APN Outdoor has appointed Jeremy Howe as its new chief strategy and innovation officer, reporting to CEO James Warburton. Howe comes to APN Outdoor from Telstra, where he most recently served as director of product innovation for retail.

From a small five-man operation 15 years ago, Dashing Group has grown into a powerhouse printer employing more than 130 people in Sydney and Melbourne. Jake Nelson went along to Dashing's production facility in Lane Cove to learn more about this company on the go.

The march of inkjet in digital label printing continues with Melbourne's third installation of a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital press. The new addition at ExelPrint in Rowville "enables us to go to the next level of tag and label production."

Entries are now open for the Australasian Catalogue Association’s (ACA) 27th Annual Awards and this year’s event will feature new categories with an increased focus on effective retail marketing.

When the laminator at Sydney’s Hogan Print finally wore out after years of hard work, the owners knew exactly where to turn: Currie Group, which had supplied equipment for five years. Now their new laminator and folder are up and running. Hogan Print couldn’t be happier.

A contingent of 17 Australian veterans who flew for Bomber Command in World War ll were flown over to the UK by the Australian Government for the opening of a memorial. Printing industry identity, James Cryer, was invited to attend to honour his late father, Sydney printer, Walter 'Wal' Cryer, who piloted Lancasters during the war.

Kai Büntemeyer, managing partner of Kolbus, explained the company's decision in January to sell its gluer binders and bookline business to Müller Martini, saying the market for bookbinding equipment is stagnating. The manufacturer will now focus on packaging machinery and its components business.

Prices for coated paper are expected to go up at least once more during 2018, according to industry guru Tim Woods of Pulp and Paper Edge, who warns that European paper manufacturers are likely to announce another hike around July.

APN Outdoor has secured three transport contract renewals for Transport for Brisbane, Transdev Melbourne and Adelaide & Parafield Airports. "We can now focus on acquiring new key contracts," says CEO James Warburton.

Offshoring our waste problems to China just got harder, even impossible: the Chinese won’t take post-consumer recycled paper any more. That’s left us to sort out the problem in our own backyard – but it’s easier said than done, as Jake Nelson found out in the latest issue of Print21 magazine.

For 17 years, Print21 has been the magazine of record for the graphic arts industry in Australia and New Zealand. To celebrate our 100th issue, we've compiled a list of some of the greatest moments we've covered since we launched in 2002.

Four finalists are in the running for the LIA-NSW Graduate of the Year Award for 2018 to be presented on 16 May at the Carnarvon Golf Club in Lidcombe, western Sydney.

Printers are under pressure to shift away from solvent inks that have long been preferred for packaging production. But Laurel Brunner reports that existing water based alternatives rarely perform as well on press as solvent based ink.

Perth-based label converter The Label Factory has installed its first digital press after almost 30 years in the business. The Xeikon 3030 Plus went in a few weeks ago to meet customer demand for shorter runs and variable data printing.

The European Commission has rejected claims by Australian Paper that Austria, Finland and Slovakia are dumping copy paper onto the Australian market and threatening the future of the local industry.

US private equity giant Platinum Equity agreed to sell office products supplier Winc NZ – formerly Staples - in order to push ahead with its larger plan to acquire OfficeMax in Australia and New Zealand from Office Depot.