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Kim Berry brings you the highlights, trends, and innovations on show as foodpro 2026 comes to an end. See you all on the show floor in 2029. Sponsored by Bürkert Australia. Read more
With foodpro just weeks away and the Hive Awards winners recently crowned, the latest issue of Food & Drink Business is a reminder that an industry grows stronger when it gets in a room together. Our foodpro preview, Hive Awards review, and wrap of ConTech’s 30th conference are testimony to that. There are profiles of foodpro exhibitors, a spirited Rising Star, industry news and so much more.
Welcome to the June edition of PLAY, your monthly wrap-up of the biggest stories shaping Australia's food and beverage manufacturing industry. This month we're looking at global investment, food tech, wine, innovation, and a strategic reset for one of Australia's best-known food brands. Let's get into it.
Our Top 100 2025 edition of Food & Drink Business magazine is more than the annual flagship Top 100 Report. Industry leaders reflect on the year past and the one ahead, we provide our annual news review, M&A wrap-up, and all the executive moves, and a Roman-inspired sports drink, Posca, is our final Rising Star for 2025.
Food & Drink Business and IBISWorld present this year’s Top 100 companies, a ranking of Australia’s largest food and drink companies by revenue. This year reflects a sector positioning itself for immediate term viability and long-term competitiveness.
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 speaks to Brendan Joyce from Highgate Group about a range of solutions designed to improve processing performance from the boning room through to packaging.
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.
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 Andrew Leslie and Dale Collinson from Automation & Robotic Technologies, exhibiting at foodpro for the first time with a suite of robotic automation solutions.
From recyclable packaging and digital coding to smarter automation and AI-powered compliance, foodpro 2026 highlighted an industry focused on practical solutions to prepare for the future.
EXCLUSIVE: PKN reveals the winners and looks beyond the trophies to identify the key trends emerging from this year's award-winning designs.
Zipform Packaging's David Kilpatrick has been named 2026 Industry Packaging Professional of the Year, recognising his technical innovation and leadership in fibre-based packaging.
