The latest issue of Print21 is hitting desks of print business owners and managers around Australia and New Zealand and, as ever, is full of industry news and in-depth features from the world of print.
Hot off the press, Print21 July-August 2025 issue is on its way to you in the mail and available online for your convenience.
In our Cover Story (page 10), we shine the spotlight on Ball & Doggett and its rapidly growing portfolio of solutions – from print and signage, to packaging and creative applications – including its latest additions from Kongsberg, eProductivity Software, Mimaki and Kornit.
For events coverage, check out our review of PacPrint (page 14), which welcomed print business owners and managers from the ANZ and the Pacific Islands converge to Homebush in Sydney, in what was one of the wettest weeks on record. We then cover all the winners from the 40th National Print Awards (page 22), which saw 15 print operations take home Gold, notably Bambra Press with three, and IVE Group, MCC Labels, Taylor’d Press, Press Point Print, and Rawson Print & Packaging all bringing home two.
For the issue’s other features, we take a look at the latest technology release from Konica Minolta (page 34), with its official Australian launch of its next-gen B2+ UV inkjet press, the AccurioJet 30000; Kwik Kopy’s Sonia Shwabsky speaks on AI in print, and how it can enhance the industry and deliver significant new opportunities (page 30); Westman Printing’s Vik Gulati breaks down the automation, data analysis and scalability benefits of the new printIQ MIS system (page 32); AusPost delivers another blow to the print and mail industry with the ACCC greenlighting its proposed price rise (page 36); and Xsys continues to build with innovation and acquisition, and has become a bigger and more comprehensive company (page 54).
Rounding out the issue are our regular sections: we hear from the major Australian and New Zealand print industry associations, with the Visual Media Association’s Kellie Northwood speaking on the lobbying efforts made by the VMA to bring government print back onshore (page 56); and then, PrintNZ’s Ruth Cobb speaks on the highlights and biggest takeaways from this year’s PacPrint (page 58). We also highlight the upcoming industry events to mark on your calendar in What’s On In Print (page 66).
In People in Print: Print21 evolves leadership team (page 58); Michael Sherlock is named new Pegasus Media & Logistics CEO (page 58); CMYKhub moves in DTF (page 60); IVE recycles five tonnes of workwear (page 60); Ministry of T-Shirts invests in Australia’s first ROQ Impress (page 62); Next Printing takes home Fespa Global Award (page 62); Officeworks orders AccurioShine 3600 and a trio of Vivid digital die cutters from Fujifilm (page 63); the VMA launches the Inkers programme (page 64); Bernard Quill wins Brother decorating award (page 64); and Imagination Graphics purchases new Mimaki wide-format print and cut system (page 65).
And finally, the Labels21 supplement returns again, and in this issue Labelmakers is pushing the envelope in label manufacturing (page 40); HP Indigo, ABG and Omet – all represented by Currie Group – are bringing their range of label printing tech to Labelexpo Europe (page 42); Labelexpo is expanding its focus (page 44) with automation and sustainability as key themes at the show (page 48); Domino’s Russell Weller unpacks the hidden ROI of digital label printing (page 50); and we take a closer look at drivers for the growth of linerless labels over the past three years (page 52).
Enjoy the read.