• Alister and Brendan Joyce on the Highgate stand at Foodpro 2017.
    Alister and Brendan Joyce on the Highgate stand at Foodpro 2017.
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Highgate's Alister Joyce shared news of two 'cutting edge'  knife solutions for the meat processing industry making their debut on the Highgate stand at Foodpro.

A new RFID tracking solution for knives and an automated knife sharpening system were turning heads and stopping visitors in their tracks at the Highgate stand.

Alister Joyce tells us why, in this video filmed at the stand:

Packaging News

A shared sense of joy and purpose prevailed at the 2026 PKN Women in Packaging Awards cocktail event, held at Quarterhouse, Melbourne, on 25 June. Congratulations to all winners and finalists, your contribution to the Australasian packaging industry is applauded.

Industry leaders have renewed calls for national packaging reform, warning that Australia's manufacturing resilience, recycling investment and sovereign capability remain vulnerable without policy action to create demand for locally recycled content and provide a more level competitive playing field.

Ball & Doggett has appointed Paul Cruickshank as national manager, cartonboard packaging, taking responsibility for the company’s cartonboard packaging portfolio across Australia.