The 2019 federal budget is full of largesse for small to medium enterprises, including expansion of the instant asset write-off scheme and a $525 million skills package.

Printers expecting a reversal of the price hikes from last year are doomed to disappointment as industry bible Pulp & Paper Edge predicts they’ll hold steady at best or even rise again this year.

An iconic heritage-listed building in Sydney’s Rosehill hosted the first Lithographic Institute of Australia 2019 industry visit last night when members turned up to see how recycling and refurbishment are keeping costs down while minimising environmental impacts.

A proposal to abolish industry training organisations in New Zealand has alarmed printers, with industry association PrintNZ calling on members to speak out against the move.

A new time-travel-enabled 4D printing solution from Japanese manufacturer Shigatsu-Baka will enable delivery of customer jobs before they are even ordered, significantly reducing turnaround times.

Leading Sydney-based signage company Wizardry Imaging and Signs has gone into voluntary administration after 28 years in business.

Peter Vasic will sell off iconic South Australian metal sign business Engraving Services Co (ESC), as well as sister company Insignius, due to his poor health.

The ‘other’ digital press manufacturer draws visitors from 55 countries to its Belgium HQ for three days this week to sample the latest developments in the digital production of packaging.

Despite the multitude of new security devices on Australia's new banknotes counterfeiters are still operating successfully, although the number of counterfeit banknotes hitting the streets is falling.

Some 20 local printers were at the HP Indigo Brand Protection Solution conference in Singapore, which was highlighting security printing options on the narrow web HP Indigo presses for the fast growing market.

Organisers of packaging and processing show Auspack 2019 say it is off to a vibrant start, with record numbers of visitors, exhibitors and brands.

Orora is hosting a virtual-reality demonstration of the EFI Nozomi C18000 inkjet press for corrugated board at Auspack 2019 in Melbourne this week.

Matthews Intelligent Identification is in a new strategic alignment with Kodak, which will see it supply digital inkjet printing systems for the Australian and New Zealand packaging, labelling and printing markets.

Orora is running live demonstrations of its Limitronic in-line digital printer at Auspack 2019, promising that it will unlock entirely new customer opportunities.

Press giant Koenig & Bauer (formerly KBA) is seeing its realignment into the packaging world paying off, achieving a record EBIT of 7.1 per cent last year on revenue that was up a smidgen to €1.226bn.

GSDI France has wrapped a train in Hexis film featuring characters from the new anime movie Dragon Ball Super – Broly.