Print and packaging supplier Graph-Pak has relaunched its lamination films business thanks to high customer demand, sourcing a wide range of consumable products from global manufacturer Cosmo Films.

Workers at money printing business Note Printing Australia are stepping up industrial action that has already cut production of Australian banknotes by 20 percent, according to the AMWU.

We’re used to corrugated boxes being utilitarian beasts: brown cardboard, printed on flexo in one or two colours. With digital print making inroads into the packaging sector, however, the days of boring boxes may be behind us.

Picton Press general manager Graham Jamieson has resigned as a director of the Printing Industries Association of Australia weeks after Picton called in external administrators and revealed it was $9 million in debt.

Fujifilm Holdings has sued Xerox Corp for more than $1 billion over the termination of a proposed $6.1 billion merger deal between the two companies.

Press giant Komori will exhibit its latest offset technologies including the new the eight-color 37-inch Lithrone GL37P at next month’s IGAS 2018 trade show in Tokyo.

Registration is now open for the second series of Neopost’s Power of Print seminars series to be held next month in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. Speakers include Kellie Northwood of Two Sides, Matt Murray of Tharstern and James Gleeson of HP.

Ballarat-based printer Revolution has launched a video marketing campaign to support its recent purchase of a high-capacity Accurio KM-1 B2 inkjet press.

The Hong Kong owners of ASX-listed Opus Group – which includes printers Ligare, CanPrint and McPherson’s – have laid out a radical restructure proposal to delist from the ASX, ‘re-domicile’ the company from Australia to tax haven Bermuda and apply for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The plan includes the expansion of its Australian printing business.

Sydney’s Digitalpress has long been at the forefront of digital printing innovation. Now, with the addition of the new Fuji Xerox Iridesse press, the bespoke printing house and its owner Theo Pettaras are able to push the limits of digital technology in a way they never could before.

Leading industry figures from Orora, IVE Group, Australia Post, Currie Group, the PIAA and elsewhere have signed on as speakers and panelists for Australia’s first packaging and printing technology forum to be held in Sydney in August.

Signage and graphics franchise Signwave Australia says its co-branding strategy has helped to push the number of its Australian centres to 17, with two new businesses opening this year in Perth and Adelaide.

Printing Industries has welcomed the move by the Berejiklian Government to scrap TAFE NSW fees for 100,000 apprentices, a move that will save some students up to $2,000. The PIAA says it will mean more apprentices enrolling for print qualifications.

Former Amcor ink specialist Paul Mercuri (pictured) has been appointed technical sales representative at Jet Technologies in Melbourne. "With his extensive knowledge and expertise, he will be a valued addition to the Jet Technologies team."

Narrow web press manufacturer Mark Andy has acquired Brandtjen & Kluge, a US manufacturer of high-quality print finishing equipment for foil stamping, die cutting, folding and gluing, and UV coating.

Online ordering is taking off, and many printers are cashing in on the trend by investing in web-to-print (W2P) systems that promise to slash costs and boost efficiency. EFI’s Daniel Aloi examines the benefits.