First DHA Omega-3 baby food range in Australia

Australian parents now have a new way to help ensure their babies have optimal brain and eye development thanks to Rafferty’s Garden's newly released range of food for bubs, containing the vital DHA Omega-3 compound.
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New COON reseal pack

Dairy Farmers has unveiled the first major cheese packaging innovation for the block cheese segment in almost 50 years.
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A sustainable future with liner-less labels

A new liner-less labelling system is Le Mac's latest initiative to develop sustainable labelling options for the Australian packaging industry, supporting packaging minimisation initiatives and contributing towards delivering NPC targets for landfill reduction.
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Opening up a new world of opportunities

Cospak, a major importer of glass packaging into Australia and New Zealand, is now able to utilise the capability of some of its key Asian suppliers to produce relatively small quantities of high quality glass bottles and jars.
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Japan’s big appetite for Aussie tastes

Already Australia's most significant food and beverage import market by a considerable margin, Japan's heightened food security concerns over products from China, are offering food and beverage exporters even greater opportunities.
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The future of packaging & processing

With 50% of exhibition stands now booked for the largest bi-annual pack­aging and processing machinery, materials and associated technology exhibition, AUSPACK is gearing up to be a ‘must-attend’ event for 2009.
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The snack attack

Snacks have become a convenient and relatively cheap substitute for goodies formerly baked at home, with increased disposable incomes combining with product development to result in significant sector growth.
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All that glitters just like gold

The increase of premium goods in the food market has seen a shift from low to high volume products. This has meant a re-think of packaging, with inventiveness being key to maintaining a premium look, whilst keeping costs down.
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Multi-pack’s multi benefits

Smith's Space Efficient Multi-Pack is a project that achieves the goals of the marketing, engineering and manufacturing departments, while managing to deliver a host of supply chain benefits at the same time.
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Fortune cookies

Despite the presence of smaller firms, biscuit manufacturing is moving toward larger-scale, concentrated production and consequently has significantly fewer firms than a decade earlier.
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AFGC concerned over container deposit system proposal

Australia’s peak food and grocery manufacturing representative body welcomed the release of the Senate Inquiry into the Management of Australia’s Waste Streams, advising the Senate that it could not support Senator Fielding’s Drink Container Recycling Bill.
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