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Robert Marguccio will step down as APPMA chair and board director at the association's AGM in October, citing increasing professional commitments after 20 years of service. Read more
Australian owned global packaging supplier Detpak has opened a multi-million dollar manufacturing facility in South Carolina, to produce paper-based packaging for quick service restaurant customers in the United States.
Orora has unveiled a new lightweight Riesling bottle that reduces glass weight by 21 per cent while maintaining the familiar profile and performance expected by Australian wine producers.
QLM Group has acquired the assets of coffee packaging specialist Roastar, including the distribution rights to the PrimeVent degassing valve system, strengthening its coffee packaging capability.
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Suntory Oceania reaches RTD milestone
21 Jul 2026Beverage giant Suntory Oceania has marked its first year of operations in Australia, in which it produced more than 252 million cans and bottles of ready to drink beverages.
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What to expect at foodpro 2026
15 Jul 2026Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry is converging on Melbourne this July for foodpro 2026, a leading trade event for processing, packaging and innovation.
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Amcor study links recyclable packaging to nut sales
22 Jul 2026Six in 10 consumers say recyclable packaging would make them more likely to buy nut products, according to an Amcor study of 2041 shoppers across Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.
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Coca-Cola rolls out global brand refresh
23 Jul 2026Coca-Cola has unveiled a new global visual identity system that will be introduced across more than 200 markets, with updated packaging and brand assets designed with consistency in mind.
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Avery Dennison RFID tags gain RecyClass approval
23 Jul 2026Avery Dennison's AD CleanFlake RFID tags have received RecyClass Technology Approval in Europe for compatibility with mechanical PET bottle recycling.
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Foodpro debut for CEIA washdown metal detector
22 Jul 2026Heat and Control will introduce the CEIA THS/210-MBH9 metal detector to the Australian market at Foodpro 2026, marking the system's local trade show debut.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 17 July
17 Jul 2026In the news: Orora, Detpak, Simply No Knead, Trimatt Systems, Wedderburn, Ravenwood, PIDA, Foodpro
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PKN Podcast Ep 124: 2025 Year in Review
1 Dec 2025In this special Year in Review episode, PKN publisher Lindy Hughson and co-host Grant McHerron look back at the big packaging stories of 2025.
In the final chapter of court action regarding the 2020 collapse of Freedom Foods Group, the Federal Court has found former managing director and CEO, Rory Macleod, breached his duties as a director and officer, and failed to take all reasonable steps to secure the company’s compliance with its financial reporting obligations.
Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry is converging on Melbourne this week for foodpro 2026, the country’s leading trade event for processing, packaging and innovation. Held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 26-29 July, foodpro 2026 will be opened at 10am on Sunday 26 July by Victorian Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing and Minister for Skills and TAFE, Colin Brooks.
De Bortoli Wines is restructuring its vineyard portfolio across four regions, removing underperforming blocks in the oversupplied Riverina while buying new land in the Yarra Valley and converting most of its King Valley plantings to Prosecco, Pinot Grigio and Sangiovese.
