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The Magnum Ice Cream Company has partnered with Seabin in a move aimed at better understanding and reducing ice cream packaging waste in Sydney Harbour. Read more
Orora has delivered a robust first-half result for FY26, with double-digit EBITDA growth, strong cash generation and continued momentum in its Cans business underpinning performance across the group.
World Packaging Organisation has announced the winners of the WorldStar Student Awards 2026, with Australia emerging as one of the standout nations in this year’s global competition.
Australian packaging company Detmold Group is making measurable progress against its 2025-2050 sustainability roadmap. PKN takes a look at how this translates into practical outcomes for customers.
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Bae Juice scales supply chain for national rollout
18 Feb 2026A record summer sales surge has propelled Melbourne functional beverage brand Bae Juice deeper into mainstream retail, with a presence in over 7000 stores. Behind the velocity, however, sits a tightly engineered packaging and logistics operation.
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Soueast Visycell trial: A fresh catch for cold chain
11 Feb 2026Visy’s fibre-based thermal packaging solution, Visycell, has been successfully trialled by NSW seafood supplier Soueast as an alternative to expanded polystyrene boxes for cold-chain transport.
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New chair elected to lead global plastics treaty talks
9 Feb 2026The INC has elected Ambassador Julio Cordano of Chile as its new chair, as the process to develop a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution enters its next phase.
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Packaging design that plays with fire
10 Feb 2026Snackbrands' Kettle Firemasters range brings the drama of open flame cooking to the snack aisle through packaging design by Edison Agency featuring bold, sensory storytelling.
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Ball & Doggett makes cartonboard selection practical
3 Feb 2026Ball & Doggett's new cartonboard swatch kits aim to help Australian printers, designers and brand owners assess board performance through real-world packaging applications.
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EtherCAT is fast, but that’s not the point
18 Feb 2026EtherCAT is often lauded for its speed but, as Beckhoff Automation’s Supriya Suhale explains, its true value lies in its robustness and ability to keep modern manufacturing moving, even when things go wrong.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 13 February
13 Feb 2026In the news: Orora Group, Visy, Detmold Group, Studio Guild, Disegno, WorldStar Student 2026
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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.
Australian Food Pact signatories generated $12 million in additional revenue in 2025 by converting unsold food into higher-value outcomes, including new product development and commercial redistribution, according to End Food Waste Australia.
In response to the sector challenges laid out in 2024’s One Grape & Wine Sector Plan, Wine Australia has created the Australian Wine Future Fund, designed to increase funding pathways for fast-tracking innovations addressing the industry’s most critical challenges.
Three years after Australia walked away from free trade negotiations with the European Union, Canberra and Brussels appear to be edging back toward an endgame on an Australia–EU Free Trade Agreement (A-EU FTA).
