The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has come up with a new standard for PDF, the portable document format at the heart of printing workflows, and CIP4 has unveiled a slimmed-down version of JDF, the job description format. Patrick Howard investigates in Print21 magazine.

Australia's first printing and packaging technology forum is just under a month away, and plenty of people have already bought tickets to what promises to be an exciting and informative inaugural event. Print21 + PKN LIVE: New Frontiers in Packaging Print will explore new technological developments.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission has approved the sale of office products business Winc NZ, formerly Staples, to Tiri Group, a private company owned by Tom Sturgess (pictured), chairman of NZ print company Blue Star Group.

Prominent industry identity Steve Green has joined Epson Australia to lead the company’s Document Solutions business. “Epson’s focus and ambition in the A4 and A3 office print space is unparalleled in the market right now,” Green says.

The corporate regulator is calling for submissions in its investigation of two major consolidation deals last week that saw oOh!media sign a $570m agreement to acquire HT&E’s Adshel just a day before French giant JCDecaux agreed to pay $1.2 billion to buy APN Outdoor.

A Truepress Jet520HD high-speed inkjet press running SC wide-gamut inks that enable digital printing onto standard offset coated stocks will be the star of Screen’s ‘Digital Everywhere’ stand at the IGAS trade fair in Tokyo later this month.

The Sydney Fashion Design Studio (FDS) at Ultimo TAFE has invested in a new Epson dye sub fabric printer and the latest Epson projectors for its design students.

Australia’s only manufacturer of office, printing and packaging papers plans to build a $600 million power plant that would burn household rubbish to power its Maryvale paper mill and sell excess energy back to the grid.

ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging (PPG), chaired by former Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour, will raise $59.8 million to pay for the acquisition of Victoria-based Perfection Packaging and NZ company Polypak.

The 2018 National Print Awards took over Brighton Lakes Golf Club in Moorebank, Sydney, on Friday June 29, full of glitter, glamour - and 3D print. All winners will go to Canberra later this year for a 'Print to Parliament' event.

In a major consolidation move, leading trade printer LEP Colour Printers has acquired competitor QLD Trade Print to create “the most dynamic trade print organisation in Australia.” LEP will remain strictly trade-only and will help QTP’s existing retail clients to find new print suppliers.

When Hornet Press managing director John Mandile, a bookbinder by trade, saw a lack of trade bookbinding services on Melbourne's south side, he jumped at the opportunity to expand his business - and Currie Group provided just the tool he needed to do it.

OKI Data Australia has appointed industry veteran Jim Walsh as its Sydney-based business development manager for the company’s range of wide format printers. 

At the recent DSCOOP in Vienna, it became clear that too few players in the graphics industry have the confidence to talk about sustainability with a straight face, according to industry consultant Laurel Brunner. “People don’t want to sound like tree-hugging hippies.”

Women in Print has announced an annual donation to an up-and-coming WA female print professional in remembrance of Olivia Grida of Advance Press.

When boxing promoter and fashion designer Hannah Nasari decided to launch her own kids' clothing line, she needed a direct-to-garment (DTG) printer that could translate her ideas into reality - and Epson's latest machine proved just the thing.