Coca-Cola Europacific Partners unveiled a $43.7 million upgrade of its Moorabbin canning facility, allowing 11 million more cases for the Victorian market. KHS supplied processing and packaging lines as project lead.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners opened a A$43.7 million, highly automated canning line at its Moorabbin production site, built with KHS, GPI and Matthews Australasia, to serve Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

Visy plans a new A$150 million corrugated box factory at Hemmant in Queensland to support the state's agricultural sector. The plan was announced on November 3, 2022.

Visy plans a glass packaging facility at its Yatala site in Queensland, Australia, able to produce up to 1 billion glass bottles and jars a year with 70% recycled content. The value is stated as $500m, with currency inferred as AUD.

Visy began operations at its $25 million glass beneficiation plant in Gawler, South Australia, announced in October 2022. The plant will recycle 150,000 tonnes of post-consumer glass each year.

Pact Group has converted AU$420 million of existing loan facilities into a sustainability-linked loan, the first such transaction for an Australian manufacturing company. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac and HSBC were lead arrangers.

Visy will invest A$48 million in major upgrades to its material recovery facilities on Gibson Island in Queensland. The three Queensland projects are expected to create 900 construction jobs and 300 operational jobs.

Visy plans a A$500 million glass food and beverage container recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland. The three Queensland projects are expected to create 900 construction jobs and 300 operational jobs.

Woolworths Group and Pact are developing a partnership under which Pact would supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, potentially up to 18,000 tonnes per year. The deal is described as a multi-million-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.

Opal Group, backed by parent Nippon Paper Group, is building a highly automated 47,000m2 corrugated cardboard packaging plant at a greenfield site in Wodonga, Victoria, as part of a total $140 million investment. Sod-turning took place in July 2022.

Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a partnership under which up to 18,000 tonnes of recycled plastic could be used in Woolworths own-brand packaging each year. The companies describe it as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.

Pact Group will manufacture and supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, using recycled PET resin from its Australian recycling facilities. The partnership was announced on 26 July 2022 and involves a multimillion-dollar investment.

Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a strategic partnership under which Pact would use recycled plastic for Woolworths own-brand packaging, up to 18,000 tonnes a year, as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling.

Pact Group signed an agreement to supply Woolworths with up to 18,000 tonnes of recycled plastic packaging items for its home brand products by 2024.

Jamestrong Packaging is adding a new aluminium casting line at its Taree, NSW facility to make slugs for aerosol cans, with a reported investment of AUD 6 million. The line is planned for commissioning by October 2023 and will create 12 ongoing jobs.

TricorBraun has completed its acquisition of PB Packaging, a leading Australian provider of plastic and glass packaging previously owned by Pro-Pac Packaging Limited. The deal was announced on June 26, 2022.

Pact Group acquired Synergy Packaging, a Tullamarine, Victoria maker of PET bottles, bottle caps and jars, as of June 4, 2022. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Orora Beverage is investing $85 million to add a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site. The line is expected to come online in 2025 and add about 10 per cent to can body capacity.

Orora Beverage announced in May 2022 an investment of $85 million to expand can body production capacity at its Revesby plant in Sydney. It is part of about $200 million in can production investment over three to four years.

Orora announced an approximately AUD 85 million capacity expansion adding a multi-size can line at its Revesby, New South Wales site, expected to come online in 2025.

Visy announced a new A$150 million corrugated box factory at Hemmant, Queensland, to serve the state's agricultural sector. The projects together are expected to create over 900 construction jobs and 300 remanufacturing jobs.

Visy announced a A$500 million glass food and beverage container recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland, relocating its glass remanufacturing from South Brisbane, expected in 2025. The plant will produce about 1 billion glass containers a year.

TricorBraun agreed to acquire PB Packaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging, expanding its presence in Australia. PB has 140 team members and the deal is expected to close in Q2 2022, subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval.

UBEECO Group, a subsidiary of UFP Industries, acquired the assets of Boxpack Packaging in Melbourne, Australia, on 1 November 2021. Boxpack reported trailing 12-month sales of AUD 8.2 million to June 2021.

TricorBraun agreed to acquire Cormack Packaging, a rigid packaging supplier in Australia and New Zealand, marking its entry into Australia. The deal was announced on September 13, 2021 and expected to close later that month.

FROMM Packaging Australia was awarded a contract to supply packaging materials to Australia's Department of Defence in New South Wales, valued at AUD 14,190. The award is dated 17 May 2021.

Toll Group has integrated two CMC CartonWrap 1000 automated 3D packaging machines at its Sydney logistics operations, supplied through ABBE Corrugated, the sole Australian distributor of CMC's equipment.

Nippon Paper Group agreed to acquire Orora's paperboard fibre-based packaging business in Australia and New Zealand for an enterprise value of A$1.72bn (US$1.15bn), entering integrated corrugated paperboard manufacturing in Oceania.

WestRock announced its acquisition of Hanna Group Pty Ltd (Hannapak), an Australian folding carton provider serving beverage, food, confectionery and healthcare markets, to expand its consumer packaging business in the region. The announcement is dated 5 August 2020 and no deal value was disclosed.

Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management and Asahi Beverages formed a joint venture to build a A$45 million PET plastic recycling plant at the Nexus Precinct in Albury/Wodonga, NSW, expected to be operational by December 2021.

Visy agreed to buy O-I ANZ, the largest glass bottle and container maker in Australia and New Zealand, for US$652 million ($932 million), with completion expected by the end of July 2020. O-I will use the proceeds to reduce its debt.

Nippon Paper Industries completed its $1.72 billion acquisition of the Orora Fibre Businesses, which were combined with Australian Paper to form Opal, Australasia's newest fibre packaging and paper company. The launch was announced on 1 May 2020.

Bonson Group has bought Queensland-based food packaging company Wong Lee Pty Ltd, its largest distributor in Australia, effective 1 August 2019. Desmond Chaw was appointed General Manager – Operations.

Australian beverage producer Bickford's has opened a new AUD 20 million bottling line at its South Australian facility, developed by Sidel with Tetra Pak, including aseptic filling technology. The line helps expand the company into dairy.

SIG Combibloc agreed to acquire Visy Cartons Pty Ltd from Pratt Consolidated Holdings' VisyPak unit for AU$70 million, subject to customary conditions. Visy Cartons produces SIG aseptic cartons under licence in Australia and New Zealand.

Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS) opened a $72 million corrugated packaging factory in Yatala on the Gold Coast, supported by the Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund. OjiFS also plans three satellite manufacturing sites in other Queensland locations.

Visy officially opened a 36,500 sqm corrugated packaging plant in Truganina, Victoria, capable of making over 1 million cartons daily and employing 85 people.

NCI Packaging has installed and opened a new fully integrated aerosol can making line at its Preston operation in Victoria, Australia, investing almost $7 million.

Packaging and processing equipment maker tna opened a new 80,000 sq ft manufacturing centre in Boronia, Victoria, built for almost $8 million, and targets over $1 billion in sales within five years.

Packaging company Visy is building a $99 million corrugated cardboard plant in Truganina, Melbourne's West, that will make cardboard from recycled paper for the local food and beverage market. The Victorian government says the investment will create 85 new jobs.

Duni acquired 75% of BioPak Pty Ltd, a supplier of sustainable disposable food service packaging in Australia and New Zealand, for approximately SEK 410 million. A further 20% stake is subject to put and call options after five years.

Corrugated Carton Products was awarded a contract by Australia's Department of Defence to supply box shipping fibreboard, valued at AUD 37,479.31 and awarded on 3 October 2018.

ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging Group agreed to buy Victoria-based flexible packaging maker Perfection Packaging for $49.8 million, funded by a capital raising. The factory in Dandenong South employs 100 people.

Oji Fibre Solutions officially opened its A$72 million corrugated board factory in Yatala, Queensland, Australia, supported by a A$65 million state industry attraction fund. The company also announced plans to open three satellite manufacturing sites in the region.

Oji Fibre Solutions is about to open a new $72 million corrugated cardboard packaging factory in Yatala on the Gold Coast, with support from Queensland's Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund. The plant will serve fruit, vegetable and meat markets in QLD, northern NSW and the NT.

Integrated Packaging Group agreed a merger with Pro-Pac Packaging in a share sale deal valued at $177.5 million, creating a flexible packaging leader across Australia and New Zealand. Shareholder vote is expected end of October with tentative completion November 6, 2017.

Sydney-based Pro-Pac Packaging agreed a share sale to merge with Integrated Packaging Group in a A$177.5 million deal, creating a flexible and industrial packaging business, with completion proposed for 6 November after a shareholder vote.

Orora completed a A$42 million expansion of its glass bottle manufacturing plant in Gawler, northern Adelaide, partly government-funded, adding around 60 million bottles a year and 26 jobs.

Visy announced a $2 billion investment program to expand manufacturing across Australia, including clean energy, recycling, paper mills, corrugated box plants and packaging, expected to create 5,000 direct manufacturing jobs over the next decade.

WestRock announced the acquisition of Hanna Group Pty Ltd (Hannapak), a folding carton provider in North Richmond, New South Wales, for AUD 75 million in cash. The business converts about 30,000 tons of paperboard a year.