Industry veteran installed as new editor for Australian print industry's biggest media. As the new editor of Print21, Robinson continues his decades long engagement with the Australian and New Zealand printing and graphic arts industry.

While automation and speed are making offset printing more productive, they’re also throwing up fresh challenges. Mitchell ‘Mitch’ Mulligan has been at the helm of industry supplier Böttcher Australia since its founding 20 years ago.

Renowned research agency Smithers Pira predicts inkjet to impact on offset and increase applications in usage boost

Melbourne launch for latest HP rigid printing technology. he R series is the first Latex printer to print on rigid media, and it also prints flexibles. Rigid substrates include foamboards, PVC cardboard, fluted polypropylene, solid plastics, aluminum, wood, and glass.

Two of this year's Women in Print breakfast events have just taken place, with the remaining three slated for next week. This year’s guest speaker is Amna Karra-Hassan, an activist and advocate for diversity, inclusion and gender parity. At the events she is addressing the role of gender in leadership and how women working in the print industry can benefit from this understanding.

Industry technology supplier sees strong sales and forward orders while profits dip. Sales growth was mainly driven by a high backlog at the beginning of the year and an overall good level of activity in all three Business Units. Volume and price variances had a positive impact of 14.5 per cent.

The PIAA has slammed the federal government's proposed national energy guarantee (NEG) as a debacle which will do nothing to alleviate the ongoing energy crisis. Andrew Macaulay, CEO, wants the government to invest in dispatchable energy, power that is affordable and reliable.

Print broker McDonald Group has been quick to secure the client list of established Gold Coast trade printer Goode Continuous Printing, which went into liquidation this week after more than 30 years in business.

Printers from around Australia flew into Melbourne last week for an exclusive Konica Minolta innovators event on Thursday, August 9, capped off by a visit to Revolution Print in Ballarat.

Fairfax Media posted a net loss after tax of $63.8 million for the 2018 financial year, compared to a net profit of $84 million the previous year, but CEO Greg Hywood says the company is in “good shape” ahead of its proposed buyout by Nine.

Further bans on plastic packaging would threaten food safety and health regulations, according to industry group Packaging New Zealand (PNZ), whose members include global giants Visy, Orora, Unilever and Amcor Flexibles. "This would be a step too far," says PNZ ED Sharon Humphries.

Kodak is selling its thriving Flexographic Packaging Division and will use the proceeds to repay outstanding debt as it shifts focus to other growth areas including Sonora litho plates, inkjet and workflow. “This is a great opportunity to unlock value for shareholders," says CEO Jeff Clarke.

Contemporary printing is a technology-driven manufacturing industry, yet when the unexpected fault occurs service respons becomes the crucial factor. That’s where the Currie Care Centre comes in.

Note Printing Australia locked out half its work force this morning in retaliation for ongoing industrial action by the AMWU, provoking the remaining workers to go on a one-day strike in support. The workers will return on Monday maintaining their ongoing work bans on overtime.

Cost to control the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in pulp, paper and wood products will likely add to price hikes for paper to printers. According to a special briefing issued by industry authority, Paper Edge, the pest is most likely to be found in products from countries such as the USA, Italy, Germany and France. Paper from Japan has a lower risk.