The Guardian reports that Chinese refugee Fu Cong has been exploited by an unnamed Melbourne print company, which was trading while insolvent and bounced his salary cheques before going under.

The News Corp Townsville Print Centre has won Print Centre of the Year in the annual NewsMediaWorks newspaper awards, taking out top prize for the second year in a row.

Next year’s giant drupa trade fair is almost fully booked, with organisers expecting all available halls to be sold out by the time the expo opens its doors next June.

Large format supply operation Charti is making its second acquisition, buying Queensland based PT Store to boost its presence in the sunshine state following its purchase of Stanton Media a year ago.

Avery Dennison used Labelexpo to launch 12 new innovations, including what it says is a breakthrough adhesive for rough surfaces like cardboard boxes.

Bobst has launched a new a hybrid digital and flexo label press, the Master DM5, which it says is the industry’s first non-stop digital label press and heralds a new era in label printing.

Local workflow management and MIS solutions developer made its Labelexpo debut at this show, with its new label printing module now part of the core printIQ product.

Foiling specialist Kurz is launching a new solution to work with HP Indigo digital printers: the DM-Jetliner, which sits in-line in front of the HP Indigo 6800 and 6900.

Océ marked its commitment to labels and packaging with the LabelStream 4000 at the show, an industrial-scale four to five colour UV inkjet conversion platform for self-adhesive labels and selected flexible packaging applications.

The Oki stand had the new Pro 1050 CMYK + white label printer as the centrepiece, the new system aimed at the burgeoning craft food and beverage markets.

The Mark Andy booth is a hotbed of new developments with new hybrid and digital presses attracting the crowds to the US manufacturer, supplied here by Aldus Tronics.

Finishing solutions supplier Prati has a host of new solutions on its stand, each one focused on a certain application, with systems for pharma, wide web digital, in-mould, and high volume.

Gallus is showing the whole range of possibilities for digital and conventional label printing and converting with its extensive product range on its stand. The company says it has a focus on digital printing and converting as a growth market.

Converting solutions developer ABG – supplied in ANZ by Currie Group – had its biggest ever presence at this year's Labelexpo, with some 20 machines, both new and current, on its booth.

Esko launched a new version of its Crystal CDi platemaker, with inline XPS exposure and a robotic arm to move the plates between the units on the system.

Durst is launching its first new label platform for seven years with the scalable Tau 420 RSCi, with local sales manager Paul Sanelli saying it changes the rules of label print production.