Industry

From a general hand at Sydney’s Vink Printing in Wolli Creek two years ago, Joanna Lok has become the director of her own business, SpotOn Finishing – and she has Neopost to thank for supplying the equipment she needed to get started.

Printing companies in Tasmania have overwhelmingly backed a plan by Victoria-based Holmesglen TAFE to provide a new apprenticeship training model in the state when the existing program ends.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games will source 100% recycled paper from First Nations-owned company Nallawilli Office Wares. The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation's managed print solutions supplier CSG will provide Nallawilli paper via Winc.

ASX-listed direct mail and marketing services company Salmat has appointed Rebecca Lowde as its chief executive officer. Lowde had been acting CEO since the departure of Craig Dower in May.

Corporate watchdog the ACCC has warned of a surge in parcel delivery scams in the busy lead up to Christmas.


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Kodak, reborn and re-energised, expects all of its sites worldwide to be zero waste to landfill facilities by 2025, writes sustainability consultant Laurel Brunner.

The latest issue of Print21 is out now, with all your vital summer reading - plus an amazing world-first cover, printed digitally on the Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1 press and embellished with the MGI JETvarnish 3D.

The AMWU will conduct an onsite investigation into a fatal accident at DIC Australia’s ink factory in Auburn, Sydney, that left one worker dead and two injured.

A new production press and a new role for the industry veteran sets the scene for the graphic’s supplier fresh start in 2018. Following a tough few years, Fuji Xerox is moving to reassert its dominance in the digital printing sector with an upmarket production press, the Iridesse.

Printing Industries has unveiled its new-look website, which will offer a 'significantly improved experience' for visitors, including new member-only resources and the ability to search for members. The PIAA's new Workplace Relations Portal is set to launch early next year.

Pantone has named PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet its Colour of the Year for 2018, drawing on the 'vast and limitless night sky' for inspiration. The deep blue-purple is in contrast to 2017's Colour of the Year, 15-0343 Greenery, which heavily evoked the natural world.

Leading ink manufacturers Flint Group and Sun Chemical say the 'relentless' rising cost of raw materials has forced a new round of global price hikes which will take effect from 1 January 2018.

Reputation is everything when you’re importing and exporting million dollar presses across oceans and continents, says industry veteran Paul Carthew, owner of machinery trader PrintMac.

Global online graphic design marketplace 99designs has signed a deal with Adobe that will provide designers with access to millions of royalty-free stock images through Adobe Stock.

Roland DG has sent out its Christmas greetings to customers with a reminder of the correct procedures for extended periods of non-use of printers over the holiday break.

$500 billion e-commerce giant Amazon has officially launched in Australia amid warnings that its effect will be felt across a number of industries, including printing, publishing and media.