The latest issue of Print21 magazine is out now, featuring an in-depth look at the science of colour, a tour of FESPA 2018 in Berlin, profiles of industry identities, and more.

Fairfax Media and Nine have announced a $4 billion deal which will see the formation of Australia's largest media company, bringing together Fairfax's print assets and Nine's broadcast outlets.

Enthusiastic opening to Japan’s international graphic arts trade show at Tokyo’s Big Sight exhibition centre. Ushers at the entrance had to calm the throng as the doors were finally opened to celebrate what the organisers themed as ‘Venture into the Next.’

Melbourne brand communications powerhouse Waratah Group has moved its mailing business Direct Communications from Preston into its headquarters in Port Melbourne as it focuses on the direct bulk mailing market.

In the lead up to next week's Print21+PKN LIVE event, a new study has revealed design and tangibility of product packaging continues to have a major effect on shoppers’ buying habits, with 38 per cent of consumers purchasing a new item based on their enjoyment of the packaging.

Queensland Police have recovered three handguns, thought to have been manufactured using a 3D printer, during a raid on a house at Mudjimba on the Sunshine Coast.

Father and son team Phillip and Adam Anderson both served in the military before becoming the owners of a Minuteman Press franchise at Liverpool in Sydney four years ago. Phillip is also an accomplished conductor and composer. "It has been a big 'sea change' for us," he says.

Fairfax Media’s North Richmond Print Centre has been named a finalist in the Print Centre of the Year award for its work on The Sydney Morning Herald, just days after the publisher announced the masthead would now be printed by News Corp.

Australia Post is installing a new high-speed parcel processing machine at its Strathfield NSW facility to help meet the boom in online shopping. The new automation equipment is part of a $300m national investment over the next 18 months.

QLM Group pushes ahead with its recent expansion strategy by acquiring long-term trading partner and leading WA labels business, Label Magic. The new business will be rebranded as QLM Label Makers, Perth.

Print21+PKN’s LIVE industry forum in Sydney next month will showcase an advanced new augmented reality (AR) app from software innovator DreemAR that’s designed to add value to printing and packaging businesses by measuring ROI.

Former Fuji Xerox Printers Australia GM Tony Grima has been appointed the new sales director at OKI Data Australia, the local arm of the Japanese-based manufacturer of wide format printers, business printers and multi-function devices.

WA printer Scott Print revamped its prepress department with a new Screen PlateRite CtP device from Fujifilm that replaces two older machines and provides a boost in production.

Ball & Doggett has launched an innovative new website, following last year’s merger of two of the largest commercial print suppliers in Australia - K.W. Doggett and BJ Ball. A blog post on the site describes how design agency For The People created the new B&D brand.

The AMWU says the ‘devastating’ closures of Fairfax newspaper printing plants at Ormiston in Brisbane and Beresfield in Newcastle could be just the beginning, with the Fairfax site at North Richmond site next in the firing line.

Direct Paper, one of Australia's largest paper suppliers, has launched 'The Complete Packaging Solution' – a swatch kit with more than 50 paperboard samples to showcase its range of packaging grades.