The company that trades as major NSW signage business Skope Group Services Manufacturing is in administration with debts to creditors topping $1m, but confusion reigns as to the status of the multitude of related entities.

The US print trade show war is ratching up several notches, as the Speciality Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) buys major trade media publisher Napco Media, giving the new entity greater reach, and furthering its plans to take over the trade show market.

Visual Connections sponsored graphic designer Indy Griffiths has been chosen as one of 15 young Skillaroos who will showcase their skills, at the 54th WorldSkills International Championships in Russia, later this month.

Labelmakers Group is acquiring the country's biggest linerless labels producer, Le Mac Australia, with the transaction for an undisclosed sum expected to be completed next month.

Peak print industry association PIAA is rebranding to become the Print and Visual Communication Association, with the new face to be presented at PrintEx next week.

Print businesses looking to move into packaging, or already in the sector and aiming to exploit new opportunities, have until midnight on Sunday to buy tickets for LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print.

Neopost has partnered with Belgian finishing equipment manufacturer C.P. Bourg to bring its products to Australia.

Visual Connections, the premier suppliers’ association for the print, graphics and signage industries, today congratulated the Printing Industries Association of Australia on changing its name to the Print & Visual Communications Association (PVCA).

Revenue at News Corp rose by 12 per cent to hit $10bn in 2018-19, its book publishing division saw record profits, but print advertising was down on the year prior.

Gold medal winning Paralympian Kurt Fearnley is the main speaker at the Dscoop PrintEx lunch, slated to take place on the Thursday of PrintEx.

Konica Minolta will bring the EFI MarketDirect cloud based multi-channel campaign management, web-to-print and online job procurement software to Australia.

One lucky PrintEx visitor will win a free trip for two to the mother-of-all trade shows drupa next year, simply by pre-registering and attending the local show.

The Fujifilm Acuity Ultra will feature on stand F37 alongside Fuji Xerox at PrintEx.

Esko will exhibit its Print Control Wizard software for flexo platemaking on stand S28 at PrintEx.

Workflowz will exhibit a portfolio of solutions for commercial print, wide-format, and labels and packaging on stand Q20 at PrintEx.

With the National Print Awards set for Thursday, there are only a few tickets left for the Australian printing industry’s night of nights.