Wine Australia and Vinehealth Australia are co-investing to modernise South Australia’s Vinehealth Vineyard Register and align it with the National Vineyard Register – a project announced in February following several difficult years for the Australian grape and wine sector.

Premium olive oil producer, Oasis Olives, has acquired the Alto Olives brand. The company stated the union of the Alto portfolio with Oasis Olives marks an exciting new stage in both businesses' evolution.

Digital printing is opening new opportunities for customisation and shorter production runs, and boosting flexibility, as Lindy Hughson learns from Matt Johnson at Trimatt.

Winners of the 2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Spirits Awards (AISA) have been announced, recognising champion Australian distillers including St Agnes, Nil Desperandum Rum, and Maidenii.

Kim Berry brings you the highlights, trends, and innovations on show at foodpro 2026. From Day 2: giving Individual Quick Freezing a good shake, high protein, high fibre, no added sugar soft serve ice cream, ingredients for your feelings, and GLP-1 companion drinks. Sponsored by Bürkert Australia. 

Lindy Hughson spoke with Andrew Leslie and Dale Collinson from Automation & Robotic Technologies, exhibiting at foodpro for the first time with a suite of robotic automation solutions.

Lindy Hughson spoke with Detpak's Mark Rohrlach about how design and manufacturing advances are helping brands transition away from difficult-to-recycle materials.

Lindy Hughson spoke with Paul Cunningham from Epson about the latest ColourWorks label printers, designed to give food manufacturers greater flexibility through on-demand colour label production.

Kim Berry speaks to Brendan Joyce from Highgate Group about a range of solutions designed to improve processing performance from the boning room through to packaging.

Kim Berry spoke with Sonalika Sharma, packaging portfolio director at Tetra Pak Oceania, about the company's end-to-end approach to supporting food manufacturers.

Kim Berry spoke with Naseh Chaker, product manager – Temperature Control at Atlas Copco Rental, about the company's flexible rental cooling solutions for food and beverage manufacturers.

Cryogenic technology is helping food manufacturers improve product quality, throughput and process efficiency across a range of applications, as BOC's Steve McLoughlin tells Kim Berry.

Lindy Hughson spoke with Flavia Vaz about the "critical middle" – the processing, packaging, storage and distribution stages where innovation can reduce waste and improve efficiency and food security.

Nestlé will spin its waters and premium beverages business into a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity, as the group reported a 31.4 per cent fall in first-half net profit. Its Asia, Oceania and Africa zone, which includes Australia and New Zealand, delivered the strongest growth of its three geographic regions.

Kim Berry brings you the highlights, trends, and innovations on show at foodpro 2026. From Day 1: meat, robotics, and mushrooms. Sponsored by Bürkert Australia. 

Lindy Hughson spoke with Kirk Batchelor, Qld sales manager at Linco Food Systems, about the latest vision technology on display and how it is helping poultry processors make better use of production data.