Print giant Ovato saw its revenue fall by $96.6m in the 2021 financial year, while losses improved by a third, but the company still finished the year a whopping $67m in the red.

Australia Post is suspending Unaddressed Mail bookings in NSW and Victoria for two weeks next month, leaving the print and mail industry angry, frustrated, and looking at financial losses.

The country’s biggest print business, IVE, performed better than anticipated in the financial year to June, achieving a $100m EBITDA on revenue of $656m, and is anticipating strong growth next year, and is looking to invest in fibre-based packaging.

Much of the commercial print industry in Auckland and the rest of New Zealand remains idle, with Level 4 lockdown extended again until at least next Tuesday in the country's biggest city, with the rest of the country in Level 4 until the end of the week. However, printers are better prepared now than last time around.

In a triumph for smart packaging, flexo and digital printing, and promotional marketing, Hungry Jack’s has launched its biggest ever on-pack promotion – Uno at Hungry Jack’s – delivered by a cross-industry collaboration, including MCC and Detpack.

Award-winning wide format digital printing supplier Mezographic has completed a vibrant, eye-catching vehicle wrap for The Dough Truck's Sladan Stankic.

Enda Kavanagh says print businesses will benefit from implementing a digital marketing strategy for their clients, and shares the stories of several Aussie printers who have done just that using the XMPie toolkit.

New Zealand printers currently under lockdown will have to wait until at least Wednesday before they can get back to work, with the Level Four lockdown there extended across the whole country for another four days.

Print has suffered a blow, with the nation’s 6500 clubs no longer required to communicate AGM and other notices with their 15 million members through mailouts, a move which axes a swathe of regular jobs for printers across the country..

Offset print plate volumes at both Kodak and Fujifilm are soaring, as the global print industry bounces back from the Covid downturn, with printers firing up their presses and ordering new ones.

The uptake of processless printing plates for offset presses is finally starting to really gain pace, which is great news for the environment, and should be on the agenda of every print business, says print environmentalist Laurel Brunner.

Worldwide Print Online franchisee Les Stock has installed one of the first Ricoh Pro 5300S digital colour printers in the country, along with a new Ricoh Ri100 DTG printer and the TotalFlow Prep workflow at his Parramattta centre.

Eckersley Print Group is celebrating 50 years in business, marking its achievements, acquisitions and evolution to become one of the leading print operations in Queensland that it is today.

Hansen Design & Print installed a new Screen PlateRite 4600E for its SA/VIC operation, locating it at the Naracoorte operation, and which is now serving four Heidelberg presses with Fujifilm Superia ZP processless plates.

Press giant Heidelberg has seen a successful year with orders from local printers - with 11 new offset presses going into Australia and New Zealand, as well as a new Labelfire hybrid label press.

At a time when gender roles and identities play a central role in business, politics, and society, Sue Threlfo stands out in the 'blokey' print industry. She is notable for being a long term facilitator of the digital drive, and as a pioneer in leading the change to a more diverse industry.