SSS Strawberries has opened a new factory for its Gina’s Table brand, with advanced freeze-drying technology from GEA and packaging equipment from Emrich. Pouches are supplied by ePac.

Tetra Pak has unveiled its new approach towards food systems transformation, which includes scaling access to safe nutrition through sustainable food packaging, and reducing food loss and waste.

Asahi Group Holdings has appointed Amanda Sellers as the new Group CEO of its Oceania business, Asahi Beverages.

The latest print issue of Machinery Matters, APPMA’s regular supplement published in partnership with PKN Packaging News and Food & Drink Business, has now hit desks and is also available online.

In a major boost for the potential uptake of Packamama’s eco-flat rPET wine bottles in Australia, the company has opened a bottling facility in Cudal, NSW, in collaboration with Tamburlaine Organic Wines.

Orora has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of Saverglass. The move will see Orora become one of the world's largest glass bottle manufacturers, with strength in the premium sector.

Pact Group and global infrastructure investment management company Morrison & Co have concluded a deal to form a new JV entity, branded as Viscount Reuse.

Befitting what has been a huge year for packaging innovation, sustainability and investment, this final issue for 2023 is jam-packed with news and in-depth features, including the latest developments in Circular Economy, Packaging Innovation, Food & Beverage Packaging, and Design, plus our reports on Pack Expo and Labelexpo.

This month, rigid plastics specialist Wellman Packaging, supplier to many multinational brands, is celebrating five decades of innovation, advanced manufacturing, and sustainability.

Yoghurt manufacturer MOO Premium Foods will be changing its packaging following an ACCC investigation into misleading ‘100 per cent ocean plastic’ representations on its packaging and social media.

In a strategic move aimed at strengthening the ANZ region's packaging sector, APCO and AIP have signed an MOU, signifying a collaborative effort to align sustainable packaging practices throughout industry.

The Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce has awarded Tetra Pak and saveBOARD the 2023 Excellence in Partnership and Collaboration Award, for their beverage carton recycling initiative.

The two agencies driving Australia’s food waste reduction efforts – Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre and Stop Food Waste Australia – have joined forces to become End Food Waste Australia.

APCO has published its ARL Consumer Insights Report 2023, which is its annual benchmarking survey exploring consumer recycling attitudes, beliefs and behaviours in Australia and New Zealand.

Circularity 2023, a conference powered by Planet Ark's ACE Hub, took place in Melbourne this week, with industry, government, and academia sharing knowledge and ideas to drive actionable change towards a more circular future.

Spicers, Chemist Warehouse and Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards took home top honours at the international Real Media Awards, recognised for their leading packaging, brand activation and labels work.