Industry veteran Alex McClelland is the new managing director of wide format consumables manufacturer and supplier Orafol Australia.

Heidelberg has launched a new online portal which it says will enable label converters to benefit from expert knowledge in the field, from both itself and other label printers.

Digital printing is among the factors contributing to a boom in the global market for flexible packaging, which is forecast to reach a value of $269bn USD in five years.

Bobst and digital arm Mouvent are set to display a portfolio of label printing technologies at Labelexpo in September, including the launch of a hybrid digital and flexo press.

Mega trade show drupa is just one year away from opening its doors, with the 12 month countdown about to begin for what is the most important event in print.

The latest issue of industry leading magazine Print21 has just been printed and is at the mailing house, with the issue set to arrive on the desks of the nation's printers this week.

Former owner of Whirlwind Press Andrew Cester is taking time to consider his future, while refuting concerns that he did the wrong thing in selling Whirlwind's assets before it went broke.

Consolidation in the print market continues as Brisbane-based Vivid Complete Finishing acquires Elite Finishing Services.

Next year's mega trade show drupa will see an increased presence for 3D printing, or as the German manufacturers association VDMA correctly calls it, additive manufacturing.

Fuji Xerox Australia has eight winners of its Iridesse Production Press Design competition, from 100 entries which were received from around the country.

The new Print21 website is optimised for mobile, meaning the owners and managers of print businesses across Australia and New Zealand can now easily access and navigate the site on their smartphones and tablets.

HP is enjoying “significant adoption” of its high-volume Indigo 8000 digital press thanks to label and packaging converters choosing the solution to meet demand.

Visy owner Anthony Pratt is Australia's richest person for the third consecutive year, beating mining magnate Gina Rinehart on the Australian Financial Review's roundup of the country's 200 wealthiest people.

Tetra Pak has partnered with a New Zealand company to recycle used beverage cartons into building material, with the first products set to out by the end of the year.

Creditors of collapsed Whirlwind are unlikely to see more than a smidgen of a return for their outstanding invoices, as the liquidator confirms that the company had virtually no assets left when it went under with debts in the millions of dollars.

The 2018 annual report of the industry's peak employers association PIAA highlighted the increasing influence of the trade body, and its growing range of professional services for its 762 members.