IVE Group has fired the opening salvo in what could be a catalogue war by swiping from rival IPMG the multi-million-dollar contract to print Coles’ monthly magazine. The surprise move was revealed in a brief statement to the ASX.

Industry program Women in Print (WiP) is seeking new corporate sponsors ahead of a breakfast event to be held at PacPrint 2017 in May. WiP, now in its tenth year, hosted five of these breakfasts in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane in 2016.

The Serious Fraud Office has called off an investigation into Fuji Xerox NZ after interviewing several senior printing industry figures. FX NZ welcomed the decision, saying it was always confident there were no grounds for any action.

Adelaide's Streamline Cartons has invested in its first sheetfed offset press, a KBA Rapida 105 for UV print and finishing. “We currently don’t do any in-house printing at all and to go from nothing to a medium-sized press is a giant step,” says operations manager Joshua Harris.

The Reserve Bank says Australia’s new $5 note contains tallow - the same kind of animal fat found in the new British £5 note that has caused an outcry amongst UK vegetarians and vegans. The waxy white fat is made from the kidneys and loins of cows, sheep and horses.

Fairfax New Zealand records its first annual loss in four years after writing off $NZ100 million from the value of mastheads and buildings, as it awaits a ruling from the Commerce Commission on its proposed merger with rival publisher NZME.

Snap Franchising has appointed former The Good Guys GM Peter Sinodinos as its new chief executive officer following last year’s shock resignation of long term CEO Steve Edwards.

Four technology revolutions in the past 30 years have changed the world more than the original industrial revolution. This is the starting point for Guy Gecht’s opening presentation at EFI Connect 2017.

Tech giant Xerox has completed the separation of its business services division - now known as Conduent - creating two multi-billion dollar companies. Xerox received a cash transfer from Conduent of $US1.8 billion, which it will use to help pay down $US2 billion in debt.

Consolidation in the printing industry shows no sign of abating in 2017 and business owners need to prepare for the flow-on effects, says industry expert Richard Rasmussen, who has outlined three key points that printers should keep in mind for the year ahead.

Global out-of-home advertising revenues, including digital and traditional printed media, jumped more than six per cent to over $US49 billion in 2016, with Australia leading the way in overall and digital out-of-home (DOOH) ad revenue growth.

Screen Australia released an all-new B1 computer-to plate device featuring a high-definition option capable of resolving up to 700lpi on offset plates. “With the high-resolution options and the right plate and processing environment, offset print quality can reach new levels."

As the internet’s power usage continues to grow exponentially, a major argument for using print instead of e-media is that print has a one-off carbon footprint, writes Laurel Brunner.

Changes are coming to superannuation on 1 July 2017. Important changes include the introduction of a low-income super tax offset (LISTO) and a transfer balance cap, lowering the concessional contributions cap, reducing the Division 293 income threshold and the annual non-concessional cap.

Corporate regulator’s preliminary view is that the merger may substantially lessen competition in the supply of heatset web offset printing.