National trade printing house has just installed five HP Indigo Digital Presses , the biggest order supplier Currie Group has received in the 17 years it has been supplying the presses.

Wagner Prestige Labels is moving into inkjet printing, with a new Epson SurePress L-4033AW as the centrepiece of its new production suite.

EFI is running a webinar series tomorrow on Making the Move to Digital, with the focus on expanding printers' portfolios to increasing their appeal to brand managers.

German press giant KBA has bought folder gluer equipment manufacturing company Duran, and changed its name to reflect the deal - the company is now known as Koenig & Bauer Duran.

Fespa has launched its visitor campaign for the Fespa 2019 Global Print Expo and the co-located Sign Expo, which take place from 14-17 May at Messe Munich.

Argus Business Brokers is seeking expressions of interest for a wholesale business specialising in supplying corrugated cartons and packaging supplies in Sydney's South West.

A week of intense Canberra lobbying to forward the Association’s core policy objectives on energy, vocational training and tax reform, saw Andrew Macaulay, CEO engage with a range of politicians including Prime Minister, Scott Morrison.

Australian Paper has Works Approval from Victoria's environmental protection agency for its proposed $600m Energy from Waste (EfW) facilty, meaning the innovative project at its Maryvale Mill is a significant step closer to getting off the ground.

The nation's biggest printer PMP is to rebrand, with the company telling shareholders at its AGM that from March next year it will be known as Ovato.

Personalised digital communication has faced a long uphill battle to become accepted. Apart from bog standard utility and financial statements with names and addresses, the degree of personalisation has never matched digital print’s capacity to tailor make a true one-on-one communication.

Grant Harrod will step down as CEO of Pro-Pac Packaging after just a year and a half in the top job, and John Cerini, former CEO of Integrated Packaging Group, is also quitting as a full-time executive.

Orora has bought Texas-based Pollock Packaging, spending US$80.5m ($110m) on the deal. Nigel Garrard, says, "With Pollock on board we have $500m worth of business in Texas, and a platform to grow in North America, in line with our stated strategy."

Dashing Group has sponsored the print for the inaugural Prime Ministers' Sporting Oration, an event aimed at supporting grassroots sport in Australia. Russell Kavnat, CEO of Dashing, attended the event with his wife Lauren (both pictured).

Large format trade print supplier Centrum spent time with graphic design students at Hornsby TAFE in Sydney this week, giving the youngsters an insight into the benefits of print and how to work with it.

Under suppression orders lifted today it can be revealed that the nation's banknote printer Note Printing Australia (NPA) and its polymer material supplier Securency were fined a massive $21.6m in 2012 for criminal conduct.

The major paper suppliers will raise their prices again in the new year, likely by five to seven per cent, citing increased costs of raw materials. The merchants anticipate implementing these increases in February.