Driven by the vision of owners Percy and Linda Vij and general manager, Sandra Mascaro, Centrum Printing of Chipping Norton, Sydney is no ordinary printing company. The KBA VLF press-equipped business sees itself as a service centre to the whole industry and demonstrates this by actions, not just words.

Driven by the vision of owners Percy and Linda Vij and general manager, Sandra Mascaro, Centrum Printing of Chipping Norton, Sydney is no ordinary printing company. The KBA VLF press-equipped business sees itself as a service centre to the whole industry.

Voting is underway in the PIAA board elections, with members in Victoria and Tasmania choosing between two candidates on the ballot in each state. Peter Orel, standing in Victoria, and Peter Clark in Tasmania want to see more focus on membership services.

David Simpson Graphics (DSG), a prepress supplier to the flexographic printing industry, has enjoyed a significant lift in business after providing its staff with the latest Esko solutions. "This has helped us dramatically. It has opened up new business for us."

The blackout in South Australia forced News Corp to take the 'unprecedented' step of printing The Advertiser newspaper in Melbourne and trucking it to Adelaide overnight. “Rain, hail or shine, we will get as many newspapers into the hands of as many readers as possible.”

Paper and print industry lobby group Two Sides Australia has launched its own magazine to celebrate "the value and effectiveness of paper and print." The VoPP Mag is a bi-annual publication with over 10,000 distributed in Australia and New Zealand.

Read the Blog: In late 1971, a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson sent the first email message. It was ten letters long (QWERTYUIOP) and he was probably oblivious to the fact that hitting ‘send’ would gain him entry into the history books

Former PIAA Victoria state secretary Ron Patterson has put his name forward for the PIAA board elections and will run against Finsbury Green CEO Peter Orel for the Victorian seat. In Tasmania, former AIW director Peter Clark will contest the ballot against Martin Guilliamse, GM, Mark Media.

Tech giant HP is facing a consumer backlash over its sudden move to block the use of cheaper third-party ink cartridges in its printers. There are reports that counterfeit ink cartridges are already available to trick the updated HP printers.

Konica Minolta institutes a National Specialised Print Awards for its customers to recognise excellence in digital printing. The $10,000 prize is for promotions and business development for printers operating Konica Minolta technology

Adelaide's Reflex Printing has installed a new Horizon Collating and Finishing line in time to begin a new multi-million-dollar printing contract with the SA government. "It's been up and running for four weeks now and has been excellent in terms of speed and quality."

Global publishing giant Bauer posted the second-highest turnover in its company history and praised its print business as 'the platform for our success.' In Australia, Bauer publishes 60 magazines including The Australian Women's Weekly and Women's Day.

The Colour Doctor - David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services – has brought back the free Colour Health Check service – valued at $495 - for all printers, until October 31st. "It’s easy for an offset, digital, flexo label or wide format printer to initiate."

There is a massive industry underlying the certification of environmental standards and the cost of achieving an eco label can be extremely expensive - which is part of the reason for scepticism on the part of printing company owners.

More than 2000 industry types from Australia and New Zealand made the trip to Düsseldorf in May for the world’s largest printing trade show. This is in line with attendance at previous shows.

The LIA NSW in conjunction with the PIAA NSW invites members of the industry to come and learn about the advances in offset printing from the experts. Three of the industry heavyweights will showcase their latest developments at a special Heavy Metal Night in Sydney.