NSW grand format specialist Insane Signs & Print has signed a groundbreaking $1.8 million deal at FESPA to buy two Durst Rho 512R Plus UV inkjet printers. "The Durst technology has completely blown me away," says Insane MD Rodney James.

A digital transformation strategy helped press giant Heidelberg to record its best sales result since 2008 in the final quarter of financial year 2016/2017. "We now need to gear our strategy towards becoming a digital company.”

Digital press manufacturer Xeikon will showcase its latest label and packaging technology in its first PacPrint appearance later this month. Running live at the show will be a Xeikon CX3, aka Cheetah.

Ricoh announced its ‘official entry’ into the booming garment printing market with the release of two new generation garment printers. The move follows Ricoh’s acquisition of AnaJet, a leading manufacturer of direct-to-garment machines.

The PIAA welcomes tax cuts for small businesses but says last night’s budget fails to address the potentially disastrous energy security crisis facing Australian manufacturing. “Energy security has the potential to blow all budget assumptions out of the water," says PIAA CEO Andrew Macaulay.

Mel Ireland, the popular former PIAA Queensland manager whose dismissal helped to spark a revolt against former CEO Jason Allen, has become the first female federal president of the Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA).

In a major shakeup of its production print business, Canon Australia will shift all of its production printing operation to Océ Australia - a separate Canon Group entity. The move is part of the Canon Group’s growth strategy for professional print.

Kwik Kopy Miller Street, owned by the father, son and daughter team of Peter, Daniel and Susie McKenzie, has won the Kwik Kopy Australia Franchise of the Year award for 2017.

Fairfax Media is expected to reject a $2.5 billion ‘cherry pick’ offer from equity group TPG for its prime asset Domain and the company’s best known mastheads – The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review.

Melbourne-based 3D printing supplier evok3d’s has been named an authorized dealer of Jet Fusion 3D - the new cutting edge production-ready 3D printing system from tech giant HP that is set to "revolutionise design, prototyping and local manufacturing."

In a continuation of support for the children’s hospital charity, the Humpty Dumpty Foundation; Starleaton will match all donations dropped into its specially marked box at PacPrint dollar-for-dollar.

Few companies in our industry can claim to spend as much on R&D innovation as Fujifilm. Exibiting alongside Fuji Xerox Australia on PacPrint’s second largest stand, stand E10, from May 23-26 at Melbourne’s Exhibition Centre, the theme will be ‘Value from Innovation’.

Even in the paper business, there is still an entrenched lack of awareness of the issues shaping the sustainability of print. Consultant Laurel Brunner says it’s not unusual to hear alarming comments from people who should know better.

The 2017 Media Super National Print Awards dinner is just three weeks away, and organisers recommend booking now to avoid missing out. The printing industry's 'night of nights' will this year be held in conjunction with PacPrint on Thursday, May 25, in Melbourne, and have a circus theme.

Global giant Xerox booked a $US30 million charge in Q1 results as an ‘estimated adjustment’ from Fuji Xerox NZ, where an investigation is underway into leasing deals. Xerox warned: "We can provide no assurances relative to the outcome of any governmental investigations."