Management software company IQ Australia has exhibited at the 'largest ever' International Sign Association expo in Las Vegas, calling it a 'great show'. Mick Rowan, director of IQ, said the stand at ISA attracted plenty of interest in its PrintIQ management workflow system.

Progress towards automated manufacturing is the defining movement of the printing industry. At PacPrint, Currie Group is showcasing the future of printing with an amazing demonstration of automation, interconnectivity and robotics across its stand.

The final tranche of employees to be made redundant by Heidelberg ANZ has reduced the company’s sales and service complement to just over 80 in the region, according to Richard Timson, managing director.

Indonesia has slammed the Australian government's decision to impose tariffs on Indonesian paper, saying it doesn't dump paper in Australia and warning the move could affect free trade talks. Indonesia will appeal the decision to the Department of Industry's administrative review panel.

The PacPrint Preview issue of Print21 magazine is out now - featuring a 40+ page guide to the outstanding exhibits at next month's PacPrint in Melbourne. The 'must read' PacPrint feature spans the broadest range of printing technologies, from hardware to software to substrates.

Two years ago the committee of the Galley Club was stymied in its efforts to alter the structure of the organisation and distribute funds to deserving charities. Last night in North Sydney, Michael Schulz (pictured) was not to be brooked in getting it done by driving a unanimous vote to give $30,000 to charity.

US-based Sun Chemical has become the latest global ink supplier to increase the price on all of its inks and coatings containing acrylic derivatives. Disruption in the production of raw materials will cause price increases of up to 8 percent.

Australian-based global packaging supplier Amcor continued its aggressive expansion on both sides of the Atlantic, investing in another state-of-the-art UV Flexo printing press in Spain and opening a new bottling plant in Paris, Texas.

The winner of the annual Red Flame Design Awards, is Isaac Gibson, Senior Designer at 121 Geebung who took out this year’s first prize at the 2017 Kwik Kopy Conference held in Queenstown, New Zealand earlier this month.

David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services will donate 5% of his company's sales revenue from PacPrint 2017 to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. “The reef is in great distress because of coral bleaching, human activity and cyclone damage."

Fujifilm Graphic Systems will exhibit alongside Fuji Xerox on PacPrint’s second largest stand at Melbourne’s Exhibition Centre. “It makes sense for us to exhibit in the same area as our sister company Fuji Xerox Australia."

A new, easy-install option in cling film has landed at Rojo Pacific’s national warehouse in Melbourne just in time for PacPrint 2017, and MD John Wright is predicting it could be their most popular cling film ever.

There are calls for a government inquiry into Fuji Xerox New Zealand following news that parent company Fujifilm Holdings is investigating “the appropriateness of accounting practices” at FXNZ that have led to an estimated loss of 22 billion yen ($A262 million).

Ricoh has shifted responsibility for production printing to Europe as part of its new "Ricoh Resurgent" initiative, a program which Yoshinori Yamashita, CEO, says will deliver savings of ¥100 billion by 2019 - equivalent to roughly $1.2 billion AUD.

Paul Mitchell, the PIAA’s new industrial relations manager in Victoria, plans face-to-face meetings with every association member in Victoria before the end of the year – “if they’ll have me.”