Continuing a popular tradition in the Sunshine State, the Australian Sign and Graphics Association (ASGA), together with new co-host Visual Connections, will host its annual industry golf event for Queenslanders on Friday 23 August.

US private equity firm Apollo Global Management has acquired Shutterfly, a leading photo personalisation retailer, in a US $2.7bn deal and plans to merge it with online photo printing service Snapfish.

Spicers shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the company’s buyout by Japanese firm Kokusai Pulp and Paper (KPP), a move which CEO David Martin says will enable it to offer more to printers.

Diversified marketing and communications operation IVE Group is launching a new e-commerce transformation platform, Nexus, following a successful pilot run, as the $700m business expands its retail offering.

Sign printers and installers will get an in-depth insight into the enormous fallout from the combustible materials issue, which is currently rocking the industry, at a special ASGA panel discussion at PrintEx in August.

Franchise print, pack and send operation PostNet has collapsed, with debt collectors calling in the liquidators on the national business. The 15 franchisees are now in limbo, but will continue to trade.

Digital with a difference business Resolution Imaging is investing in an Epson SureColor S80600 as it looks to ramp up its high quality large format digital signage printing.

National Print Awards tickets go on general sale on 1 July (next Monday), with ticket prices set at $100 for PIAA Members and $150 for non-members.

The US private equity fund buying EFI is sparking speculation in bringing former Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson onto its team.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has blocked the proposed US$8bn merger between Quad Graphics and what was the volume printing arm of former rival RR Donnelly now known as LSC Commuinications.

Early bird tickets close this Friday for the Print21 + PKN Packaging News special event.

Imaging giant Canon is releasing a new technology-packed digital colour print system, the imagePress C910, aimed at small commercial printers, copyshops and franchises.

Alucobond supplier Halifax Vogel and Vitrabond supplier Fairview Architectural are being taken to court, in a litigation business funded class action lawsuit centered on the fire prevention qualities, or not, of historic aluminium composite (ACM) cladding, a core substrate in the signage industry.

Dates and venues for the 2019 Printing Industry Creativity Awards (PICAs), sponsored by Media Super, have been announced – and in a departure from last year, each will be held in the respective capital’s CBD.

Fujifilm has launched its new Inca OnsetX HS (high-speed) UV flatbed range, which can print at speeds approaching 1500 square metres per hour.

The Renault Formula 1 team has chosen Roland DG’s new TrueVis VG2 eco-solvent printer and cutter to produce its prints for the Grand Prix.