Starleaton will present its range of archival art papers and matt cutting tools at Art & Frame 2017 in Randwick next month as it expands its presence in the fine art and photographic sectors.

New Zealand has temporarily banned Fuji Xerox from accepting any new government work as investigations continue into a $450 million accounting scandal at the company’s Australasian subsidiaries.

Bayswater-based forme cutting supplier Barella has closed up shop after 40 years in business, just weeks after competitor Hygrade Group called in administrators. The company’s machinery and other assets are being auctioned off this week.

The Australia Post/PIAA national roadshow has rolled into Adelaide this morning after yesterday’s successful launch in Perth. "Members have responded with robust and healthy discussion," says PIAA CEO Andrew Macaulay.

Printed newspapers and magazines lost a total of $130 million in media agency advertising revenue in the 2016/2017 financial year, according to the latest Standard Media Index (SMI).

Australia’s total imports of paper and paperboard have slumped to their lowest volume in at least 30 years, according to the latest Pulp & Paper Edge report. Printing and Communication paper imports have fallen by 12.5 percent.

Starleaton’s support of the Humpty Dumpty Foundation has received a boost with funds from the PacPrint ‘dollar-for-dollar’ fundraiser buying a vital piece of emergency equipment for children on Rottnest Island in WA.

Press manufacturer KBA says direct printing onto glass or plastic bottles has become a major focus of its growing industrial printing business. In an interview, MD Christian Maas looks at trends and challenges in industrial printing.

Family-owned and operated offset and digital printer Emerald Press says its double purchase of a new Horizon SmartSlitter and a Horizon MKU-54-T mobile knife unit from Currie Group is already saving on time and money.

A leading mailing house has called for a federal investigation into what it alleges is anti-competitive conduct by Australia Post that is destroying jobs in the printing and mailing industries.

The Keep Me Posted campaign has been 'overwhelmed' with support from business and consumers, with more than 1,000 responses to a flyer campaign in the first week alone. The flyers with reply-paid postcards were circulated in every Australia Post retail outfit in the country.

Visual Connections has announced a new alliance with the Re-Engineering Australia Foundation, with the aim of boosting participation and awareness of the print, graphics and signage industries among Australian students.

More paper price rises are on the way with global suppliers James Cropper and Mitsubishi HiTec Paper announcing significant price hikes that will take effect in coming weeks.

Printing Industries is urging its members to step up and attend a series of ACCC public forums about electricity supply to protest against price rises that are threatening to “decimate” printing industry employment levels and send some production offshore.

Paper merchant Spicers is facing yet another fight with its shareholders, with New York-based private equity firm Coastal Capital demanding the removal of the company’s finance director and CFO Wayne Johnston (pictured).

The printing industry provides 80% of Australia Post’s mail business but has little influence over its business decisions. Andrew Macaulay is setting out to change that.