Well-known industry identity Garry Muratore has been appointed product manager for Display Graphics at Canon. "We sought out only the highest calibre candidates and Garry was the clear choice,” says Adrian Morris, Canon Australia.

Today is International Print Day (IPD) and anyone with a Twitter account can join the hashtag #IPD16. Last year, the event's hashtag generated an impressive 27 million views in just under 24 hours.

The industry needs some sort of environmental declaration, a kind of mission statement for print that explains why and how the graphics industry makes a positive contribution to the environment. We must go far beyond bragging about the sustainability credentials of paper, writes Laurel Brunner.

Printing Industry’s top team of Andrew Macaulay, CEO and Mary Jo (MJ) Fisher, director of government relationships, strongly lobbied Senator Mitch Fifield, 
Minister for Communications, on the unsatisfactory behaviour by Australia Post towards the industry.

The PIAA’s Future Print program has signed a deal with Holmesglen TAFE to deliver much-needed printing apprenticeship training in Victoria. The association has been looking for an off-the-job training provider since RMIT dumped print training in 2012.

Australia’s largest online book retailer Booktopia is aiming to raise $40 million for its IPO as it pushes ahead with plans to float on the ASX in the face of competition from US giant Amazon.

Newspaper publishers should be doing more to counter the perception that print is bad for the environment, says analyst Laurel Brunner. 'Consumers associate printed newspapers with waste but correcting this impression doesn’t seem to be a priority,'

Colour Graphic Services has added Color Logic profiling and analysis software to its range of colour management offerings. It’s all about creating the best possible colour profiles, says David Crowther (pictured).

Burns survivor and triathlete Turia Pitt is the keynote speaker at this weekend’s Snap Franchising conference titled 'Let’s Own the Future' at Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast. The event features interactive workshops including ‘Marketing Made Easy’ and ‘Tech Talk’.

New Zealand’s Serious Fraud Office is looking into the finances of Fuji Xerox New Zealand, according to a report in the National Business Review (NBR). "The probe follows claims by former Fuji Xerox staff that they believe the company has been overstating revenue for many years."

Spicers, formerly PaperlinX, has offered its hybrid share holders a new deal - $14 each for shares issued at $100 - in a bid to ‘break the deadlock’ and restore the company’s capital structure. “The company can’t issue new capital so it’s radically restricted in what it can do."

Online auction bidding is underway in the sale of all remaining assets of Pilpel Print in Perth, WA. So far, bids have been received on most items including the Heidelberg SM 52-6-H 2005 press.

The outdoor advertising boom continues, with oOh!media signing a deal to buy digital display business Executive Channel Network (ECN) for $68.5 million through oOh!’s subsidiary Inlink Group. Meanwhile, rival outdoor media company Adshel is investing in 110 new digital screens.

The smartphone era allows us to capture every good (and bad) hair day down to the finest detail and the selfie has become as routine as brushing one’s teeth, yet – retro-styled mechanical cameras that go ‘click’ and spit out faded photos are making a gigantic comeback.

Screen Graphic and Precision Solutions Australia is releasing an entry-level digital label press - the Truepress Jet L250AQ - for label printers considering digital production. "Our demonstration unit is on its way and our service engineers’ technical training is underway."

Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) Australia has launched a new marketing campaign titled ‘MBE Print Month’ to coincide with International Print Day on October 19. The company is opening a new centre in Brisbane this week and plans to open several more franchises in the coming months.