Family-run Lewis Media Group, formerly Cliff Lewis Printing, celebrated its 50th anniversary at its south Sydney premises last week, with over a hundred guests in attendance to mark the milestone. Print21 was there. Read more
After hard-fought negotiations with the AMWU, Printing Industries has pushed through changes to the printing award. Wage levels will not 'materially change' for the foreseeable future but updated competencies will see more new funding for training.
The winners of Currie Group’s inaugural State of Indigo competition were at the MCG to cheer on their NSW Blues team in a hard-fought State of Origin game 1 win over the Maroons.
A 22-year-old man who remained critically ill on life support for more than a week after two of his colleagues died in a gas leak at Norske Skog’s Albury paper mill has been discharged from hospital.
Digital print pioneer Xeikon is bringing its popular educational digital print programme Xeikon Café to Australia and New Zealand later this month with three dates announced in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.
Local distributers are offering free upgrades to Onyx 18 - the latest digital printing colour management software from Onyx Graphics - which just won the 2018 EDP Award for Best Colour Management software at FESPA.
Visual Impact Sydney is already 95% subscribed and organisers Visual Connections say the sign and display expo at Sydney Showground in September is shaping up as one of the best ever. The show will feature an increased focus on textile printing.
Print21’s Andy McCourt will be the lead presenter at a LIA NSW Technical Dinner later this month that will explore the latest developments and opportunities in 3D Printing.
A massive remake of the Mascot-based company’s printing hall is transforming the well-known trade label converter ahead of the installation of its new Gallus Labelfire 340 hybrid digital press.
WA printer Picton Press was $9 million in debt when it called in external administrators last month after the ATO began court action to recover an outstanding tax bill of $1.3 million.
High-energy Ballarat printing company Revolution has thrown away the rulebook by installing the high-end, high capacity Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1 B2 inkjet press in the Victoria regional centre.
Xerox is headed to auction unless Fujifilm succeeds in legal action designed to rescue its terminated $6bn takeover bid. Andy McCourt looks at the likely bidders and examines the motivations of major Xerox investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.
Australian Paper - maker of the Reflex brand - welcomed the ADC’s preliminary decision to impose dumping duties on paper producers from Finland, Korea, Russia and Slovakia who are accused of dumping cheap A4 copy paper onto the local market.
Production levels in the Printing & Recorded Media sector were “particularly strong” in April and May, according to latest data from AIG. "This suggests some respite from the long-term disruptions of technological change and intense import competition.”
National newspapers are leading the growth in news media audiences, with print readership rising by 4.7 per cent year on year, according to the latest emma data for March 2018.
Ricoh Australia expands in the thriving direct-to-garment market with a new series of DTG printers that range from an entry-level model for small businesses to printers designed to meet the needs of established garment-printing businesses.
Jet Technologies has released a new range of thermal laminating films for the digital printing industry. "The films are the perfect solution for small to medium size digital printers who regularly manage short run prints," says director Jack Malki.