Video News Bulletin: 17 October

In the news this week: Foodbank Hunger Report, Treasury Wines Estate, The Aussie Plant Based Co., Australian Vintage, Goodman Fielder, Roma Food Group, Orgran, Suntory House, and Top 100 Food & Drink Companies Report. 

 

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Packaging News

Mars has opened $112.6 million Wodonga pet food facility, bringing autonomous mobile robots, AI-enabled planning tools and advanced packaging automation into one of Australia's largest new food manufacturing investments.

New Cleanaway research reveals overwhelming support for packaging reform, recycled content mandates and national recycling rules, as industry looks to policy certainty to unlock the next wave of recycling infrastructure investment.

Three months after fears of a plastics supply crisis first rippled through Australia's packaging sector, the immediate sense of alarm has eased. Supply chains are still under pressure, prices remain elevated, and uncertainty persists, but PKN's conversations across the packaging value chain suggest the industry has shifted from crisis response to resilience management.