Since the Ball and Doggett merger, Direct Paper has become the third largest paper supplier in Australia, behind B&D and Spicers – and the largest that is family-owned. It has opened a new facility in Brisbane, bringing the entire east coast within its fine paper distribution network.

Live production is underway ahead of schedule at IVE Group's new Franklin WEB NSW web offset plant at Huntingwood in Sydney’s west. The 24/7 site was purpose-built to produce retail catalogues.

More than 100 Kwik Kopy Print and Design Centres cross Australia will be upgrading their existing EFI PrintSmith Vision MIS workflow to include Digital StoreFront, EFI’s advanced web-to-print/ecommerce platform.

Tickets are selling fast and judging is now complete in the print and design categories for the rapidly approaching Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICA) events in Queensland and Western Australia.

Sydney signage and wide format printer Easy Signs has won the Top Innovator Award winner at this year’s Smart Company awards and also reached #23 on the Smart Company rankings.

Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific has launched its new Iridesse Production Press - a six-colour print engine utilising xerography that can hold up to two additional specialty dry inks.

Konica Minolta announced the state finalists for its National Specialised Print Awards 2017, to be held in Sydney next Thursday November 16. The awards celebrate outstanding work produced on Konica Minolta digital presses.

In this ever more splintered communications environment, electronic media may actually be starting to drive consumers back to print, writes Laurel Brunner.

Nick Caminiti from Exotic Graphix in Melbourne has retained his title and been named 2017 King of the Wrap World at the Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions “Wrap Like a King” Challenge at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

The role of the release liner in the pressure-sensitive label industry was the focus of extended seminar sessions at this year's Labelexpo Europe. Labels specialist Ann Hirst-Smith filed this report.

Market researcher IDC has named imaging, electronics and production print giant Ricoh as a global leader in addressing security for printed documents.

Karl Sun, owner of Sydney Print Media, is an example of an entrepreneur who lets nothing stand in the way of his business’ growth path. If a problem needs a solution and one can not be found locally, he invents the answer.

Christine Holgate on Day Five in her new role asks an anonymous whistle blower ‘post worker’ to step forward and meet with her during this morning’s visit to the Sydney West Letters Facility.

Sensational allegations of cover ups, number rigging and management malpractices at the major Sydney postal facility lift the lid on Australia Post as it continues to hike charges for commercial mail.

Currie Group went LIVE this week, with a series of Open House sessions showcasing a range of equipment, which they say can help print service providers expand their offering and multiply the value of their print products.

Andrew Macaulay, CEO, Printing Industries, meets with Trent Zimmerman, the Federal Member for North Sydney, as part of a his ongoing campaign to raise the industry's public profile. James Cryer (pictured) went along.