Bragg Printing has been forced to auction off machinery and finishing equipment after finally reaching a compromise with the NSW government over the compulsory acquisition of its inner-city printing factory as part of the Sydney Metro rail project.

Heidelberg has launched its new growth strategy for the next five years, targeting 'digital transformation, technology leadership, and operational excellence' as key areas. The European giant has set its sights on three billion euro ($4.45 billion AUD) group sales by 2022.

The 26th Australasian Catalogue Awards will close at 5pm today Friday June 9. The awards this year feature a record 50 categories, including two new ones - Direct Mail and Best Young Student - and a set of New Zealand-specific categories for the second year running.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has forecast massive drops in print advertising over the next four years, with newspapers set to lose approximately $850 million in ad revenue by the year 2021, and PwC's Megan Brownlow said traditional media companies must become 'frenemies' if they are to grow.

The ACCC has closed submissions in its review of the proposed takeover of OfficeMax by US equity firm Platinum Equity and expects to announce a decision next month. The regulator asked interested parties: To what extent would Amazon be likely to provide a competitive constraint?

The newest issue of Print21 magazine is out now, with 20 pages of HotPicks from PacPrint 2017 in Melbourne last month - plus a feature on Canon's new UVGel-powered Colorado 1640 wide-format inkjet printer, and how this disruptive 'latex-killing' ink technology will shake up the sign and display sector.

Organisers say ‘Tangibly Trusted’ was chosen as the theme of this year’s Single Width Users’ Group (SWUG) NZ newspaper technology conference to highlight “what this unique sector of the print industry produces.”

Starleaton Digital Solutions has had significant interest in its Oppboga outdoor board after featuring it on its display at PacPrint. John Buitenkamp, product manager at Starleaton, said the product was received very well by visitors to the stand in May.

German press giant Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA), which opened the world's first press-building workshop in 1817, will celebrate its 200th anniversary in Würzburg in August. KBA outlined highlights from the company's history.

A new survey has found an alarming lack of education about document and printer security, with more than 60 percent of Australian SMEs concerned about document confidentiality.

The entire machinery and equipment line-up from collapsed Melbourne sheetfed printer and mailing house Print Dynamics will go on sale in a global online auction on 30 June. The Mount Waverley-based company closed its doors in April after 17 years in business.

A new HP Indigo 12000 from Currie Group at PacPrint is the catalyst for Melbourne printer, Press Print, to upscale into larger premises this month. According to partner, Allain Pool, the move is the culmination of a steady development since he came back into the industry six years ago.

Ascent Partners' second quarterly online machinery auction is now live with 60 lots on offer from seven vendors at ten different sites.

HP has unveiled a new multimillion-dollar academy in Singapore dedicated to providing training to accelerate the digital transformation of the printing industry across Asia Pacific. “We are at the threshold of a huge digital transformation," says HP's Mike Boyle.

Melbourne school photographer SchoolPix is upgrading to a new HP Indigo 7900 from Currie Group, and anticipates diversifying its business thanks to the machine's flexibility, speed and quality. The new digital press will replace the company's Indigo 5600 to perform most of its printing work from July.

In the run up to this week’s tightening UK election, the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) has called on all parliamentary election candidates to sign the federation’s ‘Pledge for Print.’