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ColourChiefs, Fast Proof Press, Kuhn Corp and Sunprint took the plaudits at the Queensland PICAs, each treble gold winners in the annual state printing awards. The sunshine state is the first to hold the PICA event, with other states are following over the next few weeks. Read more
Print businesses in VIC, SA and regional NSW are now out of lockdown, but there are strict guidelines they must adhere to, while Sydney printers in three more LGAs face stricter movements on staff.
Soar Print managing director Fred Soar is the new president of the New Zealand print association PrintNZ, with Jill Cowling, CEO, Blue Star, and Morgan John, GM at Spicers, also joining the board.
Southern Impact is boosting its wide format operation, with the acquisition of Peak Digital, the Seaford-based wide format specialist. Peak Digital will retain its brand, with director Andrew Robertson staying with the business.
Trade wide format print business Media Point is now solar powered, having just installed a new 99kw system on its factory roof, as part of its ongoing commitment to environmental printing.
Leading Brisbane-based operation Printcraft has installed a new HP Indigo 7K Digital Press, supplied by Currie Group, in order to boost its production power.
Small and medium-sized printing and packaging businesses in the current lockdowns, whose turnover has been hit by 30% or more, will be entitled to govt support of between $1500 and $10,000 a week, providing they keep all their staff on the payroll.
Outdoor media spend more than doubled in the second quarter of the year over the same period last year, but print didn’t rise as much as digital, which now accounts for three-fifths of all outdoor media dollars.
Ovato shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to support the proposed sale of the retail distribution business to Are Media, and on a new $2.5m short-term loan from Are.
June was a Big Month in Print. In this latest Print Files podcast, industry insiders Wayne Robinson and Lindy Hughson dissect the big stories, issues and trends emerging in ANZ print over the month.
Good news for the NSW sign and display industry, with the State Department of Education approving funding for training that will formalise the skills and knowledge of signage staff who lack formal qualifications, in a fee-free programme.
The print industry showed its generous heart, using a GoFundMe page to rally around the young family of Sydney printer Adrian ‘Aido’ McManis, who sadly succumbed to his cancer last Wednesday, raising $45,000 in just a few days.
The Real Media Collective (TRMC) has secured a win for the industry, with the reinstatement of Schedule X for all printers, following submission during the recent lockdowns.
Neschen, represented in ANZ by Starleaton, has created a handy guide to enable print businesses to ask the right questions when it comes to choosing a new laminator, which highlights what you should be looking at, and why.
The big ANZ print trade show PacPrint and associated shows Visual Impact and LabelExpo have been postponed from this September to next June, in light of the ongoing Covid pandemic that is currently locking down large parts of Australia.
The global wide format show Fespa will run in Amsterdam in October, under strict Covid measures, although Aussie printers won’t be able to attend, they will have to wait until the 2022 show, in Berlin next year.
How do you expand your print business into new areas in the digital age, to offer your customers new routes to their market, which could deliver new revenue stream to you, and get you closer to your customers? XMPie tells you how.
TRMC says Woolworths' commitment to multi-channel marketing is a win for the retailer, which saw its net profit jump by a quarter during the pandemic, and for print, which continued to prove its value.
The world’s biggest press manufacturer Heidelberg is running a webinar at 5pm tomorrow, which will show printers how to use the new Speedmaster CX104 to print both commercial and packaging work.
Label printers working for the wine sector are raising the glasses in expectations of bumper orders, following a record-breaking year on the vines, which saw two million tonnes of grapes crushed for the first time.
Print21 has a new national sales manager, with highly experienced publishing sales professional Marni Groves taking up the role across all the Print21 media platforms.
