Charges have been laid to four people over kickbacks from alleged inflated invoices sent by East Keilor print business F and M Printing to the office of former Victorian Labor MP Khalil Eideh.

The share prices of listed print and packaging companies have been largely unaffected by the current volatility affecting the stock market, instead they have been going in every direction possible.

Sydney digital printer Citywide Print has boosted its production capacity with the addition of a second-hand Horizon SPF-20A saddle-stitcher and FC-20A trimmer, plus two VAC 100 towers, all supplied by Currie Group.

Heidelberg says the new Innovation Center (IVC) for the graphic arts industry is now Open for Innovation, at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site.

Printing is a tough game; a good industry but a hard place to make a quid, especially for large businesses. Startling statistics coming out of the USA reveal small printers are much more profitable.

Orora in Melbourne has become the first printer in the world to have the newly launched white ink and print modes for its Nozomi digital corrugated board press.

The final press has rolled off the production line at the Durham manufacturing unit of Goss, which is now part of the new manroland Goss company.

Fresh off its move to a bigger premises, Sydney label and packaging printer Luminar, formerly Avonlea Labels, will bolster its move into flexible packaging with a new HP Indigo 20000 from Currie Group.

Sign shop franchise operation Signwave has seen an 18 per cent jump in sales this year, helped by new stores opening in Perth and Adelaide.

Graphic Packaging International has scored a contract to manufacture half a million environmentally-friendly KFC food buckets for the 2018 cricket Big Bash League in Australia, but the buckets are exclusively made at GPI's plant in Winsford, UK.

Paul Taylor, long time owner and managing director of print equipment supplier Photo Electronic Services (PES), has passed away.

The new ContraVision HD window film supplied by Starleaton allows one way vision without compromising on print quality, as Newcastle Uni discovered. To hide its interior refurbishment works, the university turned to SWS Signage in Sandgate, which applied the ContraVision HD film.

Tube maker Impact International has commemorated its 60th anniversary in business, which the company attributes to its flexibility and customer service. Held at Fairfield RSL, the celebration raised $1,370 for the Exodus Foundation Christmas appeal.

Esko has unveiled the latest update to the Esko Software Platform, saying the new release delivers a host of platform-wide updates, including full plug-in capability with Adobe Creative Cloud.

The seventh Chinese print exhibition All In Print has just finished with record breaking numbers, seeing 100,000 printers come through the doors of the five day show.

Struggling WA outfit Picton Press is back in court on December 18, as the Australian Tax Office pursues its winding up order against the debt-ridden company.