Kurz has acquired the print finishing division of Switzerland-based Steinemann Technology. It says the acquisition will allow it to extend its portfolio to include offline systems for finishing B1 and B2 format sheets.

Orora CEO and managing director Nigel Garrard is retiring from the packaging giant as of 30 September, with company insider Brian Lowe to replace him in both jobs the next day.

An EU decision will require changes in the processing of recycled prints and in the making of new recycled papers. There is a fair to middling chance that the decision could reduce supply, which will inevitably lead to price rises, writes Laurel Brunner from Verdigris.

Rawson Print, Who Print, Digitalpress, AAB and Impact International were the big winners at the NSW Printing Industry Creativity Awards (PICAs) last night.

National gift and loyalty card printer Australian Plastic Cards, registered as Lazercard with ASIC, is in liquidation, after voting to wind itself up on Tuesday.

In a brazen case of greenwashing Air New Zealand has removed printed newspapers from its lounges, claiming it is for environmental reasons, yet it is dumping 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year.

Print's share of the out of home (OOH) industry is going backwards, even as overall spend in the sector continues to increase, with digital out of home now in the ascendancy.

University of Melbourne students currently undertaking the Master of Food & Packaging Innovation degree were treated to a hands-on demonstration of digital printing and pouch making at the Read Labels & Packaging facility earlier this week.

Well known industry identity Jamie Weller is the new sales specialist for Industrial Print at Konica Minolta.

Visitors to PrintEx19 in Sydney in August will be able to see a host of award-winning products from HP first-hand on the Photo Direct stand E06, including canvas made from recycled water bottles.

Printers preached industry unity from the lectern at the NSW PICAs on Wednesday night, with leader after leader calling for the industry to work together for the common good, in an unscripted wave of emotion that caught the zeitgeist of the event.

Ovato Book Printing is instigating a new on-demand book printing strategy, based at its Clayton site in Victoria, with a $1m investment to create what it says will be the most advanced plant of its kind in the country.

Latest research from print analysts Smithers Pira says digital print will grow to more than a fifth of all print in five years time, while overall print volumes are shrinking, but cash value is rising.

Next month's LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print will include an exclusive session from packaging giant Tetra Pak, at which it will present on its digitally connected packaging strategy.

EFI and Memjet have signed a deal that will see the Fiery rip available for the Memjet range of ultra-fast Duralink digital inkjet print systems.

The OMA has released its 2018 Annual Report, which notes a healthy and growing industry, with a 6.2 per cent share of the $15bn Australian media spend, and in the top two growing media channels.