Russell Cavenagh, general manager of Mutoh Australia, has welcomed Motoshi Suzuki as the new managing director. Suzuki comes across from Mutoh's Singapore office, where he has served as a director. He will assume the role of MD of Mutoh Australia as soon as he arrives.

The great and the good in the Australian printing industry turned out at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art last night for an event showcasing the supplier's range of Accurio digital presses. Konica Minolta staff and clients came from across the country to see the latest Accurio technology.

Brisbane-based QLM Label Makers enters the garment label market in Cambodia with a new $A1.5 million purpose-built facility in the capital Phnom Penh. The factory will run Cambodia’s first HP Indigo Label Press.

The Federal Government has set up a new Phoenix Hotline for whistleblowers to combat increasing phoenix activity by dishonest directors and their companies.

Blue Star Group CEO Cliff Brigstocke will be the guest speaker at next month’s Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA) site visit to Blue Star Display and Blue Star Promote at South Granville in Sydney.

Registration is open for the Flexible Packaging and Label Manufacturers' Association's (FPLMA) annual conference and awards, to be held in Melbourne from August 30-31. This year, the conference will focus on automation and integration across printing industries.

Fairfax Media and News Corp have announced a ‘landmark’ consolidation deal that will see the once-bitter rivals sharing each other’s printing networks in NSW and Queensland. Two Fairfax printing sites will close with the loss of at least 100 print jobs. 

Yaffa Media, publisher of the leading industry magazine, welcomes industry media veteran as he moves over to take the helm of the premier graphics arts publication and news service.

Prominent Sydney CBD printer Posh Printing has gone into voluntary administration and a creditors’ meeting has been called for next week.

Trade printer CMYKhub has opened a new digital and wide format production facility in Cairns, investing in two HP Indigo presses from Currie Group and two Mimaki printers from Spicers to serve its expanding Far North Queensland market.

Australia Post’s new custom packaging offering BrandWrapped, developed in partnership with pioneering software firm Spawnit, will be featured in a special presentation at Print21+PKN’s LIVE industry forum to be held in Sydney next month.

Xerox Corp is considering the sale of its leasing unit that lends money to customers to rent printers and equipment, according to a report by Reuters. The move would make the company more attractive to potential buyers, following the termination of its $6.1 billion sale to Fujifilm.

Finishing specialist Kurz, a leading supplier of foil-based decorative and security solutions, has appointed Adrian Barbero as its technical specification manager and Justin Alderton as sales manager for New South Wales and Queensland.

Fuji Xerox Australia has signed a $32.67 million contract with the Department of Human Services for the upgrade of office printers, including scanning and photocopying functions as well as supplies and accessories.

With exactly three weeks to go to Print21+PKN's LIVE industry forum to be held in Sydney, interest is growing apace for the first-of-its kind event for the packaging and printing industries. Here's a snapshot of which companies are attending.

Industry technocrats define connectivity as the ability of disparate components in the workflow to communicate with each other and pass on information crucial to the step-by-step completion of a job. Andy McCourt examines connectivity with the wider world in the latest issue of Print21.