We’re constantly told that to succeed in a constantly changing market, businesses need to innovate – but how do you fund your future development? The PacPrint Forum Series tackles this important issue with sessions on Friday 26 May on competitive tenders, grants and other funding options.

Epson has become the first Original Equipment Manufacturer in Australia to choose Planet Ark’s 100% recycled paper for its own printing. “You can get bright white copy paper that’s 100% recycled, Australian made, carbon neutral and made with local FSC-certified material."

The corporate regulator will conduct a review to assess the likely effects on competition if US firm Platinum Equity goes ahead with a plan to buy OfficeMax Australia. The deal would give Platinum two of the three major chains in Australia’s $10 billion-a-year office supplies market.

The mailing industry has reacted with shock and outrage to news that Australia Post is yet again planning to increase business mail prices, this time effective July 1. "I just can’t believe it and I can’t understand how the government has allowed this to happen."

Victorian print house A.C.M Printing & Publishing - trading as Drouin Commercial Printers - has gone into administration after 50 years following a legal dispute with a major client over the ownership of software.

PMP is to close its print facility at Wacol in Brisbane just weeks after the shutdown of the former IPMG plant at Noble Park in Melbourne. PMP told the ASX it was “on track to extract synergy benefits that result from the merger of IPMG with PMP.”

Epson has sold more than 20 million of its high-capacity ink tank inkjet printers globally since they were launched in October 2010 in Indonesia. “High-capacity ink tank inkjet printers offer customers the ability to print without worry about the cost or running out of ink," says Epson's Koichi Kubota.

Starleaton CEO Ben Eaton and Product Manager John Buitenkamp will have a busy May as they fly to Europe for the FESPA Hamburg trade fair before racing back to Australia to start the PacPrint build-up.

Leading Australasian paper, packaging and print media distributors, BJ Ball and K.W. Doggett Fine Paper announced today the two businesses will combine. This new entity will become the largest, most diversified paper, packaging and print media distribution business across both Australia and New Zealand.

Australia Post is yet again increasing business mail prices, this time effective 1 July. The increases come hard on the back of average 40% increases in 2016 and above-inflation increases earlier this year.

After a competitive bidding process, Franklin Web decided on a highly automated postpress line from Gämmerler for its new catalogue printing site due to open later this year at Seven Hills in Sydney.

A massive manroland web Lithoman 80-page press going into Ive Group’s new Franklin Web business in Sydney is customised for high-volume catalogue printing. The 4-unit press dramatically raises the stakes in the fiercely contested market following major market consolidation.

Family-owned commercial printer Print & Mail, based at Marrickville in Sydney’s inner west, has closed its doors after 25 years and gone into liquidation.

Eastman Kodak has reversed the decision to sell off its Prosper inkjet press business after failing to attract a suitable offer. “While we had multiple offers, the range of consideration did not reflect the value of the business today,” says Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke.

Epson's stand is shaping up as a 'must-see' at PacPrint 2017 in Melbourne next month, with a wide array of machines serving every sector from labels to wide format to fine art to fabric. Visitors to stand E40 will be able to see all these machines plus revolutionary office printing solutions.