Printers are being warned to keep a tight rein on extending credit, with the latest CreditorWatch Business Risk Index saying insolvency risk for business is increasing, and significantly.

Independent family-owned WA paper merchant and sheeter Romel is making its biggest ever investment, by setting up a whole new operation in Victoria.

National print franchise group Kwik Kopy has set out ambitious growth targets, with CEO Sonia Shwabsky outlining the plans to supplier partners at lunchtime events in Melbourne and Sydney.

Kodak has launched Version 10.0 of Prinergy Software, available on premise, in the cloud or as a hybrid solution with subscription bundles, and at no extra cost for cloud or managed service users.

Last Thursday marked a memorable evening as Spicers hosted the prestigious 2022 Fedrigoni Top Awards, with the event dedicated to creativity, innovation, and the boundless possibilities of print.

Marketing guru Malcolm Auld says digital numbness is creating tremendous opportunities for print to shine brightly, particularly when interactive innovations like augmented reality are integrated.

Ricoh Australia has launched what it describes as its next generation Ricoh Pro C7500, which it says will achieve richer and more accurate colours, and on a higher grammage range.

The country’s biggest trade print business CMYKhub is at Labelexpo, and has just ordered a new ABG Digicon Series 3 digital embellishment system from local supplier Currie Group.

New South Wales-based Summit Press Printing has installed an Horizon AFV-564FKT fully automatic folder, supplied by Currie Group, with the company praising its ease-of-use.

Leading print franchise group Kwik Kopy has launched its own magazine, Possible, in order it says, to champion the tactile magic of print in an era saturated with digital and AI-driven content.

Australia Post lost more than a million dollars a day, every day, of the last financial year on its letters business, racking up losses 50 per cent greater than the previous year. It wants big changes.

Printers around the country have contributed to a $5000 crowdfund to bring a historic Heidelberg press, dubbed the press that defied Hitler, from regional NSW to the Penrith Museum of Print.

Kodak has placed its first two new machines, a Kodak Prosper Ultra 520 Press and a Prosper 7000 Turbo Press, and expects them both to be in production this quarter.

Japan’s biggest offset press manufacturer Komori says its 100th anniversary will be focused on delivering Kando – beyond expectations – in the era of Vuca; volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.

IVE has just finished printing the biggest print job of the year, producing almost 13 million copies of the Voice referendum pamphlet. Distribution to every household in the country is now set to begin.

MIS and W2P developer eProductivity Software, and creation platform Picsart, are teaming up to bring ecommerce content and design tools to printers. Kwik Kopy is the first ANZ customer.