Michael Wu’s south-east Melbourne digital print company Longbeach Printing has gone into administration. A skeleton staff of three is keeping the doors open under an interim agreement with Print Focus as the administrator tries to sort out the mess.

The Gold Coast and Tweed area has seen three major Duplo finishing installations from Neopost in a short time, all tailored to each printer’s specific needs. IBS GM Kelly Mackay (pictured, right) has his eye on a market increasingly geared towards customised options.

Melbourne large format specialist The Printcentre has closed its doors and gone into liquidation, with the fate of its staff members up in the air, according to an insider. "The administrators arrived on Monday morning and locked the doors."

Retailer David Jones has launched a new magazine called Jones that has a print run of 250,000 copies - produced by IPMG's Hannanprint. The quarterly, with a recommended retail price of $9.95, is available for sale at all David Jones stores and selected newsagents.

The global 3D printing market is set to double in the next four years to reach $US35 billion in 2020, according to a new survey by researcher IDC. "But revenues from consumer 3D printing will grow modestly as this market has already matured."

With changes earlier this year to Media Super’s insurance offering and proposed Federal Government Budget changes to super on the table, there’s never been a better time to have your local Business Development Manager (BDM) come out to your workplace to hold a presentation or sit down one-on-one with your staff.

Fujifilm's giant plate production facility at Tilberg in the Netherlands - one of the company's largest manufacturing sites outside of Japan - is now entirely powered by renewable energy generated by wind turbines. The plant employs 850 people, producing photo paper and offset plates.

Printing Industries has appointed Rebecca Mason as its new NSW/ACT Membership Services Manager. Mason has spent over a year with the PIAA in Western Australia and was responsible for local environmental initiative the Green Stamp Program.

ASX-listed global packaging group Orora recorded a 28 per cent jump in profit to $168.6 million for the year ended June 30 and predicted a positive year ahead. Total sales revenue was up 13 per cent to $3.8 billion.

Shutting down printed newspapers is ‘inevitable’ for the second largest publisher in the region even as the CEO focuses on maximising cash from print. Greg Hywood told investors the time is not yet right to close printed newspapers but that is what’s going to happen in the future.

Trans-Tasman paper merchant BJ Ball picks up graphics distributor West Graphics Print Supplies, a leading supplier of consumable products in the WA commercial print market. The deal - effective 22nd August - means BJ Ball will provide national distribution of Huber Inks and print room consumables.

Craig Pearce, MD of Launceston printer Flying Colours, has resigned from the board of the PIAA, effective immediately, to focus on his business interests. "The reality of balancing the demands of my business and the commitment to the industry has proven too great," he said.

Pantone has released a new 'private colour studio' app that allows users to match any colours captured on an iPhone camera with Pantone swatches. Pantone Studio members will have access to a library of more than 10,000 standardised hues across all Pantone libraries.

Australian businesses are well placed to enjoy the benefits of a surge in flexible packaging over the next five years, with the global industry set to grow from $US98 billion in 2016 to $US125 billion in 2021, according to a new report by researcher Market and Markets.

Leading supplier Currie Group will bring its iconic mobile showroom to the Visual Impact Sydney 2016 show next month at Sydney Showground in Sydney Olympic Park.

The finger-pointing has begun as the federal government attempts to contain the fallout over last night's chaotic shutdown of the census website. Keep Me Posted said the situation could have been easily avoided by making paper forms the primary option.