Innovations by Avery Dennison, Hamillroad Software and RotoMetrics were among the category winners honored at this year’s Label Industry Global Awards, which took place this week at Joe’s Live in Rosemont, Chicago, as part of Labelexpo Americas 2018.

The New Zealand Court of Appeals has knocked back NZME's attempt to buy out Stuff, the New Zealand arm of Fairfax Media. The ruling upholds previous decisions by the New Zealand Commerce Commission and High Court.

Dandenong printer Monet Press has entered voluntary liquidation after more than 50 years in the industry. Jack Rosner (pictured left), who has owned Monet Press since 1990, declined to comment.

ABG, distributed in Australia by Currie Group, is showcasing 14 label finishing solutions with a heavy focus on digital equipment across four booths at Labelexpo in Chicago: its own, plus HP, Domino, and REA's stands. It includes the flagship Digicon Series 3.

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

Visual Connections' partnership with Re-Engineering Australia is introducing school students to the opportunities available in print and graphics careers, with a number of events in the past month raising the profile of print.

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.