Pact Group has extended its existing seven-year-old contract to own, operate, wash and store a crate pool for Woolworths Group by another 10 years.

Orora Beverage has launched a first-to-market high-speed digital printing solution, Helio by Orora, positioned as a gamechanger for customisation of can design and decoration, and enabling fast speed to market for new products and promotions.

The government’s plan to develop a national framework for recycled content traceability, and provide $60m in funding for hard-to-recycle plastics, has been welcomed by the AFGC.

The recent commissioning of a new production facility at non-profit organisation Access Industries’ Seven Hills site has extended packaging capacity by 25 per cent

Unilever’s David Jones speaks to PKN about the group’s sustainability drive in Australia and progress on reducing plastic in packaging for its wide ranging personal care and home care and food product portfolio.

Cutting edge sorting and processing technology forms the backbone of Martogg’s new Circular AU food-grade plastic recycling facility, on track to be up and running in Melbourne before year end.

Pernod Ricard Winemakers’ new high-speed combination can and small format bottle line, the fastest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, is catering to growing demand in the RTD sector.

Stock prices in the five big packaging companies in public ownership have had a bleak 12 months, with only one of the five showing any upswing.

The ACCC has granted conditional authorisation to allow the major supermarkets to continue their collaboration to manage the soft plastics stockpile and resume in-store collections.

Brisbane-based Kuhn Corp is celebrating 30 years in business and opening a new production facility based in Malaysia, to manufacture recycled PET egg cartons for Australia and other markets.

New Zealand has implemented a ban on thin plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets, along with non-compostable produce labels, and single-use plastic straws and cutlery.

Australian family-owned packaging machinery manufacturer founded in 1986, Recopak Machinery, has today opened its new facility in Cobram, Victoria. PKN was among the guests in attendance.

Leading plastic recycler and sustainable packaging manufacturer Pact Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Aldi Australia to supply recycled plastic packaging for some of the retail giant’s own brand products.

The Australasian packaging industry's peak training and education body for packaging professionals, the Australian Institute of Packaging, has elected John Bigley, MD of Zipform Packaging, as president.

The 2023 APCO Annual Awards programme is open, and for the first time any business in Australia can enter the Our Packaging Future and Sustainability Champion categories.

Opal Cartons Australia will be closing its Heidelberg, Melbourne facility come September 2024, consolidating its operations across its two existing sites in South Australia and New South Wales.