Packaging & Labelling Machinery Feature Articles

Australia risks destroying the training capacity it will need to transform manufacturing due to governments nationwide starving and dismantling TAFEs.

Tony Abbott announced this week (Monday, April 7) Australia had finally struck a historic trade deal with Japan, a move that will allow a number of local industries – most significantly ...

Half of Australian workers worry about their work, a survey by the Centre for Workplace Leadership at the University of Melbourne has found.

The latest seasonally adjusted Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) contracted again in March – down 0.7 points to 47.9 (readings ...

Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb recently welcomed the release of Australia's International Business Survey 2014 as the most significant snapshot of Australian exporters ...

The Australian Made Campaign has created a video to help tell the story of the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo – Australia's only registered country-of-origin trade mark.

The extent of the red tape burden facing Australian business is highlighted in a new Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) CEO survey.

"The Australian Industry Group strongly welcomes the initiatives the government is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and other organisations," Australian Industry ...

If your business is found to be short-measuring your customers you could be in line for a fine of $170,000 for each offence. Over-measure and you are giving away your profits, which ...

The US Federal Trading Commission (FTC) has made a number of changes to its textile labelling rules on fibre content and country-of-origin disclosures.

Protective packaging demand in the US is projected to increase 4.5 per cent per year to $6.4bn in 2018, an improvement from the 2008-13 performance based on a strengthening of the ...

Consumer demand for packaged, frozen and ready-to-eat meals, alongside a growing discomfort about food waste, is driving the growth of active and intelligent packaging solutions.

Most businesses lodge and pay on time with over 1.3 million BAS lodgements received by the due date for the last quarter.

The federal government's announcement of its intention to amend the Qantas Sale Act to potentially allow increased foreign investment in the airline is one of the hottest topics in ...

Improvements in production levels and new orders contributed to an easing in the rate of contraction in the latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing ...

"With the next quarterly BAS due on 28 February, Australian businesses need to plan for timely and accurate lodgement, even if there is nothing to report or the business may not be ...

While the Australian government expressed disappointment last week over Alcoa's decision to close its Point Henry Smelter and two rolling mills, IndustrySearch readers have weighed ...

A report released today by Efficient Consumer Response Australasia (ECRA) highlights the significant security challenges for the retail industry stemming from smartphone technology. ...

Internet security experts from Murdoch University have raised concerns about the growing use of Quick Response codes, also known as QR codes.

The Australian government shares the disappointment of the Geelong community following Alcoa's decision to close its Point Henry Smelter and two rolling mills, according to Minister ...