Half a dozen small Aussie businesses have won a $15,000 grant and a communication makeover package from online print giant Vistaprint, the lucky six part of a global 99 strong cohort to receive the boost.

Global orders for Heidelberg presses virtually doubled in the quarter to June over last year, with the company signalling “a broad market recovery in virtually all regions".

International print expert Pat McGrew says understanding and optimising your workflow can be the difference between profit and pain for printers of all kinds operating in the competitive world.

Controversial outfit Maverick Print Group, which caused uproar in the Melbourne industry two years ago through its connection with heavily indebted Dark Horse Print, and changed its name to MVP, is in VA, is being run under licence by a third party, and is aiming for a DOCA.

Orders at press manufacturing giant Koenig & Bauer have surged by 30 per cent, with sheetfed and special presses leading the field, and the company expressing its confidence in the global post-Covid recovery.

The ACCC will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Ovato Retail Distribution by Are Media, which will see the former Gordon & Gotch business move into the hands of the country’s biggest magazine publisher.

Speaking at the company’s AGM, Rainer Hunsdörfer, CEO of the world’s biggest press manufacturer, declared “Heidelberg is back”, as he outlined the company’s growth plans with optimism.

The manroland sheetfed business says order numbers for presses have hit a 10-year high, as print business around the world moved to re-equip their offset fleets following the 18-month Covid hiatus.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Soar Print digital team member Travis Jordan has been named the PrintNZ BJ Ball Papers Print Industry Apprentice of the Year, with Soar Print staffer Alex Huynh winning Trainer of the Year, and Labelmakers being named Training Company of the Year.

Ron Hall, print identity and co-founder of Pinnacle Print Group, was farewelled this week, with family, friends and industry colleagues gathering to say goodbye to one of the leading lights of the late 20th century Melbourne print industry.

Fresh from the launch of the new Speedmaster CX104, Heidelberg is running a webinar tomorrow, which will highlight the folding carton opportunities with its latest press.

The Fujifilm Business Innovation Versant 3100i Press has won a BLI 2021 Pro Award from Keypoint Intelligence, for efficient production workflow capabilities, strong colour matching performance and automated setup with minimum user intervention.