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Orora has downgraded its FY26 earnings outlook for Saverglass, citing both direct operational disruption and broader market impacts stemming from the ongoing Middle East conflict. Read more
Thrace Group has acquired 100 per cent of BHA Holdings Pty Ltd, which operates through Bulk Handling Australia and Bulk Handling New Zealand, strengthening its presence in Oceania.
Automation & Robotics Technology has been acquired by a consortium of investors including Foodmach, Packaging Partners, Rob Niggl, and Frank Floriano, former CEO of Aldus.
From fibre-based formats to premium gift tins, a PKN store check reveals how Easter chocolate packaging is evolving across Australian supermarkets and speciality chocolatiers.
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Tetra Pak enables single-serve aseptic wine format
26 Mar 2026Tetra Pak has expanded its packaging capability in Oceania, with C4C Packaging bringing the region’s first single-serve aseptic wine format into production, with new tethered cap technology.
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batch No.5 1L squeezy bottles for foodservice
11 Mar 2026batch No.5 has introduced a 1L squeezy bottle range for sauces. The bottles are made from a combination of HDPE and LDPE and are designed for high-volume foodservice environments.
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Victoria’s container scheme tops 3bn returns
9 Apr 2026Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme, coordinated by VicReturn and operated by Visy, has returned more than three billion cans and bottles since it launched, returning over $300 million directly to Victorians.
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Percept brings modern Italian flair to Mizzica
8 Apr 2026Sydney-based studio Percept has designed the branding and packaging for Mizzica, a crema liqueur inspired by Sicilian traditions and developed for the Australian market.
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PulPac exceeds 500 patents as dry fibre scales up
9 Apr 2026Dry moulded fibre specialist PulPac's global IP portfolio has surpassed 500 national patent grants, as the technology evolves from emerging status to an established industrial manufacturing method.
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Tecma Aries and FlexCAM strengthen ties
18 Mar 2026FlexCAM recently hosted Franck Bertrand, sales director of Tecma Aries, in Australia for a comprehensive two-week review of customer projects, and emerging industry trends across the region.
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VIDEO: Industry Update with Nathan Wardell
31 Mar 2026Packserv MD Nathan Wardell outlines the mounting pressures facing manufacturers in an uncertain economic environment, and how the company is positioning itself to support customers through a prolonged period of disruption.
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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.
Welcome to the latest issue of Food & Drink Business, the first quarterly issue for 2026. It has been an interesting start to the year, one that felt noticeably buoyant at the outset but has settled back into a sense of grim determination. And if there is one thing food and beverage manufacturers have, it is determination. But there is an ingenuity and a tenacity that kicks in when the economic environment is less than ideal.
Almond processor Select Harvests has announced the resignation of CEO and managing director, David Surveyor, marking the end of a three-year tenure that saw the business return to profitability.
Australia has long been a major exporter of fresh produce, with its agricultural sector playing an important role in supplying global food markets. Lineage director business development, Christian Rossow, looks at why the infrastructure connecting producers to ports and global supply chains is just as vital as product quality.
