Translating digital photos into a canvas print has an undoubted aesthetic appeal, but how do you achieve it. Mypicture.com.au has the answers.

Vincent Nair, CEO of Smartech, looks ahead from the first year of the company in Australia, and tells Print21 editor Wayne Robinson where he sees opportunity shaping up for the print industry.

Welcome to 2022, the year when technology makes possible the synthesising of paper using bacteria and carbon emissions, for a polyester fibre, based on bugs and smoke.

The Sydney Allen liquidator is also pursuing MacMillan Group Services, for $300,000, money it claims was never declared as part of the purchase price when Print Warehouse bought the failed business.

The liquidator of former NSW print business Sydney Allen, which went down with debts of $7.6m six years ago, is seeking to take its former directors to court, claiming the company was trading while insolvent, and says it is aiming to get unsecured creditors up to 57c in the dollar.

Kodak is featuring its portfolio of digital, offset, and software solutions at PacPrint, presenting with the aim of “enabling printers to thrive in a changing market environment".

The unstoppable mega trend to personalisation has been good news for Ben Carroll, CEO at trade heat transfer supplier Vicon, and its Velflex, which supplies heat transfer equipment.

The paperworkers strike, that has crippled commercial, publishing and labelstock output from the €10bn a year UPM Kymmene mills for 81 days, has been extended by two more weeks.

A B Graphic International – represented by Currie Group in Australia and New Zealand – has formalised its exclusive global agreement with Actega Metal Print for its metallisation technology, Ecoleaf.

Active Mail managing director Luke Pearsall says marketers are rediscovering the benefits of direct mail, leading to a renaissance of the medium, which, he tells Patrick Howard, will only get stronger.

The longest paper workers strike in Finnish history, which has crippled output at the €10bn a year UPM Kymmene mills since New Year's Day, shows no sign of being resolved, adding to paper supply issues.

Print industry professional Stephanie Gaddin has been appointed treasurer for Women in Print, replacing exiting board officer and treasurer, Sarah Moore, who will stay on the NSW committee.

Australia’s biggest print magazines are getting bigger, with the big two – Coles and Woolworths' Fresh – gaining significantly more readers in the past 12 months. Only three of the top 25 saw a decline last year, with 22 seeing growth. The Fresh Christmas run was 2.5 million.

Gold Coast operation Foyer Printing has installed PrintFlow DIPS on its two B2 Komoris, bringing digital ink preset control to the machines, reducing make-ready by half, improving colour, and reducing waste.

Wallsend-based business Genr8 Printing is entering the digital label print market, and intends to attract new business with its new OKI Pro 1050 label printer and Virgo finishing system.

Direct to garment solution developer Kornit achieved record fourth quarter revenue, saw a 67 per cent increase in its full year and says it is on track to achieve its $1bn revenue figure by 2026, three times higher than its current level.