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Recycling investment lifts as ban kicks in
Industry gets behind ANZPAC Plastics Pact
Golden glory for PIDA 2021 top scorers
Variable data printing boosts brand impact
Cannabis sector growth a high for packaging
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ON THE COVER: Craft brewery Little Bang used HP Indigo variable data printing to give its beer cans pres- ence on the shelves. Labels were printed by Peacock Bros. on HP Indigo digital colour presses sup- plied by Currie Group.
In a triumph for smart packaging, flexo and digital printing, and promotional marketing, Hungry Jack’s launched its biggest ever on-pack promotion in partner- ship with Result Group, TLC Marketing, Multi-Color Corporation and Detpak.
At the initiative of APCO, the ANZPAC region formed the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, joining the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact Network, a group of over 550 member organisations behind the shared vision of a circular economy for plastic.
Colgate-Palmolive
launched Australia’s first recyclable HDPE tube for its Colgate Smile for Good toothpaste, and made its packaging tech- nology available to all competitors.
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People in Packaging:
PKN spoke to the 2021 PIDA industry profes- sional winners – Nina Nguyen, CEO of Pakko, and Alan Adams, APAC sustainability director at Sealed Air.
The 2021 Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDAs) for the ANZ packaging indus- try once again highlighted the breadth and depth of innovation expertise in the region, with O F Packaging the top achiever, taking out a hat-trick of Golds.
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Woolworths Group published a list of problematic and preferred packaging mate- rials for its suppliers to refer to. Based on a traffic-light system of red, amber and green, the list categorises materials according to ease of recyclability.
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