Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) Australia has won a global MBE Marketing Excellence Award that recognises marketing ideas and campaigns. MBE Australia's head office entered a Wide Format campaign from a 2015 quarterly marketing action plan which competed against entries from 31 other countries.

NZME's newspaper printing plant at Ellerslie has won repeat entry into the exclusive WAN-IFRA International Newspaper Color Quality Club. The printer was recognised for its production of the 32-page broadsheet Chinese Herald, which is printed four times a week on a 20-year-old Goss HT70 press.

Managing director of Ability Press in Melbourne Docklands is accused of lying to his partners over last year’s high profile merger.

Scodix, a provider of digital enhancement presses for the graphic arts industry, signed a global partnership agreement with Avery Dennison that includes the biggest customer deal in its history. Ten Scodix Ultra Pro presses will be placed in Avery Dennison RBIS facilities around the world.

What a month it’s been! The transformations at drupa were followed by Brexit shockwaves and a Federal election that left voters and business in limbo. Now, as a new Financial Year dawns, Future Print announces a webinar program to help businesses navigate the constantly shifting landscape.

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.