Digital outdoor media has overtaken print for the first time, with the half year to June showing print, or classic, or static slipping into the minority of the outdoor spend, and down by $11.5m in revenue.

The market gave Pro-Pac the thumbs up for its full year results, with shares rising 6.9 per cent in the first hour of trade, as its 2019 EBITDA rose by 72 per cent.

Fespa Australia (formerly SGIAA) and Starleaton will host another three-day colour bootcamp in Melbourne next week.

Print industry association PVCA (previously PIAA) says the new VET Expert Panel Review is a welcome step, but says to succeed it must talk to print and packaging businesses.

NSW sign and display company Grand Print Services is making a major investment with a top-of-the-range Arizona 1380XT flatbed printer, and a ProCut 3200L digital cutting system.

Digital print solutions developer Xeikon is offering the ability to print a haptic – textured touch – effect, directly from its inkjet print systems, with no need for file modification.

Konica Minolta managing director Dr David Cooke has been appointed to chair the first Australian Human Rights Institute advisory committee, located at UNSW, Sydney.

Processless platesetting, makes for more efficient and sustainable production, because it removes the need to chemically remove unexposed plate coatings. It’s a big step forward in making print media production more environmentally friendly, but it has taken a while to gain traction.

The sign and display industry is fuming over the actions of NSW sign businesses Skope and Clear Skies, with Skope aiming to buy Clear Skies out of administration for $100,000, on condition of Clear Skies shedding 70 per cent of its $2.3m debt through a proposed DOCA.

WA business Super Signs has installed the first Océ Arizona 1300 series flatbed UV in Australia, and is already reaping rewards from the new printer.

Sydney-based signmaker Coleman Group has purchased Australia’s fourth Massivit 1800 3D printer, from Stick on Signs, distributed through Graphic Art Mart.

Police are alleging that former NSW Surf Life Saving general manager Matthew Hanks set up a dummy printing company as part of a decade-long scheme to funnel $2.7m cash to himself from the association.

Packaging giant Amcor saw its sales and profits for the full year all rise in constant currency terms, but take a hit in real terms thanks to adverse currency fluctuations, as CEO Ron Delia declared it the "global leader in consumable packaging".

The big show for the year is over, but printers not able to go to Sydney last week can now check up on all the show highlights at their leisure, on the Print21 news website.

Kurz will launch the new KPW XU cold foil for narrow-web printing at Labelexpo in Brussels next month, with a variety of finished labels on show to demonstrate the versatility of the new foil.

Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions is launching five new satin and gloss metallic colours, which it says incorporate vibrant pigments in its Supreme Wrapping Film portfolio.