Wide format printers wanting to boost their presence in soft signage and industrial textiles have the opportunity to see production first-hand this week at Starleaton’s Textile Open House at Mount Waverley, Melbourne.

Andy McCourt was at the foothills of the Blue Mountains on the weekend for the ‘Old Friends’ tour of the newly re-opened Museum of Printing at Penrith, NSW.

Industry leaders PMP and IVE Group’s Franklin Web took home major awards at the 26th annual Australasian Catalogue Association (ACA) awards event held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

Print DNA’s Chloe Rudd has been named the South Australia winner in the LIA 2017 Graduate of the Year awards and will go on to compete for the national title later this year.

Konica Minolta Australia is launching its industrial print technology line-up into the New Zealand market following its success in this specialist area in Australia.

With Coca-Cola alone producing over 100 billion plastic bottles every year, graphic supply chains have a key role to play in the campaign to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles more suitable for recycling, writes consultant Laurel Brunner.

EFI's white paper on LED 'cool curing', such as in the VUTEk LX3 Pro hybrid flatbed/roll printer, shows how the process can increase performance and lower total cost of ownership for wide-format production.

The idea that an Australian printing company could be recognised as a top-level investment stock on the ASX seems to fly in the face of industry sentiment and investor opinion. Peter George is determined to change that perception with a plan for 2019.

The federal government has awarded the multi-million-dollar printing contract for the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey to Fuji Xerox Document Management.

Paper merchant Spicers has reported a statutory profit after tax of $1.7 million in the 2016-17 financial year, a drop of $3.6 million from its result in 2015-16. In its full year results, the company posted sales revenue of $380.7 million for the financial year, a 3.1 percent decline from the previous year.

Gold Coast label house Super Labels has upgraded its platemaking capabilities with the addition of a new computer-to-plate machine from Screen GP. The Screen PlateRite FX870II, supplied by Jet Technologies, is capable of digitally producing flexo, offset and letterpress plates at up to 4800 dpi.

WestRock’s purchase of Australian folding box converter HannaPak continues a period of consolidation that sees US manufacturers all but dominate this valuable sector, says Pulp & Paper Edge.

Australia's richest man, cardboard king Anthony Pratt, says he will invest $2 billion over the next decade to expand his Visy cardboard and recycling business in Australia and create 5,000 new jobs.

The corporate watchdog has again delayed its decision over the proposed takeover of OfficeMax Australia by US private equity giant Platinum Equity, citing competition concerns.

Print heritage group The Society of Old Friends has organized a visit to the newly refurbished Penrith Museum of Printing at Penrith Raceway on Tuesday 29th August. You'll need to be quick: RSVP by Friday 25th August 2017.

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