The proposed deal by Spicers (formerly PaperlinX) to break the 'deadlock' with its hybrid shareholders and restore its capital structure is moving ahead, with a timetable now set for judicial hearings and shareholder meetings to resolve the issue. If approved, the deal will be implemented on June 27.

Digital print supplier EFI has announced its new Pro 16h wide format inkjet printer. Starleaton Digital Solutions will exhibit the Pro 16h on its stand number E30 at PacPrint in Melbourne next month, and Ben Eaton, CEO of Starleaton, is excited to show it off.

It’s being touted as an ideal entry point for commercial printers looking to break into label converting – and now the new Mark Andy Digital One label press is en route to Australian shores, with one on order in Western Australia and another to be shown at PacPrint in Melbourne next month.

Entries are now open for the Australasian Catalogue Association’s (ACA) 26th Annual Awards, which include for the first time a new category for Direct Mail. The awards will be presented at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on 25 August.

The outdoor commodity rigid sign market has long been dominated by trusty fluted plastics but there is now an alternative for short-term outdoor signage that offers environmental and production advantages over fluted plastic sheets.

Techkon managing director Albin Baranauskas will present a free workshop on spectrophotometers at next month’s PacPrint 2017 exhibition in Melbourne. Local distributor Colour Graphic Services will welcome Branauskas from Germany on his first visit to Australia

The ACCC is likely to give the go ahead to the merger of leading Australian paper merchants BJ Ball and K.W. Doggett because the new entity will be well short of market dominance, according to pulp and paper industry bible IndustryEdge.

Platinum Equity has signed a deal to acquire OfficeMax from Office Depot for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition gives the US equity giant two of the three major chains in Australia’s $10bn office supplies market, coming weeks after it bought Staples.

Melbourne commercial printer Print Dynamics has started selling off equipment and printing machinery after closing the doors at its Mount Waverley factory last week. “We’re talking to many different people but nothing’s been signed with anyone."

Opus Group says its exit from the outdoor media market will allow the company to further invest in its core Australian publishing business. “The new hard cover binding line installed at our Riverwood site is a good example of an investment that will improve production efficiency."

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.