A surge in newsprint exports to India pushed Australian exports of paper and paperboard to a new record of 1.2 million tonnes in the last year, according to the 2017 Pulp & Paper Strategic Review from IndustryEdge.

Sydney printer Con-tact Labels is saving hours in set-up times for small runs with the Cliqx embossing system invented by neighbours Alan Fawcett and Ange O’Dea of specialist print shop Watermarx Graphics.

More than 40 attendees joined in with LIA Queensland to celebrate International Print Day at Xerox headquarters in Brisbane last night.

The Flexible Packaging and Label Manufacturers Association (FPLMA) has held its annual technical forum in Melbourne, featuring expert speakers from across the industry. The organisation's annual general meeting also saw three new members appointed to the Board.

Two Roland B2 offset presses and a range of finishing equipment from Sydney’s Burwood Press is now on sale. Burwood sold to Rawson Print in August, and the excess machinery is being auctioned on Ascent Partners’ online site.

Konica Minolta has rolled out two new presses for the mid to high-volume production print market with the launch of the latest Accurio Press C6100 series - a successor of the flagship bizhub Press C1100/C1085 series.

Neil Whittaker (pictured), the former high-profile MD of Fuji Xerox NZ and Fuji Xerox Australia, has been named in court documents as one of two defendants in a civil case launched by FXNZ following a $450 million accounting scandal.

Dscoop's Australia/New Zealand roadshow has hit Melbourne, bringing with it big-data guru Bill Wieners to show local printers how to make the most of data for their businesses. The final event of the roadshow series will be held at the Park Hyatt Sydney on Monday October 23.

Melbourne printer PMI has partnered with Sydney-based online graphic design software company Canva to launch a new print and delivery service in Australia called Canva Print. Canva has 10 million users around the world.

Heidelberg is rolling out a range of personalized digital printing solutions designed for the automobile industry at next month’s InPrint 2017. "We have the expertise and technologies to design the personalized world."

Dscoop Asia Pacific has elected Dominion Print CEO Kelvin Gage (pictured, left) as its new board chairman as the HP users group turns its attention to growing markets in China and India.

Roland DG Australia, a leading manufacturer of wide format inkjet printers and 3D devices, is taking its popular Mobile Imagination Centre into regional Western Australia later this month. Roland has also launched a new corporate website.

Machinery and equipment from collapsed Melbourne printer Retail Communications will be auctioned off next month in a bid to raise some of the $1.7 million owed to creditors.

The iconic Melbourne trade printer blew into town this week taking over the bespoke print business of Lindsay Yates while keeping principals Paul Richardson and David Shoppee on deck for at least four years

“For a three-day event that was arguably held in the shadow of Pacprint, the amount of business conducted was remarkable,” says Starleaton CEO Ben Eaton.

Sydney's Dashing Print has become the 500th Currie Group customer to complete a course through Currie's Training Centre. Currie Group representatives presented Dashing's HP Indigo coordinator Matt Boyden with an award to mark the milestone at the printer's plant in Lane Cove West.