Hundreds of local jobs secured as London private equity firm Oceanwood signs a $373m deal to buy bankrupt newsprint and magazine paper manufacturer Norske Skog, which operates two mills in Australia and one in New Zealand.

For eight years, Currie Group has distributed CRON’s range of thermal CTP gear in Australia, launching into New Zealand in the past twelve months. In 2017, the company took home CRON’s Asia-Pacific dealer of the year award – and it doesn’t look like the pace will slow down.

Melbourne digital print business STS Creative Printing has closed its doors after 37 years and gone into liquidation, with staff members “frog marched” out of the business on Friday.

Forty-seven print workers are out of a job after the sale of Brisbane-based Fergies Print & Mail to neighbouring business Printcraft for a rumoured $9 million.

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.