Air ambulance paramedic Peter Davidson - who helped save the lives of eight sailors in the tragic 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race - has been named as one of several keynote speakers at PacPrint 2017 in Melbourne.

The last remaining press in the closure sale of iconic Perth printer Pilpel Print - a 2011 HP Indigo 3550 in outstanding condition - has been reduced by $10,000 for a quick sale.

Improving the green credentials of the graphics business can take many forms. Most motivations for doing so are economic rather than philanthropic, however the future of the printing and publishing industries depends on both social and economic improvements, writes Laurel Brunner.

Printing Industries board members Ron Patterson and Chris Segaert will join Peter Lane as the Association's representatives on the board of PacPrint 2017. Both Patterson and Segaert have been involved with previous PacPrint exhibitions.

Bill Shorten has announced the Labor Party will block Scott Morrison's plan to relax parallel import restrictions, which would scupper the local book printing industry. The Opposition Leader, together with MPs Tony Burke and Mark Dreyfus, announced the move at Ligare Printing in Sydney today.

The final issue of Print21 for 2016 has rolled off the presses at Sydney's Hero Print, and it's chock full of all the info you need over this holiday season. The November/December 2016 issue is available today on our website and will be distributed in print next week.

Local label convertors are being primed to embrace Heidelberg’s Gallus inkjet as industry identity, James Rodden, and Michael Ring, vice president, Gallus, tour the region.

Kwik Kopy has signed on to sponsor the 6th and 7th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards as the official print partner of the event, and will print the AACTA judges’ handbooks, winner envelopes, certificates, letterheads, posters and business cards for the next two years.

Pantone has taken inspiration from nature to reveal its 2017 Colour of the Year: PANTONE 15-0343 Greenery. The yellow-green shade replaces 2016′s twin colours of the year, PANTONE 15-3919 Serenity and PANTONE 13-1520 Rose Quartz, and was chosen to symbolise hope and renewal.

Konica Minolta is among a hundred companies in different fields listed as leaders in gender equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) today, passing a number of strict criteria to attain the Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation. 106 citations were awarded in 2016.

The ACCC will not oppose News Corp's takeover of Australian Regional Media (ARM) from APN, removing a major hurdle in the way of the $36.6m deal. The consumer watchdog said it did not believe the buyout would significantly reduce competition in Queensland's newspaper industry.

The ACCC will not hold a public review into IVE Group's $116 million buyouts of Franklin Web and AIW, which may indicate a clear path for PMP's proposed merger with IPMG. If both deals go ahead, the large format web offset (LFWO) sector in Australia would consolidate from five major players to two.

Roland DG will tour regional Australia with its new 'Mobile Imagination Centre' (MIC) over the next two years, bringing its technology and applications to locations beyond the big smoke. The tour will kick off in Albury, NSW, on February 13, before heading to Dubbo and Bathurst.

Prestige goods house Louis Vuitton has become the first business in the world to deploy a 3D-printed major point-of-sale display in a shopping centre. The pictured unit is located in Sydney city’s Westfield complex and was produced on a Massivit 1800 3D large format printer over two weeks.

Canon Australia, together with its European technology partner EngView, today announced MacOS support for the Packaging & Display Designer Suite. The software, which allows professionals to create innovative packaging and POP/POS displays, was showcased at Visual Impact.

Konica Minolta's National Specialised Print Awards entries close in ten days. The top prize, a $10,000 promotion and business development package, is open to Konica Minolta clients across Australia. Meanwhile, entries are open for the 2017 New Zealand Pride in Print Awards.