Impact Labels has become one of just two companies certified by Coles Supermarkets as a preferred flexographic label provider. In a trial, Impact used UV flexo solutions from Jet Technologies to achieve a 97 per cent accuracy in matching Pantone and special colours.

EFI and Australian channel partner Starleaton will host a wide-format webinar next Tuesday, 20 November, to educate printers on how to grow their businesses with wide-format technology.

New Zealand's premier print awards Pride in Print are open for entries, for work produced in 2018. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner at TSB Arena on May 3 next year.

Mutoh Australia has appointed Sign Supplies New Zealand as a national dealer for sales and service across the full range of Mutoh printers for New Zealand.

GJS this month is celebrating 40 years in business, having grown to become a premier provider of solutions and services for the textile, promotional products, custom photo gift, sign and display industries throughout Australia.

Sign Essentials is now a Mimaki dealer, with the company set to supply and service Mimaki thoughout Queensland, NT and northern NSW.

Print and media industry fund Media Super has celebrated its 30th birthday with another year of double-digit returns to finish in the top 15 of Australian super funds. CEO Graeme Russell (pictured) is "very happy" with the results.

All nine members of the new incoming PIAA board are running print businesses, the first time that has been the case for several years. With the exception of president Walter Kuhn the entire board - which starts in January - is new, with the industry anticipating it will bring more fresh ideas and impetus to print's peak association, which comprises almost 500 of the country's leading print businesses.

The world's first digital B1 inkjet sheetfed press, the Heidelberg Primefire 106, is now in series production, with 25 packaging printers around the world already in the queue to receive one, and more orders soon to be signed.

Well known Australian print industry innovator and former Shannon Books, RoyleBind and Purple Press owner Cliff Royle has tragically passed away.

This week Patrick Howard is attending the XMPie Innovation Event in Palm Cove, Queesland. Here is an edited version of his scheduled presentation to the 70 industry professionals who were there.

Registrations are open for EFI's 20th-anniversary Connect conference, to be held at the Wynn Las Vegas from January 22 to 25, 2019. The conference will feature more than 200 sessions on MIS/ERP, web-to-print, Fiery and inkjet solutions.

Epson's booth at Visual Impact 2018 was laid out exactly like a typical print shop, and split into three zones: fabric, POS and signage. All print solutions on display were using Epson's proprietary Precision Core print technology, including the SureColor F2160 direct-to-garment printer.

Melbourne-based print-on-demand online marketplace Redbubble has bought TeePublic, a similar business with headquarters in New York City, for $41 million USD ($57.7 million AUD). The move expands Redbubble's footprint in the United States.

The Penrith Museum of Printing will hold a grand re-opening after its six-month closure, during which $130,000 was invested in expanding and revamping the facilities. The additions include extra floor space for equipment that previously had to be kept in storage.

Spicers has launched its new Digitac range of films for sign and display, which it bills as "an evolution in grip". They include materials for both indoor and outdoor use, and can be printed on UV, Latex, and eco-solvent roll-to-roll machines.