Consumer group Keep Me Posted says ACCC warnings about the increasing number of email scams underline the importance of providing people with the option of receiving information by post – without an added fee.

Melbourne digital printer Retail Communications has closed its doors and gone into liquidation, leaving behind a debt of $1.7 million. About 15 staff members have lost their jobs.

Organisers report a surge of early visitors to the Visual Impact 2017 trade show that opened this morning at the new International Convention Centre at Sydney’s Darling Harbour.

German graphics manufacturer Orafol Group has acquired supplier Australian Graphic Supplies (AGS) as it steps up a major expansion into the Australian market. [Note, this AGS company is not Glenn Maynard's Australian Graphics Servicing, the Melbourne-based electrical servicing, consumables and equipment supplier.)

Former Fuji Xerox agents Rick Buscombe and Tim Hoffman, who left the company last year along with several colleagues, are looking to expand their print management and IT support service Cable Blu to new markets in Sydney and Brisbane.

ASX-listed Pro-Pac, headed by former Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour, has rolled out a $54.8m capital raising to partially fund its $177m acquisition of flexible packager Integrated Packaging Group.

Reigning “King of the Wrap World” Nick Caminiti and his team from Melbourne signage company Exotic Graphix have again won the ANZ regional title and will compete for the “Wrap Like a King” world title later this year in Las Vegas.

Not a week goes by that we don’t hear of another digital printer manufacturer making the switch to LED curing technology for UV inks. Consultant Laurel Brunner says it’s just a matter of time before all manufacturers make the switch.

Heidelberg has announced a fresh expansion into the electric mobility industry with its new Wallbox charging station for electric cars, to be launched at the Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition in Stuttgart this month. Germany is expected to have one million electric cars by 2020.

Japanese-owned paper, pulp and packaging company Oji Fibre Solutions has expanded its Australian business with the acquisition of Victoria-based packaging manufacturer Cardboard Cartons.

Leading UK print management firm Hague Print has acquired Victoria trade printer Schinner Business Forms to strengthen its presence in the Australian market.

Clarke Murphy Print in Chatswood, Sydney, is a company that prides itself on keeping up with the times - and when it comes to Horizon finishing equipment, Currie Group is happy to provide the latest gear to meet the printer's needs.

Epson will bring its product expo to western Sydney in November, featuring its range of photographic, fine art, signage, direct to garment, dye sublimation, and technical printers. The event is the latest in a series that kicked off in Melbourne last year.

More than seven out of ten Australians prefer reading printed books and magazines to online versions, according to a new global survey by paper and print lobby group Two Sides.

Visual Impact is ‘going retro’ with a range of traditional signcraft skills featured in ‘see, learn and have a go’ workshop sessions which will be run daily by master craftsmen during next week’s show at Sydney’s new ICC at Darling Harbour.

Canon has pushed back the deadline for entries into the Océ Arizona Awards 2017 by four weeks to Friday 27th October 2017. Three winners will receive an EOS M5 camera valued at $1,949.