Spotlighting its end-to-end capabilities during its recent Innovation Expo, Opal showcased new digital printing and cutting technologies, which it says redefines speed, flexibility and creative possibilities.

Canon Production Printing has broadened its product portfolio in Oceania to include new label and packaging printing presses, which it will showcase these solutions at Labelexpo Europe on stand 4E07.

Leading Australian can converter and printer, Orora, has reported a strong performance for FY25, with group revenue up 24.4% to $2.1 billion and EBIT rising 9.5% to $262.1 million.

The first cans to be printed on Orora’s high speed digital direct-to-can press, Helio, have rolled off the line at the canmaker’s Dandenong, Victoria facility, marking several first-to-market achievements.

Filton Packaging has bolstered its print capabilities and food safety credentials, with the installation of a Bobst Vision CI flexo press and the attainment of FSSC 22000 certification.

Trimatt Systems is accelerating its momentum in the digital packaging space with a move to its new site in Boronia, Victoria, and a wave of product innovation tailored to meet evolving market demand.

Melbourne-based flexible packaging specialist RollsPack Group has opened a manufacturing facility in Huai’an, China, marking a strategic expansion of its footprint in the Asia Pacific region.

From short runs to shelf-ready in days, Onpack is using direct-to-object digital print to deliver high-impact packaging for brands like Rippl – opening new markets and building a scalable new business model for Australian print.

East Coast Canning + Printing has launched BulletProof – a new generation of digitally printed aluminium cans that solves the durability problem long associated with digital print on metal substrates.

Two years since entering the world of robotics, Bobst says it now has a full range of robotic solutions on offer for loading and palletising on flatbed die-cutters, along with folder-gluers and flexo folder-gluers.

The world’s biggest offset press manufacturer, Heidelberg, has launched a new press for the carton packaging market, the Cartonmaster CX-145, and is ready to take orders.

The merger between packaging giants Amcor and Berry is now complete, with the deal creating one of the world's biggest flexo print operations. Amcor also prints offset and digital.

Packaging, warehouse and logistics, and finishing are the three top potential growth areas for the nation’s printers, according to the Industry Metrics Survey, that asked which areas printers were diversifying into.

Innovative Australian packaging solutions developer Trimatt has signed a distribution deal in the USA for the first time, with Graph-Tech set to sell the Trimatt CardLine 7000 across the Americas.

The four-week lockout at Opal Paper’s Maryvale Mill is over, as Opal has reached an in-principle agreement with its workers and the CFMEU for a new Enterprise Agreement.

Opal is assuring its packaging grade customers that its contingency plans mean supply will continue without interruption, as the lockout of its 308 workers at the Maryvale Mill enters its fourth week.