Böttcher Systems will show off its Print Pro range on stand I37 at PrintEx, which it says supports all “four pillars” of its business: carton packaging, HUV-LED, flexible packaging, and commercial print.

Nine different printing companies won gold at the Queensland PICAs, with Colorcorp the only printer to emerge with two golds, one each for large format and POS.

Newspaper printer and publisher News Corp is looking for a site to build its own new Melbourne print centre, having offloaded its monster Westgate Park complex for $55m in a sale and leaseback deal.

The upcoming LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print forum in Sydney next month will see Campbell Arnott's put print and augmented reality to the test with an exclusive on-the-day experience.

Major wine brand Taylors Wines is adding to print with AR on some of its bottle labels, and an NFC chip into the screw cap for its $1000 a bottle limited edition Legacy 2014 brand.

Starleaton’s stand, I28, will be the largest at PrintEx, with an application-focused display celebrating 40 Years of Innovation.

Ricoh will launch several new wide-format solutions on stand D18, including a roll-to-roll latex printer and a flatbed UV device, which it will show along with its digital colour printers and its direct to garment printer.

PrintEx platinum sponsor Roland DG is bringing three new products, launched this year, to stand A28, along with a host of existing award-winning print solutions.

The Screen L350UV+ inkjet label press will star on Screen and Jet Technologies’ joint stand, number B08.

Today is the final day to enter the Print21 PrintEx 2019 competition to win two flights from anywhere in Australia and New Zealand, plus three nights in a luxury hotel in Sydney, to visit PrintEx 2019 in August.

The long running attempt to keep embattled Perth printer Picton Press afloat is over, with its own administrator torpedoing the company by organising a creditors' meeting, which voted for liquidation.

It was always going to end in tears. Offering the mighty ATO 1c-2c in the dollar, while giving smaller creditors 100c in the dollar – and so gaining their votes for the deal to go through and the company to stay alive – was a risky strategy, to say the least.

Print21 and PKN Packaging News have released the full programme for the LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print day, coming up next month.

The Fair Work Commission has ruled to remove Schedule C from the Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award, a move opposed by the PIAA and AMWU but supported by the Australian Industry Group.

The July August issue of the country's biggest print industry magazine Print21 is being mailed this week, with the issue jam-packed with valuable print business insight, analysis, and information.

Inkjet technology solutions developer Océ will be showing a host of applications at PrintEx, showcasing images from the Speed photobook by renowned photographer Horst Friedrichs.