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A packaging symposium held in Melbourne last week, brought together some of the industry leading minds to share up-to-the-minute ideas on the most pressing issues for the industry. Lindy Hughson moderated the event and filed this report. Read more
PKN EXCLUSIVE: In a groundbreaking development, Australian-based Zipform Packaging has launched a paper bottle made from over 95 per cent wood-based fibre, containing no plastic liner, and incorporating more than 50 per cent post-consumer recycled content.
PKN’s latest issue for 2025 is hitting desks and includes the latest in Food & Beverage Packaging, Labels & Labelling, Sustainability and Design, as well as our on-the-floor report of Paris Packaging Week.
Visy has set a new benchmark for sustainable beverage packaging in Australia, launching a locally made aluminium can manufactured with an average of 83% recycled content.
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Paper 'bottoms up' on Cadbury Drinking Chocolate
12 Mar 2025Mondelez International is transitioning the packaging of Cadbury Drinking Chocolate in Australia to Sonoco’s EnviroCan with a paper bottom, replacing the traditional metal-bottom paper can.
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Hive Awards: Best Packaging – who made the cut?
26 Mar 2025The Hive Awards 2025 – run by PKN’s stablemate Food & Drink Business – attracted some exceptional solutions-driven entries in the Best Packaging category. We take a closer look at this year’s finalists.
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Great Earth launches fibre screw cap
25 Mar 2025Great Earth has teamed up with Blue Ocean Closures to launch a fibre screw cap that aims to reduce plastic usage in packaging, marking the first commercial use of Blue Ocean Closures’ cellulose fibre cap.
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Q&A: The evolving role of packaging design
31 Mar 2025PKN asks Pippa Corry, winner of the 2024 PKN Women in Packaging Design & Branding Visionary Award, and the founder of philo & co, about how packaging designers can translate sustainability into real-world solutions.
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First 100% paper-based Aerosol cap debuts
24 Mar 2025Koehler Paper has joined forces with French cardboard packaging expert Wimbee, to develop world's first aerosol can cap made entirely of 100 per cent cardboard and paper.
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SMC advises regular upkeep of tubing and fittings
19 Mar 2025To ensure pneumatic systems operate efficiently, regular maintenance of fittings and tubing is vital. According to SMC's Robert Taylor, routine inspections and timely replacements can help avert failures.
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PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 28 March
28 Mar 2025In the news: Zipform, SPSA, Visy, Stone & Wood, Lion, Novelis, Rio Tinto, Hive Awards, Allied Beverages, Chobani, Close the Loop, Grove Juice, MeAgain, Avery Dennison, Women in Packaging.
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PKN Podcast Ep 107: with Sandra Dal Maso
25 Mar 2025PKN's Lindy Hughson talks with APCO's head of Packaging Transformation, Sandra Dal Maso, about the benefits of a holistic packaging system, and the importance of adopting a unified industry strategy towards circularity.
With the rising popularity of ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages in Australia, innovation is the key to breaking into the market. Reality TV personality, Aesha Scott, has partnered with Melbourne-based craft brewery, Moon Dog, to jump on this trend, with the launch of Drop Alcoholic Coconut Water & Vodka.
Plant-based protein production company, Australian Plant Proteins (APP), has been acquired by My Co, the investment vehicle for the Paule Family Office, which focuses on FABtech (Food, Agri & Bio) start-ups. APP was the first company in Australia to develop and commercialise a plant protein isolate powder.
Fonterra Co-operative Group has appointed Elizabeth (Liz) Coutts as chair-elect of Mainland Group, the proposed divestment entity of Fonterra’s global consumer business. This announcement follows the selection of René Dedoncker as CEO-elect and Paul Victor as CFO-elect in February.
