Anthony Albanese has pledged to give up to $24m to Tasmania’s Boyer newsprint paper mill to transition to a low emission future, if the ALP wins the upcoming federal election. Boyer's new owner is looking at diversifying into white paper production.

Vik Gulati, owner of Sydney-based Westmann Printing, has bought the beleaguered Reacon Group. At least two creditors want the Reacon businesses liquidated, while Gulati wants them in a DOCA. The first creditors meeting is Tuesday 22 April.

As the most important time of the year for Christians approaches, the 145 per cent tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on Chinese products will lead to soaring costs for Bibles in the US, almost all of which are printed in China.

The latest issue of the print industry’s magazine, Print21, is arriving on the desks of print business owners and managers of all kinds of printshops around Australia and New Zealand.

Print technology developer Konica Minolta is launching two new cut-sheet digital colour print systems, AccurioPress C14010S and C12010S, which print in four-colour plus white.

Reacon Australia and sister company mmw3degrees are in administration, and are now looking at a restructure through a DOCA to take the print and mailing businesses forward.

Printers have until 6pm on Friday (11 April) to get their entries in for the refreshed National Print Awards, with increasing demand leading the organiser to extend the deadline.

Israeli digital cutting systems developer Highcon has filed for bankruptcy protection, and laid off most of its staff, as it faces liquidity issues and postponed orders, as a result it says of the US tariffs.

The French government is using the power of print, producing a mega-run 31 million 20pp full-colour printed guide designed to give its citizens the means and knowledge to survive various disasters.

Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs may result in a windfall for the Australian print industry, as prime minister Anthony Albanese instructs government procurement to take place within Australia.

Rawson Print & Packaging has boosted its commercial print business by acquiring Megacolour, describing the move as a significant milestone, and enabling it to set new standards of excellence.

Epson has launched its SureColor S7160 eco solvent printer, the latest addition to its “next generation” of large format signage printers to succeed the SC-S40600, which sold 11,000 units.

Kirk Group has partnered with Xsys and Hybrid Software to deliver a new tailor-made flexo plate production line to RollsPack in Melbourne, reducing set-up times and increasing longevity on the press.

Epson and Currie Group have a new partnership, which will see Currie Group add Epson solutions to its product range for the sign, graphics and wide-format print sector.

New US president Donald Trump’s threatened Liberation Day tariffs, set to be imposed today, could ultimately impact pricing of printing equipment coming into Australia from around the world.

The printed labels and packaging market will grow at a CAGR of 3.6 per cent for both volume and value between now and 2029, according to the latest market report by industry analysts Smithers.