Designers from O-I in Australia have turned to New York City to find inspiration for a bottle shape exclusive to the Australian market.

Paper packaging converters and end users have long considered sustainability in their decisions regarding primary packaging materials. The environmental and sustainability specialist for UPM Raflatac Oceania, Carol Lawrence, argues that such scrutiny should extend to label stock.

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it's hard to deny that the winner of the 2011 Diamond Pentaward for prestige packaging won on its 'cut glass' aesthetic appeal.

Cardia Bioplastics has teamed up with Germany's Polyden Folien to cooperate on the development of sustainable film products for the European packaging industry.

Philip Lawrence, managing director, Eco Logical Strategies, who consults on the forestry industry and to clients as diverse as the United Nations and Asia Pulp & Paper, examines how local companies can reap the benefits of Chinese market growth.

Glass maker O-I and RMIT University last year launched a collaboration project to introduce budding industrial designers to the challenges of designing a commercially viable glass cider bottle. Roland Tellzen helped survey the results.