The latest issue of Print21 magazine features a three-page profile on Craig Nethercott, the new MD of Océ Oceania, plus extensive coverage of EFI's Connect 2018 conference, in-depth features on automation and direct mail, a visit to Heidelberg in Germany, and more.

Printing Industries CEO Andrew Macaulay has told ABC TV’s Q&A that the skyrocketing cost of electricity and gas prices is crippling manufacturing in Australia and already costing jobs.

One of the largest gatherings of HP Indigo print service providers (PSP) is spending three days in a deep dive into the company’s extensive digital printing portfolio at the company’s Israeli manufacturing and research site.

Xerox has launched a PR campaign to support its proposed $US6 billion Fuji Xerox joint venture with Fujifilm, in the face of legal action by major shareholder Darwin Deason to block the deal.

Ball & Doggett has expanded its Display & Visual division, after reporting a month-on-month growth since the August 2017 merger of BJ Ball and K.W. Doggett.

Print DNA's Chloe Rudd has won another apprenticeship award and been announced the Riverland and Mallee Vocational Award recipient for 2017.

A new ISO standard developed in conjunction with Ricoh is intended for use in digital printing systems running a single job over a long time period, so it’s particularly relevant for book and transactional printing systems, writes Laurel Brunner.

A fall in magazine and newspaper volumes has led to an earnings downgrade by the region’s largest printing company. PMP’s revised guidance for FY18 is now $40m-$45m EBITDA, down from an earlier estimate of $70m-$75m.

Akira Yoshida has been appointed managing director of Canon Oceania, and will take up the position when current MD Yusuke Mizoguchi leaves for Europe in April. Warren Hinder and Steve Peck have departed amicably from Fujifilm Australia.

Graffica will install a 'game-changing' corrugated box maker at a Sydney packaging plant in May. The BCS Autobox is capable of producing short runs of fully formed and digitally printed corrugated boxes with only 60 seconds of setup time.

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.