Rising pulp prices, higher input costs and higher shipping costs are combining to push global paper prices higher, with the flow-on to Australia and New Zealand anticipated to take effect before the end of the year, says pulp and paper industry analyst IndustryEdge.

Ascent Partners will hold a regular quarterly online machinery auctions following the success of its recent sale of surplus equipment from Graphitype NSW.

Lamination is fast becoming essential for digital print and one product stood out head and shoulders above all else at PacPrint.

"I could throw a deck of cards on the table and they could land in any orientation and this system will take a photo and automatically load 52 individual files," says Jason Hay of Spicers about the advanced Elitron SDC cutter.

Hot off the heels of its 650th Versant sale, Fuji Xerox has won a Print21 Technology Hot Pick for its Versant 3100 digital press. Quentin Sandery, national manager for production services business at Fuji Xerox, accepted the award and encouraged all PacPrint guests to visit stand E10.

Direct-to-Textile printing at PacPrint was a hot topic and what better way to celebrate it than a Hot Pick for Mutoh’s new machine.

A delegation of printers from earthquake-ravaged Nepal has been welcomed for the first time to the Forum of Asia Pacific Graphic Arts (FAPGA) - this year taking place over two days at PacPrint 2017 in Melbourne.

"It's so exciting and a dream come true," says Celeste Halliday, who won the Print21 PacPrint Escape prize - courtesy of organisers Visual Connections Australia and the PIAA - for her entry describing in 30 words or less why she wanted to see the show.

The Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment & Climate Change affirmed her government's support for innovation in printing as she cut the ribbon to open PacPrint 2017. The Hon Lily D'Ambrosio voiced her enthusiasm for the spirit of progress PacPrint represents.

The brainchild of David Currie, who encouraged HP Indigo and Horizon to work together to produce a viable inline booklet production system, is awarded a Print 21 Technology Hot Pick.

Starleaton CEO, Ben Eaton (pictured) hosted EFI executives to his ‘tree of life’ stand at the Melbourne show where the newly expanded company staked its claim to a wide range of product sectors.

The arrival of the AccurioJet KM-1 at the Melbourne trade show drew lot of attention, even before the doors opened. The high-speed sheetfed UV inkjet is a radical departure for Konica Minolta, moving it up into the production market.

The sale of a Versant 180 colour digital press to Melbourne printer Dinkums Print & Design marks Fuji Xerox's 650th Versant sale around the country. The milestone deal was announced on the opening day of PacPrint 2017 in Melbourne.

The new UVgel ink technology on Canon's Océ Colorado 1640 wide-format roll-fed digital printer has earned it a Print21 Technology Hot Pick for PacPrint 2017. The ink has the 'consistency of a hair gel', according to Océ's Paul Whitehead.

Roland DG's new GR series of professional vinyl cutters, a Print21 Hot Pick at PacPrint 2017, has been completely redesigned to deliver best-in-class cutting quality and productivity.

Pipping even Europe to the post to show the new Duplo spot UV coater, Neopost revealed the DD810 in a private room by invitation only. Print21 editor Andy McCourt was there.