One Nation will vote for the Turnbull Government's proposed company tax cuts after a promise from the Government to fund 1000 apprenticeships in private businesses around the country.

Next Printing’s new venture aims to revitalise the Sydney fashion industry by enabling short runs of printed fabrics as an alternative to offshore production in China.

The Anti-Dumping Commission is investigating allegations that Russia, South Korea, Austria, Finland and Slovakia are dumping cheap A4 copy paper onto the local market. "Australian jobs and the future of the local industry continue to be under threat," says Australian Paper COO Peter Williams.

German press giant Koenig and Bauer has enjoyed a 4.3 percent increase in revenue over 2016, with new orders up 10.1 percent. The manufacturer raked in €1,217.6 million ($1,950.1 million AUD) last year, driven by strong revenue and earnings in the fourth quarter, and widened its market share.

Registration is now open for Dscoop's 2018 Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) conference to be held in Seoul, South Korea, which will - in a first for a Dscoop Asia show - include site visits as part of the program, so attendees can get a first-hand look at the operations of innovative local printers.

The Museum of Printing in NSW is holding a three-day celebration of printing and printmaking in April that will feature guest speakers, workshops, rare book collections and a printers’ picnic.

Kwik Kopy Miller Street has been awarded the NSW/ACT Franchisee of the Year, two or more staff, at the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) Excellence in Franchising Awards.

Australian Valuations opened online bidding this afternoon on an extensive range of equipment from Sony DADC Australia’s former Print Services business. The company shut down its printing operation at Huntingwood in Sydney’s west earlier this year.

A research group chaired by PIAA CEO Andrew Macaulay has identified three core issues in attracting new talent to the industry: "perception and reputation of the sector; working conditions and prospects; and in many cases, an ageing and static workforce."

Billionaire activist shareholder Carl Icahn (pictured) has enlisted the help of former HP and IBM executive John Visentin to help fight the “no sense” takeover of Xerox by Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings.

The printing industry’s response to an unprecedented surge in pulp and paper prices will be critical to maintaining profitable print volumes, according to the Australasian Paper Industry Association (APIA).

Netherlands-based graphic display manufacturer Matrix Frame will launch a new Australian regional distribution centre at next month’s Visual Impact show in Brisbane.

Southern Colour Print, a security printing specialist based in Dunedin, New Zealand, is one of 14 printers from around the world to win Kodak’s Sonora Plate Green Leaf award for 2017.  Laurel Brunner reports.

Brisbane printer Spot Productions is hosting an inspection tour next week for members of the Queensland branch of the Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA) that will feature Australia's first Ryobi 10-colour RMGT 920 A1-size LED-UV press.

Konica Minolta has released its new monochrome production print system, the AccurioPress 6136 series, to the local market. The new series is a successor model to the bizhub Press 1250e series.

In wide format production, robotics are at their best when automating repetitive functions. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the loading and unloading of large sheets on the faster breed of flatbed UV printers, such as the Inca Onset X-series from Fujifilm. Andy McCourt filed this report.