The Japanese based company is planning to put in the HP Pagewide T1190 midway through next year and will start full scale digital printing for Japan's corrugated market.

Current Opus Group executive chairman Richard Celarc will become executive chairman of Left Field Print Group. He will have the largest individual shareholding in the group, with Lion Rock Group the controlling shareholder.

The PIAA says Morrison's decision to move this portfolio into Cabinet long reflects PIAA’s advocacy that industrial relations reform needs to be at the forefront of the Government’s policy agenda.

Kurz is set to launch a digital cold foiling system at Labelexpo next week, which it says will enable variable data to be used in the foiling process, meaning every label can be different.

A new print energy power consumption standard has been launched, ISO 20690, with wide format solutions developer swissQprint the first company to gain certification.

The News Corp Townsville Print Centre has won the Print Centre of the Year in the annual NewsMediaWorks newspaper awards.

Major packaging technology developers Esko and Scodix are collaborating, with Scodix foil, embossing and varnish applications being added to Esko Studio software.

Printing Industries has condemned a unanimous decision by the full bench of the Federal Court that potentially awards annual leave entitlements to many casual workers, saying it will put Australian print and packaging jobs at risk.

The big wide format show has just concluded, Print21 is as always first out with the show reports, and following on from our initial news on Friday here is Part II of the wrap, including news from Agfa, HP, Mimaki, Mutoh, Starleaton and more.

Grab Bag – definition: a miscellaneous collection: a potpourri. Welcome to the inaugural issue of Graphics Grab Bag, a weekly record of engagements and observations from a curious observer of the printing industry here and around the world.

Last week environmental blogger Laurel Brunner contributed a series of blogs published by Print 21 titled ‘Spreading the Suitability Message’. Throughout the series Brunner accused industry groups of failing to do anything substantive about suitability.

Ad campaigns printed by GSP and Omnigraphics have won awards in the Outdoor Media Association's quarterly Creative Collection competition, which recognises the best out-of-home campaigns.

The government has extended the instant asset write-off through 2019, which allows small businesses to claim depreciation on new equipment to the value of $20,000 immediately rather than having to wait.

Multiple applications from the same hardware is the key theme at this year's Visual Impact in Sydney, which is in its final day today. As the poster print market becomes ever more crowded vendors were using the show to communicate the ability of today's print solutions to also be used for new applications such as soft signage, textiles, interior décor, as well as POS, outdoor and indoor graphics.

The keys to out-of-home media success are 'speed, speed, speed and cost', said Brendon Cook, CEO of oOh!Media, at a Visual Impact breakfast seminar hosted by Dscoop.

Catalogue printers PMP and Franklin Web took home the major awards at the 27th Annual Australasian Catalogue Association (ACA Awards).