Flint Group has announced a new dual-cure UV LED ink system for shrink sleeves, which will arrive in Australia and New Zealand in a few months pending compliance information. The EkoCure XS flexo ink series is suitable for high printing speeds, and will offer the full Pantone range plus opaque white.

Letterbox distribution giant Salmat has launched Salmathub, its new app designed to provide real-time monitoring of catalogue deliveries. Dave Webster, general manager of marketing solutions at Salmat (pictured), says it should give printers a boost by encouraging more investment in catalogues.

Australia’s only manufacturer of office, printing and packaging papers is waiting on a Fair Work Commission ruling on the month-long strike by 87 workers that has hit its envelope-making factory in Melbourne.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed the design for the updated $50 note, set to enter circulation in October. As with the new $5 and $10 notes, the $50 will be upgraded with new security features to deter forgers from copying the most-counterfeited banknote in Australia.

The first EFI Nozomi C18000 high-speed inkjet packaging printer to reach Australian shores will be installed at Orora's plant in Oakleigh, Victoria. The announcement comes as the packaging giant posts its half-yearly results, which show a 14.8 percent profit increase after tax.

Canon’s line of multifunction office printers has won the Buyers Lab’s (BLI) Copier MFP Line of the Year Award, for the third consecutive year.

Major shareholder Darwin Deason has filed legal action to stop Xerox's proposed merger with Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings, claiming the U.S. company’s board failed shareholders by approving a deal that dramatically undervalued the company.

Former Fuji Xerox New Zealand chief financial officer Mark Allright (pictured) has been named as the third defendant in a High Court civil suit launched by the company following a $450 million accounting scandal.

The Fair Work Commission is holding a second hearing at noon today on the strike at Australian Paper's Preston facility, following the failure of last Thursday's bid to resolve the dispute. Commissioner McKinnon will hear Australian Paper's application to suspend the industrial action.

Photobook maker Momento Pro has reopened the doors at its new location with a new addition to the stable: a HP Indigo 7900 digital press from Currie Group. The company also unveiled the finalists of its 2017 Australian and New Zealand Photobook of the Year Awards.

Sun Chemical will increase prices on all offset inks and coatings for its customers from 1 March, following a similar move announced last week by major competitor Flint Group.

Melbourne-based global packager Amcor lifted its first-half profit by 15 per cent to $US329.7 million ($A461.6 million), despite rising costs of raw materials including resin and aluminium.

Sign and graphics franchise company Signwave Australia has opened its first store in South Australia at Mile End in Adelaide. “We are excited about the momentum we are building to complete our national network," says Signwave operations manager Dean Rowland.

Publishers have the power to determine how green the printing industry can be, writes Laurel Brunner, but they must be willing to accept that sustainable print will come with a price.

A Fair Work Commission (FWC) hearing has failed to resolve the strike at Australian Paper's facility in Preston, Victoria, now in its fourth week. Both sides have dug in, and a second hearing has been postponed. Union organisers say that they've received plenty of support from the community.

Heidelberg has released its third-quarter results for the 2017-18 financial year. The company is continuing its 'digital transformation', and has successfully launched its new subscription print service. Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO, praised Heidelberg's 'systematic transformation'.