A new die making operation is opening for business in Melbourne, Die Making Central, just as the Martin O’Brien Formes businesses go into voluntary winding up with $4.4m worth of debts.

Currie Group has partnered with Pro Cut to supply the Fold Stream range of print finishing systems to the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Jet Technologies is accelerating its growth across Southeast Asia, capitalising on rising demand for digital embellishment, automation and advanced finishing solutions.

HP will launch the HP Indigo 6K+ label press next year, which includes the SmartControlSystem, a new platform that combines AI-powered tools, intuitive automation, and press self-monitoring.

The country’s biggest magazine publisher is up for sale, with Are Media’s private equity owner taking offers for the business it bought five years ago, and which prints almost all of its product at IVE.

Epson will exhibit its direct-to-shape printing system – an inkjet solution for printing directly onto 3D objects – at smart automation and robotics trade fair, Automatica, in Messe München, Germany.

Plockmatic has signed an agreement to acquire German-based Renz, a global producer of ring wire comb binding machines and supplies, including its subsidiaries in Australia, Argentina, the UK, and Turkey.

Print ePS, the print operating unit of the world’s biggest print software developer eProductivity Software, has expanded its portfolio by acquiring the Avanti Systems MIS software from Ricoh.

Armidale-based screen print operation, Ministry of T-Shirts, has moved into DTF, by investing in Australia’s first ROQ Impress DTF heat transfer press, supplied by GJS.

National office products retailer Officeworks has ordered a Konica Minolta AccurioShine 3600 digital embellishing system for its print hub in North Rocks, Sydney.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia is the first authorised distributor for Vivid Laminating Technologies in the Asia Pacific region, specifically for the Australian market.

Vistaprint will be one of the recipients of one of up to 20 new HP Indigo 18K or 120K digital presses ordered by parent company Cimpress, in a massive global deal with HP Indigo.

Trade finishing operation Twin Loop Binding has installed a new Horizon BQ-280 PUR perfect binder, supplied by Currie Group, in order to have more flexibility, to cater for increasing demand in its case binding service, and to enter new markets.

Kellie Northwood, CEO, VMA, says there is a need for a mature dialogue between printers and print buyers, in order to prevent short-termism from creating problems for print producers, and print buyers.

Following the signing of the new partnership with baumannperfecta, Currie Group has hosted its export sales manager, Olaf Gerber, on a visit Down Under, just as the first machine is being installed here.

Kodak is running ahead of its environmental targets, achieving a 56 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and a 31 per cent reduction in water withdrawal, both ahead of the company’s 2025 targets.