Newcastle printer Mr Print & Design has reopened under new ownership just days after going into liquidation. The former owner wound up his company last Saturday and appointed liquidator James Shaw from insolvency firm Shaw Gidley.

Rising power prices and the lack of apprenticeship training will be on the agenda at the Tasmanian Printers Convention on Friday. PIAA CEO Andrew Macaulay will be a guest speaker at the event.

IVE Group’s digital marketing agency Kalido won a global marketing award for its work with fast food business Craveable Brands, which operates 570 Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat restaurants across Australia.

Former Perth retailer Ashley Heuchan has collected more than 1,000 cameras over his 50-year career and is now selling them online. Print21 magazine editor Andy McCourt filed this report.

German press giant Koenig & Bauer (KBA) has joined with leading software developer Esko to upgrade colour and workflow solutions for packaging printers.

Paper merchant Spicers will follow its competitors and introduce price rises of six to eight percent for its entire range of commercial printing papers from February. Prices on coated, uncoated, digital and carbonless grades will increase by 8%, and all other grades by 6%.

Four Queensland printers have begun work on a $1.76 million print contract for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held in April.

A high-level delegation from Printing Industries has travelled to Canberra to seek immediate help for printers facing massive power bills that have already caused some staff lay-offs. “Energy security is now a national crisis," says CEO Andrew Macaulay.

The Kingsgrove NSW site of St George Graphics and Printing will be open on Monday to allow potential bidders to inspect printing and bindery machinery that’s being sold off following the company’s acquisition by Focus Print Group.

The Keep Me Posted campaign is urging printers to make submissions to a federal inquiry into the practice of companies charging fees for paper bills. “It is time for our industry’s voice to be heard."

Corporate regulator the ACCC will not oppose the proposed acquisition of OfficeMax Australia by US equity giant Platinum Equity, which earlier this year bought Staples Australia – since rebranded as Winc.

Commercial printer WHO Printing has reduced its electricity bills by 50 percent after installing more than 300 solar panels on the roof of its factory at Newcastle, NSW. “We operate 16 hours a day so power for us is critical," says MD David Ogle (pictured, left).

Paper merchant Spicers has secured $30 million in new financing from ASX-listed business lender Scottish Pacific Business Finance.

Scott Print and Quality Press took home seven gold medals each at the Western Australia Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICAs). "There was an overall excitement about what the future holds," says Rio Chard, chair of the WA PICA Committee.

David Borg, general manager of office supplier Fuji Xerox Printers Asia and Pacific, is leaving the company after 24 years.

Lachlan and Carla Mason of far north Queensland print and signage business LJMDesign have won Roland DG Australia’s ‘With Roland’ competition that ran in conjunction with the Mobile Imagination Centre roadshows.