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November/December 2022
inside APPMA’s Machinery Matters Groundswell of support for REDcycle Women in Packaging walk the talk Digital print for packaging goes LIVE Circular economy investment ongoing
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COVER STORY
10 PKN takes a closer look at the evolving circular story of Close the Loop Group, which has been firmly on the acquisition trail since its ASX-listing in 2021.
WOMEN IN PACKAGING
16 At the sell-out PKN Women in Packaging event held in Melbourne, champions of change who are walking the talk in sustainable packaging shared stories and voiced their views to a receptive audience.
PRINT21+PKN LIVE
26 The first Print21+PKN LIVE event for three years saw a succession of brand owners and print service providers step up to share how their innovative use of digitally printed packaging is driving sales growth.
FOOD PACKAGING
36 Jamestrong Packaging’s series of investments in high-tech plant capacity
enabled it to weather the perfect storm of challenges that hit the infant formula market in recent times.
38 Result Group’s new EcoMark Natural Branding, a laser system for non-contact coding on the skin of fruit and veg, is set to reinvent coding and marking of single items in the fresh produce aisle.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
40 The new Orora glass beneficiation plant in SA has begun operations, with the $25m facility set to recycle 150,000 tonnes of post- consumer glass each year.
42 Schulz Organic Dairy turned to Rhima Australia to develop a bespoke bottle washing system to support its circular ambitions for its glass packaging.
44 Plastics food packaging manufacturer Genfac Plastics is the first APCO signatory to
emboss the ARL on its locally made take-away food packaging range.
INNOVATION AT DRINKTEC
46 Walking the halls for PKN at mega-beverage show drinktec, Dominique Huret reveals the packaging concepts that caught her eye at the show.
INNOVATION AT K-FAIR
48 Reporting for PKN, Michael Grima shares his insights on new products and the future direction for plastics packaging as observed at K-Fair.
HEADLINE MAKERS
52 2022 was another eventful year for the packaging sector, with in-person events back, major deals signed, new appointments made, innovations launched, and sustainability and circularity yet again taking centre stage. Revisiting the headline stories, PKN takes a look at the year that was.
Cover: Close the Loop Group creates innovative products and packaging that includes recyclable and made-from recycled content, as well as collects, sorts, reclaims and reuses resources that would otherwise go to landfill.
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