Some people talk the eco talk, but others actually walk it. Aleks Lajovic's Impact International is firmly in the walk-the-walk camp, with its latest move seeing it invest in a forest to offset the carbon used in its materials. Lindy Hughson reports.

Large format and online packaging printer Arlo + Coop is making a major investment in its on-demand, short-run, carton printing operation, with two new fully automated digital Zünd flatbed cutting units, and robots, all supplied by Starleaton, part of the multi-million dollar spend.

Package printing giant Amcor has printed its first ever soft plastic food wrapper made with recycled content, for the Nestlé KitKat brand of chocolate bars.

Johnnie Walker whisky is about to come in a paper bottle, and will likely be the first of many beverages to switch away from glass and plastic into fibre-based packaging.

Supplied by Starleaton, Zünd is manufacturing digital flatbed cutting systems for corrugated, bringing more efficient and flexible alternatives to die cutting, providing on-demand production, in-house.

Precision metal packaging producer and printer Jamestrong celebrated 30 years of making aerosol cans, and a 2.7 billion can production milestone, at its Taree, NSW site, with CEO Alex Commins using the event to champion manufacturing in regional towns.

Flexo print operation Supreme Packaging has been bought by Pro-Pac for $3.2m, 40 years after it was founded, with the company expected to deliver revenue of between $10m and $12m in the next financial year.

Independent family-based paper merchant, Romel Australia, has invested in a new paperboard sheeting machine to convert packaging boards into sheets based on customer specifications.

Here’s a clever idea: watermark packaging so that a sorting system can be more accurate and recycling processes more efficient. Holy Grail 2.0 is underway.

Heidelberg is launching a series of three webinars under the slogan HD4You that will look at the trends in packaging printing, show solutions, and offer a platform for a collective exchange.

The world’s largest consumer packaging business Amcor saw its profits surge by 65 per cent in the first six months, on sales that were largely flat, with the company benefiting from stay-at-home consumer demand in the Covid year.

Iggesund Paperboard has launched Unbox, a new series of digital events, that aims to connect various sectors of the packaging industry to analyse, understand and plan for the rapidly evolving business landscape.

Global packaging and printing industry supplier Flint Group has launched a new division for the flexo and letterpress sectors, combining Flint Group Flexographic with Xeikon Prepress to create XSYS.

In a closely watched move, a new German greenfield packaging plant will install the world’s first manrolandGoss Varioman c:line web offset press, to print cardboard food packaging.

Digital embellishing systems developer Scodix has released PolySens 550, a new polymer for digital enhancement, developed specifically for the food packaging industry.

Sydney-based tube manufacturer Impact International has made another major step on its sustainability journey, launching a first-of-its-kind carbon-offset forest initiative in partnership with leading Australian brands.