The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and the Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) have joined forces on a new initiative: Packaging & Processing Week. This new annual event, owned and operated by the two ...
China is Australia's number two source of vegetable imports. Yet, vegetables from China are not always labelled as such. Why does that matter? Because data recently released by the Communist Party of China indicates that 19.4%, or ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Packaging, Label
The Australian Packaging Design Awards puts a spotlight on companies who are "imaginative, innovative and creative in producing packaging of a high standard." If that company is yours, winning one has to be good for business. It is run ...
Tags: Packaging
Anglo American said Thursday that it increased output of iron ore and metallurgical coal in the first quarter ended March 31, mainly due to a ramp-up in operations. Iron ore production rose 10% year on year to 11.3 million mt on increased ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Coal Output
South Korea's third-largest refiner, S-Oil, sold a combined 639,000 b/d of oil products, petrochemicals and lube in the first quarter of this year, up 1.4% from 630,000 b/d a year ago, the company said in a statement Thursday. Sales in Q1 ...
Tags: Oil Products, Petrochemicals
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has revised its 'Advertising and selling guide' to help educate businesses about their legal rights and obligations when selling and promoting their products and services. With the supply ...
Tags: ACCC, certification
Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron has announced that it shipped a record 2.73 million wet metric tons of iron ore in the quarter ended on March 31, increasing by 1.1 percent compared to the previous quarter, despite inclement weather ...
Tags: Atlas Iron, iron ore, miner
Australia's largest food relief agency Foodbank Australia has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jason Hincks as Chief Executive Officer effective 28 April 2014. Hincks joins Foodbank Australia from the highly successful ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Australian miner BHP Billiton today celebrated the official opening of its new Jimblebar iron ore mine, which is located at 40 kilometres east of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Jimblebar delivered first production in ...
Tags: BH Billiton, Iron Ore
On April 23, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in March this year China's Ministry of Commerce issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 104.810 million mt, up 43.58 percent month on month, valued at $12.145 ...
The Anti-Dumping Commission has published its final report on 'dumped' Italian tomatoes The Anti-Dumping Commission has published a final report on its findings that a number of Italian tomato products had been dumped into the Australian ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping, Dumped Tomatoes
The Industry of the Future Forum is a Food & Drink Business initiative. It is being held because future-proofing the food and drink industry is an essential. And future-proofing is only possible by understanding what is likely to lie ahead, ...
Tags: Food, Drink Business, Packaging, Printing
Australian exploration and production company Santos produced 12.2 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first quarter of 2014, up 1% year on year, the company said Thursday. Santos attributed the rise to increased oil output following ...
Tags: Gas production, LNG, Crude oil
Chobani, LLC, maker of America's No. 1-selling Greek Yogurt brand, announced today that it has begun exporting to markets in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, beginning with Singapore, Malaysia and Panama, to build on the Company's ...
Tags: Chobani, multiple flavors, Yogurt brand
Chep's first generation retail display pallets were well received. But following a period of significant changes in retail environmentsm Chep wondered if they could be made better. So it asked. It asked both manufacturers and retailers. ...