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Held once every four years, this year’s PrintEx trade show had its own separate labels and packaging area. For label printers, though, the main action was in the half dozen digital label print solu- tions either on show or being promoted by the vendors around the arena, includ- ing HP Indigo and Currie Group; Xeikon; Jet Technologies and Screen GP; Esko; Konica Minolta; and Epson. Also on show were finishing solutions from Graph-Pak, and a rebranded trade offering from Roger Kirwan and his company Foxcil.
Nestlé Australia developed a packaging solution that allowed it to deliver choco- late to most parts of Australia without impacting the product’s integrity. Creat- ed for the e-commerce arm of its KitKat Chocolatory, the new packaging solu- tion meant customers could order choc- olate online and, for a $15 flat rate, have product delivered
within two to three days in pristine con- dition. The company spent six months find- ing robust, recyclable packaging solutions.
Global metal packaging manufacturer Jamestrong opened a new $15 million, fu- ture-proofed can making facility in Auck- land, catering to the burgeoning infant for- mula market; PKN was there for the ribbon-cutting. Infant formula has been dubbed the white gold of the ANZ region, and the attendant rush seems to be showing no signs of abating with China driving de- mand and growth. The industry has an estimated value of $32 billion per annum, enjoying a CAGR of over five per cent.
Victoria was thrown a lifeline in its waste crisis after Cleanaway purchased $60m of the debts of collapsed recycling firm SKM, giving it effective control of the company. The ASX-listed waste man- agement giant bought out the Common- wealth Bank’s position as major lender to the controversial SKM, which went bel- ly-up in August with an estimated $100m in debt, throwing the state’s waste man- agement system into disarray.
A European tour taken by Australian Pack- aging Covenant Organisation (APCO) CEO Brooke Donnelly, PREP design director Anthony Peyton, and Planet Ark CEO Paul Klymenko found that the Australian pack- aging industry is one of the most advanced in the world when it comes to sustainable realignment. Some 90 packaging profes- sionals attended an
APCO briefing in Sydney, where they heard that Australia and the UK are leading the world in eco-friendly pack- aging progress.
ADVERTISER’S INDEX
AIP ..............................................19 APPMA .......................................38 Bonson-Savpac .............................7 BrandOpus ....................................5
PKN visited the NSW headquarters of Cormack Packaging for its 80th anniversary. What started as a company trading fine hair for brushes eight decades ago has evolved into a reputable Australian manu- facturer of caps and closure systems. Cormack today is a market leader in child- resistant closures, and has invested in its patented tamper-evident vented lock- band closures.
Wellman Packaging, the Sydney-based manufacturer of rigid plastics packaging, launched itself into the sustainability spot- light by announcing a new ‘squeezy’ sauce bottle comprising 90 per cent food-grade recycled polyethylene plastic. The innova-
tion came after two years of in- tensive work by the company, to- gether with its supply partners, to develop the proprietary pro- cesses and poly- mer technolo- gies required.
For November/December 2019 headline makers, turn to the news section in this issue, starting page 6.
To mark its 50th anniversary, South Australian family-owned Taylors Wines undertook a total portfolio refresh, updating its Estate, Jaraman and St An- drews labels and adopting augmented reality (AR) to drive consumer engage- ment. The Legacy 2014, Taylors’ new super-premium
cabernet blend, also incorpo- rated an NFC chip in every screw cap, en- abling product authentication via the newly launched Taylors Wines app. ■
PKN spoke to Nadia Taylor, co-founder and director of Australia’s most success- ful packaging and processing OEM, tna solutions, a well-known and respected figure in Australia’s packaging industry who has been widely recognised for her business success and philanthropic ini-
tiatives. Along with hus- band Alf Taylor, Nadia was this year honoured both at the Ethnic Busi- ness Awards and with a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Cormack Packaging.....................63 Currie Group ...............................43 Graffica / BCS Corrugated...........53 Graph-Pak .............................23, 51 Heidelberg Graphic Equipment..47 interpack .......................................9
ITW Zip Pak Australia................29 KHS Pacific .................................68 Labelmakers Group.....................49 Markem-Imaje .............................39 Matthews Australasia ...........17, 67 Multipack NSW ..........................55
NORD Drivesystems (Aust) ........30 RK Rose + Krieger .......................11 Schütz Australia ...........................1 Southern Cross Compressors Australia ................................44,45 Wellman Packaging ......................2