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Conversations from the APPEX show floor will be flowing on Stand B095, with the PKN Packaging News team bringing the livestream PKN Podcast to APPEX. Food & Drink Business editor, Kim Berry, will also be on hand. 

We’re inviting exhibitors and visitors to join us to share innovation news and your views of the industry’s biggest trade show coming up on 12-15 March at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC).

As media partner to APPEX, PKN will be exhibiting at the show on stand B095, together with sister media brands Food & Drink Business and Print21. A highlight on the stand will be the live PKN Podcast studio, where we'll be recording short livestream conversations at APPEX, speaking to visitors and exhibitors about their APPEX experience and innovation on the show floor.

To book a podcast session, contact Sharon Amos.

The PKN team will also be filming live video interviews and posting daily updates to deliver a continuous news feed to the Australian packaging and processing industry.

To find out more about opportunities still available in the APPEX show report issue of PKN, contact Sharon Amos.

Packaging News

Australia's environment ministers have declared packaging reform urgent and named soft plastics as an initial priority, but offered no firm timetable or regulatory commitments. SPSA has welcomed the soft plastics focus, while Boomerang Alliance and WMRR have raised concerns about the lack of concrete action.

Economic analysis commissioned by SPSA estimates national recycling reforms could deliver up to $278m in net productivity gains and stimulate up to $2.6b in capital investment each year.

A cross-sector open letter is urging national leaders to agree on a pathway for regulated producer responsibility schemes at the September Environment Ministers Meeting.