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The ProPack Podcast: Opal thinks outside of the box for sustainable packaging design
Opal industrial regional sales manager Craig Madden tells ProPack.pro about its award-winning JBS & Opal Dunnage solution and Cadbury Roses limited edition Mother’s Day chocolates solution
Lo Bros’ new impact-led range to tackle ocean waste
Lo Bros has launched Not Soda, a new impact-led range with a mission to clean up two million plastic bottles from the ocean by 2025
Mars Wrigley announces paper-based chocolate wrappers
It will transition away from plastic wrappers for all its Australian-made chocolate bars, adopting paper-based packaging as of April 2023
AIP to host webinar on single-use plastics bans in A/NZ
With six state-based single-use plastic bans in the last year and more coming as early as February, the AIP said is important for businesses to stay up-to-date with developments
BioPak makes limited-edition compostable cup for OzHarvest
The cup features QR technology where every $5 donated via the QR code on the cup allows OzHarvest to deliver ten meals and stop good food from going to waste
Amcor details its sustainability progress in report
The company reflects on landmark year in this report and announces an enhanced target to achieve 30 per cent recycled content across its portfolio by the end of the decade
APCO commences independent review of soft plastics recycling
Following the news that REDcycle has temporarily paused its operations, the organisation aims to build ongoing sustainable pathways for soft plastic recycling
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Boosting business with Durst Tau RSC Technology
Durst had its Tau RSCi and Tau 330 RSC E machines running at the recent Labelexpo Americas tradeshow to show attendees the potential of the presses.
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Hafizah Osman is the editor of Australian Printer and ProPack.pro. She also regularly contributes to Sprinter and ProPack.pro online, keeping readers up-to-date with the latest news in the industry.
Andy McCourt has been a feature of the Australian graphic arts industry for four decades, both a supplier and analytical writer. Today he runs his own consultancy and is publisher of Wide Format online.
Nerida Kelton is the executive director of the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and vice-president – sustainability and save food of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO).
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Protecting brand assets
The role of the label and package print industries in combatting brand piracy was examined in a label Academy master class
DIC drives industry sustainability
Ink colossus places a focus on social value and the environment
LJM Victoria acquires OZ Connect Traders
Company makes the decision to acquire as the Australian co-packing space is rapidly expanding
In-depth
How packaging companies can catch the post-pandemic wave of new product launches: McKinsey
As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, we anticipate a significant increase in new product launches driven by changing megatrends. Five strategic areas of focus can help packaging companies position themselves for success.
How I won the global Durst label award: Wagner’s John Galea
Wagner Prestige Labels managing director John Galea has revealed how he won the global Durst RSC Label Masters Award
Heidelberg Packaging: integrated, versioned, and personalised
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) delivered an opportunity for the big offset press manufacturers to step back and to re-evaluate the companies they needed to become for the future.
The Best Sustainable Wine Brands on: Denomination designs packaging for Wise Wolf by Banrock Station
Steve Statler on: How smart packaging and a reinvented supply chain can save the planet: Wiliot