recyclers has been ordered to pay more than $149,000 for exploiting the Return and Earn recycling scheme by double counting almost three million containers.

On 25 September, the AFGC hosted the National Soft Plastics Summit in Canberra. Andrea Polson from Licella, who spoke on advanced chemical recycling on the expert panel, shared her observations with PKN.