Fairfax Media’s Canberra Print Centre lines up against News Corp Australia’s Darwin Print Centre and Townsville Print Centre for the Print Centre of the Year award at this year’s Newspaper of the Year awards (PANPAs). The two media giants again dominate the categories.

OKI Data Australia has launched two new Teriostar large format printers, designed to boost productivity in print shops as well as design, architecture, engineering, construction and print proofing businesses.

Hong Kong investor Jerome Chan acquires Sydney folding carton printer Anzpac Services and renames the company New Anzpac, with about 40 staff members made redundant.

Global president Hiroshi Kurihara heads to Sydney to meet local executives in the wake of a $450 million accounting scandal uncovered at subsidiaries Fuji Xerox New Zealand (FXNZ) and Fuji Xerox Australia (FXA).

Graphic products manufacturer Orafol has acquired distribution businesses in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide and opened a new head office and distribution centre in Queensland.

Industry supplier association Visual Connections donated $45,000 to support the digital print training centre at Holmesglen Institute, Victoria’s leading vocational training institute.

Always question the source of environmental certifications. A glut of announcements recently by manufacturers claim that their products are certified to dubious international standards.

Andy McCourt visits the world’s centre for inkjet UV, Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems (FSIS) in Kent, UK; formerly Sericol.

The Australian printing and communications industry needs to be ready to protect itself against new waves of increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks, according to a cyber security specialist.

Print recruitment firm JDA has created a unique recruitment package that offers mentoring sessions during the first 90 days of commencement.

Australian family-owned office supplies company Complete Office Supplies (COS) lodged a takeover bid for OfficeMax in Australia and New Zealand - the business already targeted by US private equity giant Platinum Equity.

manroland web customers in Australia and New Zealand will be able to access a wide range of ‘wear and tear’ spare parts for their presses when the new Market-X trading platform comes online in August.

Melbourne forme cutting business Martin O’Brien has acquired competitor Triforme Australia and taken on some former employees of collapsed Hygrade Cutting Formes, which shut down last month.

Canon has promoted its 'Kyosei' corporate philosophy at a tree-planting day in Sydney ahead of the August 4 close of submissions for its 'Inspiring Tomorrow' grants program, initiatives which the company says embody the idea of 'living and working together for the common good'.

Heidelberg will aim for €3 billion ($4.4 billion AUD) in sales by 2022, an increase of €500 million ($732.7 million AUD) over its current sales figures. At the manufacturer's annual general meeting in Mannheim, Germany, around 1600 shareholders approved all items on the agenda with a clear majority.

Fourteen technologies have been selected to receive a 2017 InterTech Technology Award. The technologies receiving the award have been judged as truly innovative and are expected to advance the performance of the graphic communications industry.