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.

As packaging becomes more viable using digital flatbed UV printers and computerised table cutters, Starleaton has upped the stakes by bringing both - plus software - to PacPrint.

The print sector barely got a look in at the UN’s recent Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) summit, despite the industry’s sustainability credentials and its suitability for entrepreneurs, writes sustainability consultant Laurel Brunner.

Industry analyst Richard Rasmussen says that the trend in the offset market is increasingly towards consolidation - but it's not all doom and gloom for printers. In Ascent Partners' latest Market Watch report, Rasmussen observed a number of consolidations and closures.

Melbourne printer Print Dynamics has gone out of business 17 years after being founded by co-owners Mark Shapiro and Anthony Saben. The company’s website has been taken down and the owners have been unavailable for comment.

Leading South Australian commercial printer Openbook Howden Print & Design has bought out competitor Supreme Printers and will move the company into its facility at St Marys. The deal came after OBH learned Stuart Braund, owner of Supreme, was looking to leave the printing industry.