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January/February 2023
inside APPMA's Machinery Matters
Sustainability and digitisation top trends for 2023
Chocolate brands make switch to paper wrappers
The road to circularity in plastics packaging
Industry 4.0: How is Australia tracking?
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Features
COVER STORY
14 Lindy Hughson speaks to Tetra Pak marketing director Jaymie Pagdato about how the company is collaborating with customers to drive packaging innovation towards a sustainable future.
PACKAGING TRENDS 2023
16 Paul Jenkins writes for PKN on the major trends for 2023, dominated by sustainability, design for circularity, food waste prevention, and packaging digitisation.
FMCG PACKAGING
18 In a global first for the KitKat brand, Nestle is trialling paper packaging wrappers with insights to inform packaging directions for the brand globally.
19 GlobalData reports FMCG giants are shifting gear
in sustainable packaging, with many increasingly pledging to bring ESG elements into their packs.
20 Mars Wrigley Australia moves to paper-based wrappers for its chocolate bar lines in a world-first for the company.
21 Nupac and partner Syntegon take a strong leadership role in supporting the FMCG sector in its sustainability goals.
SMART PACKAGING
23 PKN reviews the progress and successes of the first QR code-enabled table grape traceability pilot a year on from its inception.
24 Andrew Manly reports on the AIPIA Congress which took place in Amsterdam in November, bringing PKN an update on the latest developments in smart packaging.
PLASTICS IN PACKAGING
28 Dr Helen Lewis writes on the complex challenge of achieving circularity for plastics packaging as discussed at the recent SPE conference.
31 Licella has had its development licence approved,
giving it the green light to begin construction of its advanced recycling plant.
32 Nextek’s COtooCLEAN gains global recognition and receives the US$3 million Alliance Prize for Circular Solutions in Flexibles.
PACK & LABEL PRINTING
34 MJ Goods has invested in a Trimatt 1170 digital inkjet printing system, to help it expand into new areas.
34 Leading printing operations QLM, Luminar and Read have joined forces to create qlmflexibles.
36 ePac has connected the production in its global plants with a new cloud-based system, ePacOne, and ordered a suite of 50 new HP Indigo presses.
38 WA print business Footprint has produced a quarter of a million labels in the first 10 weeks of its new label operation, produced on its new Epson SurePress L-4533AW.
Cover: Tetra Pak is driving innovation and accelerating action towards the most sustainable packaging format. The company is collaborating with customers to deliver products and solutions of outstanding quality and consumer appeal, while maintaining the highest standards of food safety, operational performance, and sustainability. Read more on p14.
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