Packaging News - PKN Packaging News
Oct 1, 2024 · PKN Podcast Ep 95: July Packaging News Unpacked. As the country’s alternative proteins industry convened in Melbourne yesterday for the annual AltProteins conference, news broke that The Aussie Plant Based Co., makers of vEEF and Love Buds plant-based foods, had gone into liquidation. Investment, education, and action were consistent messages ...
RPC Group buys Australia's Amber Plastics - PKN Packaging News
Apr 25, 2017 · RPC Group Plc, (RPC) a leading global plastic product design and engineering company for both packaging and selected non-packaging markets, has announced it has purchased Amber Plastics Pty Ltd (Amber) for an undisclosed sum. Amber is a leading supplier of injection moulded plastic packaging containers to the dairy and food industry in Australia.
EXCLUSIVE: Labelmakers expands with Rapid Labels acquisition
Mar 11, 2021 · Marking the biggest acquisition in its history, Labelmakers Group has agreed to purchase Melbourne-based label printer, Rapid Labels, with April 2021 set as the implementation date. The move cements Labelmakers' market leading position in label supply across Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 1982, Rapid has remained to this day a 100 per ...
Amcor report: Future of Packaging is Here - PKN Packaging News
Nov 15, 2023 · Amcor has released its FY23 Sustainability Report, titled The Future of Packaging is Here, which details how Amcor is delivering on the ambitious, industry-leading sustainability commitments it has made during the past decade.. Amcor says the FY23 Sustainability Report provides tangible evidence of that progress across multiple dimensions, including carbon footprint reduction, innovative ...
Opal opens doors on $140m fibre packaging plant
By Lindy Hughson | 16 November 2023. Opal’s world class, $140 million corrugated cardboard packaging facility in Wodonga was officially opened on 15 November, with a special ceremony well-timed to coincide with National Recycling Week. The new fibre-packaging facility at Wodonga is equipped with the latest advanced, high-speed packaging ...
ACQUISTION: Colorpak sells to US-based Graphic Packaging
12 January 2016. Australian folding carton supplier Colorpak will be acquired by long-time business partner Graphic Packaging International. Colorpak has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with the US-based packaging solutions provider. It will acquire all the issued shares of Colorpak via a Scheme of Arrangement.
Visy leads discussion at recycling roundtable - Packaging News
Aug 19, 2024 · Visy and other industry leaders gathered for the Recycling Roundtable. At the roundtable, attendees discussed how to strengthen the recycling sector and continue to work towards transitioning to a circular economy. Visy CEO Mark De Wit said Visy is proud to be the biggest recycler in Australia turning that material into new packaging.
APPEX - PKN Packaging News
Mar 20, 2024 · APPEX wraps up by looking ahead. The biggest packaging and processing show ever held in Australia, APPEX 2024, closed its doors at 3pm today, following four days where the industry showed its focus, intelligence and collaboration. Read more. 15 Mar 2024.
Opal and Petuna develop fibre-based first for fish
Nov 11, 2021 · The packaging, produced collaboratively with fibre packaging converter Opal, has resulted in an innovative, sustainable alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) for whole fish packaging and transportation. Opal’s solution, which contains more than 55 per cent recycled paper, as assessed through the Packaging Recyclability Evaluation Portal ...
Visy breaks ground on $500m glass facility in Qld
Oct 27, 2022 · Packaging giant Visy has broken ground on its new $500 million glass recycling and remanufacturing factory in Queensland, which once operational, will recycle up to 200,000 tonnes of the state’s glass bottles and jars annually to produce one billion bottles a year. The largest investment ever made in the state, Visy’s new facility, just ...