The latest issue of the industry’s Print21 magazine is being mailed to the owners and managers of print businesses across Australia and New Zealand, and will be arriving on desks in the next few days.

The 2024 Real Media Awards has officially launched today, with entries now open across the eleven categories, celebrating customer achievements in print and visual media sectors.

Nick Auditore and Ben Isdale have launched DMND, a new merchandise and apparel print business, which they say will provide advanced decoration solutions to the local market.

Momento Pro, the pioneering multi-award winning Sydney-based photobook printing company, has gone into voluntary liquidation, some 20 years after it was founded.

The country’s biggest trade print operation CMYKhub is boosting its wide format service in WA, with the installation of a new Fujifilm Acuity Prime 30 flatbed inkjet printer.

ECO3 and eProductivity Software are in a new strategic partnership that they say will push automation in print production to the next level, by delivering fully integrated and tailored workflow solutions.

Hundreds of students and educators converged on the Sign and Print Career Connections initiative in Adelaide, aimed to ignite interest in the print, sign, and graphics sector among young minds.

A memorial event will be held at Daltone House in Sydney,on Monday 27 May, to celebrate the life of Geoff Selig, executive chair of IVE, and one of the biggest figures in print, following his sudden passing in Europe two weeks ago.

Public transport to the drupa expo will not be included in the entry ticket this time around, with visitors encouraged to buy multi-day passes either online in advance, or from the machines at stations.

The largest global software technology provider for the print industry, eProductivity Software (ePS), has appointed of Dan Vertachnik as CEO of Print ePS, the company’s manufacturing ERP business.

From Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s impassioned Future Made in Australia speech last month, to Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering the 2024-25 Budget last night, for the manufacturing sector it is clear some futures shine more brightly than others.

The Visual Media Association gave a thumbs down to the 2024 budget, saying it offers little to drive business investment or productivity, and saying real tax reform looks to have been put off for another day.

Leading industry supplier Currie Group is celebrating 75 years of innovation and service, the business which now has a national footprint beginning life back in 1949 in Melbourne.

The five finalists for New Zealand’s BJ Ball Print Apprentice of the Year have been named, with the winner set to be revealed at Pride in Print at Takina Events in Wellington on Friday July 12.

Multi-channel communication specialist Engine has acquired sign and display business DNA Media, as the company looks to build on its successful entry into wide-format printing.

The Australian Financial Review will be a digital-only news title in Western Australia after Colourpress, the local printer, owned by Seven West Media, reportedly wanted to double its fee.