Currie Group’s mobile showroom opened its doors this morning at Albury in New South Wales on the second stop of its 2018 Roadshow, following last week’s successful launch in Brisbane.

Ricoh Australia has appointed Paul Thompson (pictured) as business development manager for its new visual display and direct-to-garment solutions, which are expected to be available in Australia from June.

A week after Pitney Bowes sold its DMT production mail business for $US361m, the global mailing technology company has launched a new shipping and mailing platform called SendPro Enterprise.

Australian newspaper and magazine publishers are leading the way on environmental partnerships, working together with newsprint maker Norske Skog and the government on a voluntary sustainability agreement, writes consultant Laurel Brunner.

Print NZ has named the Sector Apprentice of the Year winners who will go on to compete in the Print Apprentice of the Year awards at the Pride In Print Awards in Auckland on 11 May.

Konica Minolta is offering manufacturers a first look at ‘revolutionary’ new 3D technology at National Manufacturing Week, from May 9-12 at Sydney Olympic Park.

Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson (pictured) will not resign his position, owing to the expiry of a settlement agreement with investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. Xerox announced that the deal reached with Icahn and Deason on Tuesday had expired under its own terms.

Online retail giant Amazon will open a 43,000sq.m shipping hub in Sydney in second half of 2018 - its second ‘fulfilment centre’ in Australia. The company offers print-on-demand book publishing as well as office printers, inks, toner and paper.

Fujifilm will appeal a Supreme Court of New York decision to block its proposed $6.1 billion deal to buy Xerox, saying it believes the combination of Xerox and Fuji Xerox is the best option. This follows an injunction that led to the departure of CEO Jeff Jacobson.

German press giant Heidelberg has announced its new Versafire EP digital press for high-performance, high-volume print. Having undergone testing at Unterlieder Medien Gruppe in Rödermark, Germany, the press will become available in Europe from June, with the rest of the world to follow.

Over the 23 years since Gallus established its Australian office, the Heidelberg label press manufacturer has blitzed the converting industry, with more than 100 high-end presses installed across Australia and New Zealand.

Corporate regulator the ACCC ordered HP to compensate more than 2,000 customers who bought ten different models of HP office printers without being told that non-HP ink cartridges may not work in them. HP has sold about 220,000 of the printers in Australia.

Print veteran John Ferguson has sold his Brisbane-based Fergies Print & Mail business to local competitor Printcraft after more than 51 years at the family company established by his great grandfather in 1868. Almost all staff have been made redundant, with only a handful offered new jobs.

Commercial printing and marketing will grow at an annual rate of 0.7 percent through 2020, with print packaging to enjoy a healthy 4.5 percent growth rate but publishing printing set to fall at 2 percent per annum.

In a stunning reversal of fortune, billionaire investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason have scuppered the $6.1 billion Fujifilm takeover deal in its present form, spilled most of the Xerox board and seen to the departure of the "hopelessly conflicted" CEO Jeff Jacobson.

Private equity giant Platinum Equity has signed a $US361m agreement to buy Pitney Bowes’ Document Messaging Technologies (DMT) production mail business and supporting software. The surprise move is likely to create opportunities for competitors in the local market.