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.

Lawsuits, letters, a Senate debate - print business owners around the country are watching nervously as the battle over double-dipping of casual staff reaches a crescendo.

Printers in NSW will no longer pay for TAFE based apprenticeship training, with the government committing $14,550 for each print apprentice, following lobbying and discussions between the PIAA and the state government.

David Atkinson's Darwin-based printer Action Print has shut its doors and entered voluntary liquidation over a "non-sizeable" debt.

UV inkjet is an up-and-coming technology in the world of digital label printing, and Screen’s L350UV inkjet label press has enjoyed considerable success in Australia and New Zealand, with five installations across the two countries. Now, the upgraded version has arrived.

HP Indigo users are able to take part in a new free recycling programme that will see all used ink cans and ink tubes, as well as all BIDs (ink developers) and rollers, taken away by recycling operation Close the Loop.

An Australian company is printing customised brand labels that consumers can apply to bottles of beer, wine and spirits.

Printers looking to expand their business with additional revenue streams can visit Australia's biggest packaging and processing trade show, AUSPACK 2019, in Melbourne next week.