Packaging News - PKN Packaging News
WEBIn this episode, Lindy Hughson is joined by Wayne Robinson to provide insight, analysis and commentary on the top news stories shaping change in Australia’s packaging industry in September. PKN Podcast Ep 98: August Packaging News Unpacked. PKN Podcast Ep 97: with Chris Foley, APCO. PKN Podcast Ep 96: with Marissa Altmeier.
Abbe brings four businesses under one brand - Packaging News
WEBJun 2, 2022 · Abbe brings four businesses under one brand. Abbe is the new brand name for the family owned and operated businesses of Abbe Corrugated, Austcor, Zacpac and Abbe Industrial, which until now have traded as separate entities in the Australian market. The group of packaging manufacturers presented the new brand livery at the recent AUSPACK expo ...
Visy acquires Packsize business in Australia and NZ
WEBBy Lindy Hughson | 23 January 2024. Visy, an Australian-based global leader in sustainable packaging solutions, has acquired Packsize Australia and New Zealand. Operating under ‘Packsize enabled by Visy’, the acquisition gives Visy exclusive distribution rights for Packsize’s technology and solutions, providing right sized boxes on demand.
Plasdene Glass-Pak acquires Vinkem Packaging
WEBJun 12, 2024 · Australian rigid packaging provider, Plasdene Glass-Pak, has acquired Vinkem Packaging, a secondary packaging supplier based in the Hunter Valley, NSW, which predominantly services the Australian wine industry. The merged entity will fall under the umbrella of the family-owned and operated Pearson Group Packaging (PG-P). This union has brought ...
Opal invests $140m in modern packaging plant
WEBJul 28, 2022 · The total $140 million investment includes the cost of the land, facility construction, and the technology and equipment – a mix of locally and internationally sourced kit that will fit out the plant. Turning the sod on the $140m greenfield investment: (L-R) Chris Daly, Opal Executive General Manager – Packaging, Matt …
Opal opens doors on $140m fibre packaging plant
WEBBy 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 ...
EXCLUSIVE: Labelmakers expands with Rapid Labels acquisition
WEBMar 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 ...
Great Wrap converts food waste into plastic wrap
WEBBy Jan Arreza | 29 April 2021. Australian start-up Great Wrap has developed a certified home compostable plastic wrap alternative using food waste instead of oil-based derivatives, and has now set up shop in its new solar-powered facility in Melbourne. Co-founded in 2020 by husband and wife duo Jordy and Julia Kay, Great Wrap aims to provide a ...
Acquisition: Plasdene sees a silver lining - PKN Packaging News
WEB18 May 2015. Plasdene Glass-Pak has acquired West Australian-based Silverlock Packaging in a move that expands its geographic coverage, product offering and team make-up. The privately-owned supplier of glass and plastic bottles, jars, containers and closures today will increase in size by 50 per cent as the result of the merger.
Australia Post brings out recycled mail satchels
WEBAug 29, 2019 · Australia Post will launch a new satchel made from recycled plastic as part of a bigger push for sustainability across the business. The first satchels will be launched with Country Road, a major Australia Post customer, in time for the Christmas shopping rush, with a full rollout planned for early 2020. Australia Post plans to use 80 per cent ...