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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.

Pro-Pac has raised $54.8m to partially fund its $177m acquisition of flexible packager Integrated Packaging Group - part of its plan to become "the preeminent flexible and industrial packaging manufacturer and distributor in Australia."

Xeikon, a division of Flint Group, has signed a partnership agreement to sell EFI’s Jetrion digital label and narrow web inkjet printing systems. The move comes weeks after Xeikon dumped its own Trillium liquid toner project.

The annual meeting of global print lobby group Two Sides in London has pledged to strengthen its fight against corporate greenwashing and build on the results of a new survey that shows global consumers prefer print on paper.


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