Jan 3, 2025 · Queensland-based start-up TomKat, the innovator behind KoolPak, the world-first reusable packaging solution for temperature-sensitive and perishable goods incorporating track and trace technology, is relocating to Thailand to set up manufacturing operations.

Feb 9, 2024 · The Spicers Group, a leading supplier of paper, packaging, and visual communication products, has entered into an agreement with Winson Group to acquire Signet Packaging.

Dec 18, 2024 · The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has released its 2022-23 Australian Packaging Consumption and Recovery Data Report, the second report released this year.. For the 2022-23 period, the latest results against the National Packaging Targets shows a small uptick in the proportion of recyclable packaging and in the average recycled content, while there was a dip in the plastic ...

Nov 11, 2024 · Independent brewery, Local Brewing Co., says its $400,000 grant from the Coles Nurture Fund will allow it to expand production of its brewing innovation, EcoCrumb, which transforms surplus bread into beer, 100-fold.

Promising projects for soft plastics collection and recycling underway in Australia. If claims of proposed capacity are taken at face value, we seem to be getting closer to solving this complex challe...

Oct 17, 2024 · Tetra Pak has collaborated with a leading company in the European juices, nectars and soft drinks markets to launch the new Tetra Prisma Aseptic 300 Edge beverage carton.

Dec 12, 2024 · It’s been a tumultuous yet progressive year in packaging in Australia, with highs and lows playing out against a clouded backdrop of uncertainty caused in part by the dangling sword of DCCEEW’s proposed Packaging Reform, and in part by the mounting pressure of rising manufacturing costs.

Achieving a circular economy for packaging is the ideal we're chasing. But what are the realities of the current situation in Australia? Lindy Hughson spoke to local recycling companies to find out.

Nov 6, 2024 · The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) hosted its seventh State of Industry webinar on 6 November, focusing on the future of soft plastics recycling in Australia.

2 days ago · Visy has partnered with seafood producer Tassal to create new recyclable cardboard boxes for prawns, replacing the traditionally used expanded polystyrene (EPS) containers. These boxes are made from up to 74 per cent recycled content and are locally produced at Visy's Carole Park site in Queensland ...