New Zealand print professionals recently gathered to celebrate industry excellence at the national Pride In Print Awards, held at the Cordis Hotel, Auckland.

Visual Impact Conference & Expo will be heading to the Sydney Showground on 2-4 September next year, with a “new concept, vision and opportunities” for exhibitors and visitors of the reimagined event.

Ball & Doggett says it is championing customer success with its current crop of appointments, bringing onboard a new wave of industry expertise to the company.

Applications are now open for the 2025 Fespa Leaders Program, which provides professionals across the print, signage, and graphics development opportunities typically available only to senior executives.

Israeli media is reporting that HP is the frontrunner to buy the beleaguered Landa Digital Printing business, but says if a deal is done HP will pay only a fraction of the amount the company was thought to be worth.

The Visual Media Association has named its Marker representatives for the emerging talent programme which it has branded The Inkers, make your mark.

LIA Victoria is inviting all people in print to a tour of the print school at Holmesglen Institute in Chadstone on Thursday 24 July, followed by the 2025 LIA Victoria Graduate of the Year Awards celebrations.

Epson and The Social Outfit are partnering for an ethical and sustainable fashion industry, which they say will be empowering refugee women through education, training and employment.

Landa Digital Printing's investors have decided to stop funding the business, causing a cashflow crisis, and sending the company to the courts to seek protection as it seeks new funding.

Epson will exhibit its direct-to-shape printing system – an inkjet solution for printing directly onto 3D objects – at smart automation and robotics trade fair, Automatica, in Messe München, Germany.

Applications are now open for the inaugural Women in Print HP Indigo Digital Press Scholarship, which is being offered in partnership with Currie Group and HP. Closing date is 3 August.

ePS Packaging has partnered with CarbonQuota to integrate advanced carbon footprint capabilities across its comprehensive software ecosystem.

Plockmatic has signed an agreement to acquire German-based Renz, a global producer of ring wire comb binding machines and supplies, including its subsidiaries in Australia, Argentina, the UK, and Turkey.

East Coast Canning + Printing has launched BulletProof – a new generation of digitally printed aluminium cans that solves the durability problem long associated with digital print on metal substrates.

Print aficionados are in for a real treat, with the world’s earliest printed items coming to Melbourne next month, to be put on show at the 55th annual Melbourne Rare Book Fair.

Pegasus Media & Logistics has welcomed Michael Sherlock as its new CEO, with the company saying he will lead it into the next era of supply chain excellence.