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Conversations during day one of APPEX 2024 were flowing on Stand B095 with the PKN Packaging News team bringing the PKN Podcast livestream to APPEX.

In the video below, Lindy Hughson, Kim Berry and Wayne Robinson discuss their experiences from the first day of APPEX 2024.

All iivestream podcasts are posted directly to PKN YouTube and LinkedIn, so follow the channels to find out more. On Day 1, we spoke to APPMA chairman, Mark Dingley; David Ray of Burkert Australia; John Bigley of Zipform; Peter Taitoko and Brendan Gang of RMR Process; Peter White of Select Equip; Alex Kelly of Matthews; Nathan Wardell of Packserv; Mark Holden of Heat and Control and Jacob Taylor from Key Technologies; Brad Trewin and Vijay Kumar of Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions; John Wan from Beckhoff Automation; and Max Jramatz from Nord DriveSystems.

Packaging News

As 2025 draws to a close, it is clear the packaging sector has undergone one of its most consequential years in over a decade. Consolidation at the top, restructuring in the middle, and bold innovation at the edges have reshaped the industry’s horizons. At the same time, regulators, brand owners and recyclers have inched closer to a new circular operating model, even as policy clarity remains elusive.

Pact has reported a decline in revenue and earnings for the first five months of FY26, citing subdued market demand, as chair Raphael Geminder pursues settlement of the long-running TIC earn-out dispute.

PKN brings you the top 20 clicks on our website this year, a healthy mix of surprise and no-surprise. Pro-Pac Packaging led the list, Women in Packaging came in at #4, and Zipform's paper bottle at #15.