With plastic the hot button topic at the moment, Australian media manufacturer, Megara, has launched a video showing how it recycles its Promeg polypropylene sheet.

Sydney-based Gopher Graphic Communications is in liquidation, the second time in four years the design, print and mail business owned by Ed Jones has hit the skids.

Book printer Griffin Press has signed a new four year $56m contract with Penguin Randon House, for both hardcover and paperback titles.

A huge crowd turned out for the re-opening of the Penrith Museum of Printing on Wednesday night, with around 80 guests coming out to see the newly-renovated facilities - including the granddaughters of founder Alan Connell.

Magazine publishing is a rewarding, if challenging pursuit, especially in Australia which used to rejoice in having the largest per head consumption. But if the rewards are good, the risks are high, as a tale of two magazine shows.

Two-time King of the Wrap World Nick Caminiti of Exotic Graphix in Melbourne has teamed up with wrap expert Justin Pate, of The Wrap Institute in the United States, to give a charity van a much-needed makeover.

Esko has opened a new facility in Germany to consolidate its flexo platemaking systems operations under one roof. The new 4300sqm facility will encompass research, engineering, product development, testing, and production.

The Real Media Collective (RMC) will hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 12 December in Melbourne. Kellie Northwood, CEO (pictured), encourages members to come and celebrate the year that was.

Multi-award winning WA print business Scott Print has invested in a new Fuji Xerox Iridesse, the six-unit digital colour print solution.

Rawson Print Co is enabling retail giant Kmart and confectionery brand Cadbury to sell personalised printed gift packs of Dairy Milk chocolate, with customers able to have their names printed on labels in-store.

Victorian sign printer Smart Graphics and Signs has been placed into liquidation over an unpaid debt to the Australian Taxation Office. A court appointed Paul Langdon, of Vince and Associates, as liquidator on Friday.

EFI is hosting a three-part lunchtime webinar series looking at opportunities in corrugated digital, beginning this Thursday. The EFI Educational Webinars will discuss how businesses are already making the move to digital, expanding their range of work, and winning new customers.

Wide-format equipment manufacturer Mimaki has opened its new showroom in Brisbane, its third on the Australian east coast after Sydney and Melbourne. Located in Murarrie, the new 150 square metre facility has two salespeople and two certified Mimaki technicians.

The New Zealand Pride in Print Awards are offering a free online entry for the 2019 awards, valued at $75 plus GST, to the winner of a Facebook competition.

Printing Industries has partnered with the Australian Red Cross to offer members discounts on first aid training, aimed at ensuring workplace safety. PIAA members can access discounts of between 10 and 35 per cent on Red Cross first aid training courses.

Chinese candy packager LVAI will expand its fleet of HP Indigo 20000 digital presses to eight, in what is the Asia-Pacific and Japan region’s largest deployment of the press model to date.