PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 6 September

In the news: Orora, Veritiv, Pro-Pac, Pact Group, Circular Plastics Australia, Cleanaway, Amcor, Merck, Planet Protector Packaging, Detpak, BioPak.

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Food & Drink Business

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has partnered with Thailand’s Food Innopolis and the Research University Network (RUN) to launch the new Thailand-Australia Venture Exchange Program. Applications are now open, and close 31 July.

Sydney deep tech venture ALBON is pitching a low-energy, algae-based system to dairy, meat, rendering and other food processing operations facing rising water costs and tightening discharge rules. It has just been named as one of the Cicada x Tech23 2026 cohort.

Foundation FSSC has incorporated Save Food Packaging design requirements into Version 7 of its FSSC 22000 Certification Scheme, extending food loss and waste measures to organisations that design primary packaging and packaging materials.