Commercial

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.


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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.

Paul Cavalier, owner of regional NSW general commercial operation Print Storm, is creating an innovative solution to offset all carbon emissions from the company's Dubbo and Mudgee production facilities.

Australia’s largest print-on-demand fulfiller, Prima PMI, has successfully transitioned its energy mix to be fully powered by solar, wind, and hydro resources, underscoring its commitment to sustainable energy.

Marketing services group IVE was named Coles Group’s Service and Innovation Partner of the Year at the supermarket giant’s prestigious annual awards ceremony.

Ricoh Australia has launched its latest flagship production printer, the Ricoh Pro C9500, which it says is designed to strengthen and future proof commercial printing businesses.

The HP Inkspiration awards are back, with entries now open for competition, which will see printers from Australia and New Zealand vy with their peers from across Asia for the accolades.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Asia Pacific is launching new Fiery print servers and workflow software for the production print Revoria Press EC1100 and Revoria Press SC180 / SC170.

Pegasus Media and Logistics has installed the Canon VarioPRINT iX3200 digital sheetfed inkjet print system, to meet customer demand and boost productivity, at its digital print centre of excellence.

Langley Holdings, parent company to offset press giant Manroland Sheetfed, posted record profit before tax for the first six months, and said the print industry is facing monumental changes.

Kwik Kopy is celebrating Australia’s start-up culture of entrepreneurs with a competition which will give three businesses $5000 worth of design, print and signage this August.

Commercial print and packaging operation Kuhn Corp is celebrating 30 years in business, and opening a new joint venture production facility based in Malaysia, to manufacture recycled PET egg cartons for distribution into Australia and elsewhere.

Richard Celarc has been bookbinding throughout his career, and is now executive chairman of the country’s biggest book manufacturing business Opus Group. Patrick Howard sat down with him.