APPEX Video: Detpak's Mark Rohrlach

In this APPEX 2024 video interview, Mark Rohrlach, regional manager for Australasia at Detpak, speaks with Lindy Hughson about the paper-based innovation on display, including grape bags adopted by Coles and the award-winning kerbside recyclable paper bag for potatoes.

Check out the video below:

Food & Drink Business

More than 80 distillers from across New South Wales and the ACT will meet in Sydney on 25 November for the inaugural NSW & ACT Distillers Conference, where the industry will formally launch Spirits NSW.

The federal government has announced the inaugural members of the National Food Council, the first step in developing its national food security strategy, Feeding Australia. The council includes representatives from across the food system and will play an advisory role to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry minister.

Queensland foodservice wholesaler Prime Cut Meats has been acquired by Andrews Meat Industries (AMI), the family-managed business that forms part of JBS Australia. The move expands AMI’s protein supply capabilities in Queensland and northern New South Wales.