The board at AAB has made Mark Atkinson the new CEO at print powerhouse Pegasus Media & Logistics, succeeding Kevin Slaven who has now retired, with a new CFO, Frank Shapter, also in place. Atkinson joined Pegasus last June from Ovato, as GM Operations, and comes with a 27 year track record in print.

The upcoming Fespa Global wide format expo, slated for Amsterdam in March, is on track to have 500 exhibitors, with 487 already signed up to the four-day event, which runs under the Opportunities tagline.

Print technology developer Screen has just sold its 20,000th CTP system, the major milestone coming a quarter of a century after CTP emerged to revolutionise the prepress and printing industry.

Wide format hardware and consumables supplier, Starleaton, is in administration, with administrators fielding calls from companies looking to acquire the business. First creditors' meeting is 31 January.

Women in Print has appointed its new board for 2024, with Stephanie Gaddin as the new chair, and for the first time in its history there is an independent office bearer.

Epson has launched the new SureColor F1060, a compact hybrid desktop printer, purpose-built for custom and low-to-medium volume direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTFilm) imaging.

Well known and respected print paper man Gordon Anthonisz  has passed away, following several years of difficult health issues, after a lifetime spent in the local paper and print industry.

Peter Wagener’s display graphics businesses, which were ‘on the brink of extinction’ are back up and running, having been bought out of administration and liquidation by a new owner.

The latest issue of Print21 magazine has an in-depth feature on print suppliers association Visual Connections, which is looking to the future, with a clear focus on the development of a sustainable print industry.

Tom Lusch, founder of multi-award winning Platypus Print Packaging, which he built from scratch to become the biggest folding carton printer in Queensland, passed away at the start of the new year.

Visual Connections has launched its newly expanded careers program, which aims to attract new talent to the industry, with the initiative now to be known as Sign & Print Career Connections.

Following Australia Post’s decision to reduce its daily letter service to every second day in order to recuperate financial losses, the print industry has expressed its disappointment.

Australia’s largest print-on-demand fulfiller, Prima PMI, is set to install ten Ricoh 9500 production printers at its Melbourne facility, which is reportedly one of the largest deployments in the world.

Detmold Group is switching to solar energy, with its Regency Park facility the first of its plants to go live, the company joining a growing number of print and packaging operations moving to sun power.

All of Peter Wagener’s display print companies will be back up and running on Monday, from new premises, after a turbulent few weeks for the national supplier, which has yet to see several issues resolved.

The proposed Australia Post Business Mail price increase, of up to 20.6 per cent, which was due to be effective from 1 January, has been held up by the ACCC, with rejection now a possibility.