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.

The road sign that crushed a car on the Tullamarine freeway collapsed due to a missing plate stiffener, which was not seen, as compulsory safety checks were missed.

Peak industry association PIAA has been lobbying the NSW government over energy costs for printers, and industry training, as it met influential coalition MP James Griffin.

Heidelberg has expanded its digital business with the purchase of software startup Crispy Mountain, which owns cloud-based print management platform Keyline.

South Australia has kicked off this year’s Printing Industry Creativity Awards (PICAs) in style, with a glitzy evening at Adelaide’s Hackney Hotel and Conference Centre.

Sign supply pioneer Bill Jones is marking 50 years in the industry, as he departs the iconic business he founded in 1969 and looks for new opportunities.

Early bird tickets close tonight for the Print21+PKN LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print forum on 12 August in Sydney. The event will include the opportunity for printers to find out how AR can drive consumer engagement, and business opportunity.

Peter Sinodinos has resigned as CEO of print and associated services franchising group Snap, two and a half years after he took the top job. He now has his own consultancy business.

Agfa has developed a new screening technology which it says saves ink by replacing traditional print dots with spirals.

A new Roy Morgan survey has found millennials to be Australia’s biggest readers of catalogues, with 3.2m readers as compared to 3.16m baby boomers and 3.16m members of Generation X.