Commercial

The Screen Truepress Jet L350UV SAI S took out the European Digital Press Association 2021 award – the third time the inkjet label press technology has secured the win.

After 12 years building the Signarama business in Australia, Evan Foster is taking a major step up to a worldwide role, to be global director of its parent UFG, responsible for nine brands, in 60 countries.

Heatset print operation Ovato managed to claw back a chunk of its losses in the second quarter, with its net cash loss of $4.3m a significantly better result than the $23.2m loss in the corresponding period the previous year.

Print manager TMA has been working closely with long term partner Australia Post to provide a custom solution for the Department of Health’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a move that may have major implications for the industry, creative and prepress software juggernaut Adobe will no longer offer Pantone Color Libraries in its Creative Cloud products.

It’s that time of the year when Pantone launches its Colour of the Year, and, as always, accompanies it with easily the most flowery press release of the year. For 2022 a new blue Veri Peri takes the spotlight..

The former GM of Surf LIfe Saving NSW created a sham print broking operation, through which he funnelled Surf NSW's print jobs, and sent back inflated invoices, without admitting that he owned the business.

Australian print businesses Intertype and Fandata are winners in the regional Fujifilm Business Innovation Asia Pacific Innovation Print Awards, with All Flags Signs & Banners scoring a runners-up spot.

EFI’s global user event Connect has returned as an in-person conference after going virtual last year, with the company focusing on its analogue to digital theme.

Local HP Indigo supplier Currie Group has taken out the global HP Channel Partner of the Year award, the award recognising its combined performance across both labels & packaging, and commercial.

NSW south coast print business Excell Printing is up for sale, with the owner Alan Mogridge looking for a sea changer to take on the three site, multi-disciplinary, 30-year-old business,


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Franchise operation Kwik Kopy is restructuring its board, with the Penfold family taking control, while its CEO, CFO and training manager are all departing, as the company looks to implement significant strategic plans for the growth and success of the organisation in the new year.

The country’s biggest print franchise group Snap is looking for a new CEO for its 130 store operation, as incumbent Richard Thame is set to head back to the logistics industry, after two years in the job.

Personalised consumer products operation Prima has removed Printing from its name, and rebranded with a new website and vibrant set of logos, in order, it says, to better reflect its diversity in the market.

Spicers has boosted its industrial packaging division by acquiring Universal Packaging, a leading supplier of pallet wrapping film, machinery, application and optimisation, which operates throughout New Zealand.

Press manufacturing giant Koenig & Bauer is launching a new corporate strategy, Exceeding Print, with which it says will transform itself from a heavy engineering manufacturer to an agile technology group.