Rawson Print has acquired commercial printer and packaging specialist Burwood Press, based at Yagoona in Sydney’s south-west, with an eye on the thriving packaging market.

Doris Prodanovic was one of a hundred attendees at Sydney's Women In Print 2017 this morning. As a newcomer to the print industry she was thrilled by the warm welcome and camaraderie of her peers in print.

Outdoor advertiser APN Outdoor boosted first half 2017 revenue by 8% to $162.3 million. Digital screens contributed one-third of revenue, while ‘classic’ billboards performed better than expected.

Printing Industries has called for significant changes to the Vulnerable Workers Bill – also known as the ‘7-Eleven bill’ – saying it would place an unfair burden on print franchise employers.

The global industrial printing market will grow to $114.8 billion by 2022, according to new data from print research group Smithers Pira. Growth sectors include décor and laminates, 3D printing and inkjet printed textiles.

As Visual Impact Sydney draws closer, online registrations have opened for the industry’s first show in the stunning new ICC. Special guests will include rally driver and motorsport champ, Molly Taylor (pictured).

Starleaton’s comprehensive 150-page 2017-2018 catalogue, its first since the graphic arts powerhouse acquired DES last year, is on its way and a preview is now available online.

The newest issue of Print21 magazine is out now, with an in-depth look at HP's PrintOS software, exciting news out of Europe, a spectacular site visit and more. The cover story on PrintOS has all the details on how HP is transforming print production with cloud-based workflow software.

IVE Group expects to deliver pre-tax earnings of $55 million when its full year results are released later this month. The company has secured $70 million in contracted revenue since acquiring Franklin Web and AIW.

Fuji Xerox Printers has appointed a new NZ country manager, following the departure of Bruce Koefoed earlier this year. Angus Malietoa has moved from Kyocera to take up the position after boosting Kyocera's reseller network by 300 percent, and brings with him 15 years of printing industry experience.

You can now register to bid on more than 130 lots for Ascent Partners' online machinery auction. Many of the lots are unreserved and the reserve prices set by our vendors are very reasonable.

Gil Cortes has joined Currie Group in the newly created position of Scodix Product Specialist across Australia and NZ. Formerly the Latin American channel manager for a major digital brand based in Israel, Cortes started his new role in July, shortly after arriving in Melbourne from Mexico.

Sydney-based retail marketing company, Dashing Group, has won a contract to build an integrated marketing platform to manage the Bank of Queensland's branch-based print and digital campaigns, merchandising and signage.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Packaging Council of Australia voted unanimously to wind up the organisation and join the Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA).

Melbourne printer Conlay Press has signed the highly-coveted contract to print official merchandise for the iconic green-and-gold Australian Made Campaign.

Fairfax Media recorded a net profit of $83.9m after a loss of $772.6m in the previous year - when it wrote down the value of its newspaper mastheads by almost $1bn. Metro publishing advertising slumped by a further 17%.