The fifth drupa Global Trends Report has revealed that, despite global investment growth, printers in Australia and Oceania are lagging behind the rest of the world in capital expenditure. This may indicate a lack of confidence from printers in the region.

Active Display Group and Fujifilm have held an open house to celebrate the installation of the region's first two Inca Onset X series UV flatbed printers at ADG's site in Melbourne. The Inca Onset X-1 and X-3 were displayed to Fujifilm and ADG customers on Wednesday night.

Currie Group has announced it will be bringing its mobile showroom to Stand A28 at Visual Impact in Brisbane next week, giving visitors to the show a VIP preview of its latest technology Roadshow on what will be the show’s largest stand by a country mile.

A tentative degree of stability is emerging in the cutthroat world of cut sheet digital colour as prices hover around five cents per SRA3 sheet. The phenomenal drop in rates over the past 20 years has seen colour digital prices fall from nearly $1 per sheet.

Queensland Police are investigating an allegedly fraudulent charity group called Walking Wounded that received $1 million in free advertising from outdoor advertiser oOh!media.

Printing Industries says a proposal by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) to lift wages and reform industrial relations is a bid to expose Australian small business to 'the law of the jungle.'

Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E) – formerly APN News & Media – rejected an offer from oOh!media to buy its Adshel outdoor advertising business saying it did not represent value for shareholders. There's speculation an improved second bid could be on the way.

Organiser Visual Connections has been forced to turn away a handful of exhibitors after a sell-out of display space at next week’s Visual Impact show in Brisbane. The show will run from Thursday 19 April to Saturday 21 April, at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Epson will launch its SureColor F2160 direct-to-garment printer next week at Visual Impact Brisbane 2018. The new machine is capable of making full colour prints on a range of items including t-shirts, sweatshirts, polo shirts and tote bags.

Week four in the Currie Group’s print series competition saw The Blues get out in front of The Maroons over the Easter Weekend in what’s become an incredibly close contest.

Custom label specialist Guru Labels has ordered a second Xeikon digital roll to roll press and a Rotra Engineering finishing line to keep up with a surge in demand at its NSW Central Coast facility.

The owner of a label printing business in Sydney’s western suburbs has been forced to sell up because of health issues. The machinery list includes: a five-colour UV letterpress label press; two slitting machines and other equipment.

Astronauts on the International Space Station are printing out letters, photos and training materials on a new custom-built zero gravity HP Envy ISS Printer launched into space last week aboard the SpaceX 14 rocket.

Hally Labels – owned by New Zealand-based Hexagon Holdings - has moved into a new purpose-built facility in Sydney as it prepares to launch its Hally Express five-day turnaround service onto the Australian market. The five-day model was introduced in NZ in 2016. 

Bidding is underway on Perth camera collector Ashley Heuchan’s ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of collectable cameras that includes a rare 1940 Leica that was probably destined for the German military or Luftwaffe.

Ricoh Australia's new Neon Pink Toner for the the Pro C7100X series digital printer is designed to enhance creative possibilities for a range of print applications, from posters and invitations to ticketing and advertising.