This is the first in a series of articles explaining how you can use wide format digital printing technology to produce exciting and innovative media concepts.

Digital marketing may seem like the enemy of print, but it’s a channel like any other to be used to grow and develop your business. Diane Costa from Marketing Mechanics, (pictured) one of the Neopost team of experts presenting a Technology Showcase in Sydney later this month, tells how it’s done.

The Lithographic Association of Australia (NSW) is hosting a site visit to Roland DG Australia's facility at Frenchs Forest in Sydney next month. The event will include live demonstrations and business model overviews from a team of technology and application experts.

Entries close next week for the 2016 Australian Sign & Graphics Awards that will be presented during the Visual Impact EXPO at Sydney Olympic Park in September. This year's entrants will go in the draw to win a free trip for two to the 2017 ISA Sign Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stephen Edwards has resigned as CEO of Snap Franchising after 15 years with the company. The surprise move was announced in a brief press statement that said Edwards "has decided to devote himself to other interests and pursue new opportunities."

Former Avery Dennison executive David Martin will replace Andy Preece as CEO of ASX-listed paper merchant Spicers. "David is an executive of proven ability with the right fit of skills and experience to lead our businesses in Australia, New Zealand and Asia."

The Label and Tag Manufacturers Association of Australia (LATMA) and the Australia New Zealand Flexographic Technical Association (ANZFTA) have voted "overwhelmingly" to merge into a new organisation called the Flexible Packaging & Label Manufacturers Association (FPLMA).

Australian photographer Bob Armstrong’s design and print agency Body of Work walked away with 14 "Bennys" at the 2016 American Premier Print Awards. It's the 4th successive year Body of Work has received the most number of Benjamin Franklin Awards. Momento Pro was also a winner.

Epson Group acquired Italian textile printing business Fratelli Robustelli in a deal aimed at expanding the two companies' collaboration in digital inkjet textile printing. The news has been welcomed by Epson Australia as "a very exciting development."

Neopost has lined up a group of industry experts for a two-day technology showcase at the company's showroom at Auburn in Sydney later this month. The event will include demonstrations of the latest in print technology, including the new HP PageWide printer.

"The print industry is a dirty industry...one of the things we can do is to clean up the dirty chemicals," says Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke, whose company is in the vanguard of developments to improve the environmental friendliness of flexo printing with its Flexcel NX plates.

Making sure the industry is aware that the scope of its offerings goes beyond conventional offset sheet, the trans-Tasman paper merchant woos the design community. Proclaiming “we’re more than paper,’ Tony Bertrand’s team got down and funky at the Aura Creative Space in Redfern this week.

Sydney-based label printer is thrown a life-line by Kirwan’s Foxcil after an agreement was reached with liquidators, Jirsch Sutherland, to keep the business operating and most of the staff employed.

Fuji Xerox appointed Malaysian-based Sunil Gupta (pictured) as managing director of Fuji Xerox Australia to replace Neil Whittaker, who left the job abruptly after an audit by Singapore HQ. “I am honoured to accept this new opportunity to lead the team in Australia," said Gupta.

NewsCorp says it will spend $6 million on a marketing campaign to launch a new Sunday magazine called Stellar, which will replace Sunday Style. "There are very few other times during week where you have an audience that’s more engaged, more relaxed and more forward-focused."

EFI has teamed up with OKI Data on a new EFI™ Fiery® digital front end (DFE) to drive OKI's C900 Series digital production color printers for the graphic arts and specialty printing markets.