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DECADES IN REVIEW | PKN 60 YEARS SPECIAL
2015
◆ PKN identifies the top five consumer trends influencing packaging design and product development: Convenience (on- the go; easy open, reclose, dispose); con- cern for health and wellness (clean label- ling, portion control); concern for the environment (material reduction; light- weight, recyclable or recycled materials); cost (bulk packs, multipacks, value add); and trust (traceability, transparency, brand authenticity).
◆ After a ferocious battle between envi- ronmentalists, beverage companies and the packaging industry, the NSW govern- ment calls for beverage giants to make
“a far greater commitment” to reduce pack- aging waste and boost recycling. Under the proposed NSW cash for containers scheme, a refund would be set at 10c per container, with beverage companies asked to pay the deposit on redeemed containers.
◆ After 10 years at the helm of Amcor, Ken MacKenzie retires as CEO and MD of Amcor, succeeded by current CEO Ron Delia who said it was a great time to take the helm when “nothing was broken”.
◆ MeadWestVaco Corporation (MWV) and Rock-Tenn Company merge, creating a US$16 billion (AU$20bn) global provider of consumer and corrugated packaging. The new company [subsequently named WestRock] is expected to achieve leadership in global corrugated packaging markets.
◆ NZ flexible packaging company Gravure Packaging (GPL) takes a leap across the Tasman to expand its business through the acquisition of Australian Packaging.
◆ Agility becomes an industry watchword. Amcor CEO and MD Ron Delia says: “Customer demands and market growth drove us forward in the past but that won’t be enough anymore. We need to bring prod- ucts to market faster and become more agile and self-sufficient.”
◆ Pact Group’s sales revenue grows by 9.3 per cent to $1.249 million in FY15, with five acquisitions opening up new markets for the company.
◆ Orora continues a strong earnings growth trend, and announces a $45 million invest- ment in the Orora Global Innovation Fund. ◆ Beverage packaging specialist KHS is behind a new direct print system that enables high speed customisation printing onto PET bottles, and a Belgian brewer has adopted the technology and is using it for labels that ‘talk’ to the consumer via a smartphone app.
2016
◆ Digital print- ing meets main- stream: in a pub- lishing-first, HP, Currie Group and Blue Star collabo- rate to produce PKN’s limited edition cover, with a unique version created for every copy of the magazine using HP Mosaic technology.
◆ Constantia Flexibles Group acquires Australian packaging company Pemara Labels Group to strengthen its position in the SE Asia labels market.
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Intellectual property experts warn that government plans to make Australia the first country to mandate plain cigarette packaging could backfire as tobacco multinationals claim a ruling would breach trademark laws and amount to a confiscation of commercial property. The battle ensues, and Australia’s High Court goes on to rule against a tobacco industry challenge, paving the way for plain packaging of cigarettes to start in Australia from December 2012. Australia’s plain packaging design for tobacco products goes on to be named a finalist in the London Design Museum’s Design of the Year Awards, with 42 judges citing the packs as a bold example of “anti-design”.
Orora announces plans to build a $20 mil- lion multiwall paper bag production line following the securing of a long-term supply contract for Fonterra’s New Zealand milk powder operations. The facility would incorporate the latest bag-making technol- ogy from Windmöller & Holscher, featuring digital pasting and the latest tube sealing technology.
◆ Retailer Coles revises its Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP) guidelines, the most sig- nificant of which is a change to the carton depth from 1.5 cases per shelf to two cases per shelf. Coles says this will improve instore efficiencies while improving on- shelf display.
◆ Packaging and processing industry trade
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show AUSPACK reports record visitor num- ◆ Rigid plastics manufacturer Pact Group bers at its 30th edition.
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announces plans to ◆ Japanese company Kuraray’s acquisition
revolutionise pack of Plantic allows both bio-based barrier decoration through an materials specialists to respond to growing exclusive licence in dig- global demand for bio-based food packaging ital printing, which it materials. In Australia the company retains
goes on to commer- the Plantic name.
cialise. Pact invests in ◆ Euromonitor reports that the use of flex-
two specialised platforms ible pouch packaging is on the rise, and in for direct to container digital Australia stand-up pouches is the fastest
decoration on rigid plastic packaging. growing pack format.
◆ Rising packaging and raw material costs ◆ Plasdene Glass-Pak acquires West are behind a move to reduce the weight of Australian-based Silverlock Packaging. The Cadbury family blocks by 10 per cent, privately-owned supplier of glass and plas- according to Cadbury brand owner tic bottles, jars, containers and closures Mondelez International. The pack size is increases in size by 50 per cent as the result reduced from 220g to 200g. of the merger.
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