Opus CEO Richard Celarc will retire from the job next year but plans to continue as board chairman until 2020. Celarc had taken on the role of chief executive in March 2016 shortly before long-term CEO Cliff Brigstocke was appointed the new chief at Blue Star.

The online auction for all equipment at Sydney’s Bellmac Cartons starts tomorrow, Thursday 10th Nov. The family-owned folding carton producer based in Guildford, Sydney has sold its business operations and ceased production.

Brisbane printers Colour Chiefs and Platypus Graphics dominated the printing categories at the 23rd annual Queensland PICA awards. Colour Chiefs won four golds and two silver medals in the printing section while Platypus picked up three golds, two silvers and one bronze.

Global packaging company Schur International has acquired Melbourne labels and flexible packaging specialist Burgess Printing & Packaging to strengthen its position in the Australia and New Zealand markets.

Packaging giant Amcor has expanded its presence in China with the acquisition of flexible packaging products maker Hebei Qite Packing Co for $A36 million. "China is a very attractive growth market for flexible packaging," says CEO Ron Delia.

The Local Government Association of Tasmania has passed a motion to support Keep Me Posted, the campaign for the consumer's right to choose how service providers communicate with them, free of charge. "Tasmania becomes the first state to promote the consumer’s right to choose."

Foster Packaging and Omniverse have joined forces in a merger which won't cost a single job.

About one hundred printers will be out of a job on Saturday night after the final edition of The Sunday Times rolls through the presses at News Corp’s Perth Print.

The ACCC has opened its informal review into PMP's proposed buyout of IPMG, calling for industry submissions by November 18.

Demand for Australian produced paper jumped more than 12 per cent in the past year – “underscoring the potential of fibre packaging in the era of the Asian food bowl," according to the 2016 Pulp and Paper Strategic Review from Industry Edge.

Nick Caminiti from Melbourne signage company Exotic Graphix has been crowned King of the Wrap World at the Avery Dennison ‘Wrap Like a King’ world finals at the SEMA show in Las Vegas.

Consumer advocacy campaign Keep Me Posted (KMP) has slammed a move by Australia’s big four banks to secretly destroy 1.6 million paper land titles in Victoria as part of their push to digital. "“Where was the consultation before these critical documents were quietly destroyed?"

Canon Australia has released a new imagePRESS C850/C750/C650 series of digital colour production presses that are designed for corporate print rooms, commercial printers, in-plant operations, franchise printers and other providers.

Local councils in Tasmania will vote on Friday on a motion to support Keep Me Posted (KMP) – the consumer campaign against banks and utility companies who charge customers for receiving paper bills and statements in the mail.

Leading out-of-home advertiser oOh!media has invested almost $100 million in its digital transformation strategy but CEO Brendan Cook says printed billboards are here to stay and the company is looking at new substrates and 3D technology to boost its 'classic' printed signage.

Britain’s exit from the EU has sent the pound tumbling – which means Aussies can pick up UK-made gear for a song.