This week's Top 5 stories

Take a look at the stories that caught everyone’s attention on the Food & Drink Business website this week: JBS's $77 million Dinmore investment; Beak & Johnston opens Sydney factory; Robert Iervasi joins SPC Global board; Eden Brew reaches $25m raise goal; and highlights from Alt Proteins 23. 

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Packaging News

Three months on from the release of the Rennie Report, Australia’s packaging manufacturers and recyclers say the window for action is narrowing fast. In a PKN-exclusive roundtable discussion, industry leaders warned that without a clear signal from Canberra, local investment, sovereign capability and the circular economy ambitions government has backed with public funding could begin to unravel. Lindy Hughson reports.

Global packaging and labelling group CCL Industries is set to acquire French shrink sleeve technology specialist Sleever International, to expand its global sleeve decoration and labelling portfolio.

Australia’s pathway to a national soft plastics recycling system has taken a step forward, with APCO and SPSA announcing a new partnership aimed at simplifying how brands and retailers participate in stewardship as collection and recycling pathways expand.