Consumers are being pressurised to switch to digital billing by companies that are charging for the privilege to get a bill in the post. A new industry campaign – Keep Me Posted – supported by Nick Xenophon (pictured) is taking up the fight to promote the consumer’s right to choose.

Failed multi-million dollar printing business Sydney Allen Printers is officially up for sale, with insolvency specialists CRS Insolvency Services calling for 'urgent' expressions of interest.

Trans-Tasman media group APN News & Media looks set to try to unload its New Zealand business NZME - including flagship The New Zealand Herald - after calling off an IPO for the newspapers, radio and digital company. APN will update the market on its plans for NZME at its AGM on May 11.

Commercial printers pushed up attendance figures at last weekend's Visual Impact 2016 show in Brisbane by almost 30 percent on two years ago. “A lot of printing companies came along and attendance was up about 29 percent from 2014," said Peter Harper, GM, exhibitions, Visual Connections.

Australian packaging giant Amcor has signed a $A567 million ($US435m) deal to buy South America's largest flexible packaging business Alusa, which would almost double the sales of Amcor's recently created flexible packaging business in the Americas to $US1 billion.

Future Print has expanded its apprenticeship training program with the release of 12 more online modules based on 'blended learning' - a combination of on-site, off-site and online components. "It's exciting to see how far our Apprenticeship Training has come over the past couple of years."

Agfa is putting environmentally friendly processes at the heart of its drupa presence with ECO3, which stands for Eco-friendly, Economic and Extremely Convenient. It’s a bit cumbersome as slogans go, but the idea is to include the cost of operations and the value of convenience into the eco concept.

The PIAA is moving closer to choosing its next CEO and has scheduled a national telephone conference of all nine board members next week to consider the shortlist of candidates.

Beacon Media's Simon Ellis has been appointed managing director of New Zealand's largest commercial printing operation PMP NZ, which has an annual turnover of $NZ150 million and includes Gordon and Gotch magazine distribution.

Major suppliers from the print, sign, display and engraving industries are in Brisbane for the three-day Visual Impact trade show that opened on Thursday at the Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Revitalised German press giant Koenig & Bauer (KBA) says it's back in the black after a 'sometimes painful' restructure that focused on sheetfed packaging presses following the collapse of its newspaper and commercial web press business.

Konica Minolta Australia is adding more staff and resources to cope with its expanding 3D printing business in the local market. “With demand and interest in 3D printing exploding at the moment, Konica Minolta expects to see strong growth over the coming year."

Mascot Printing has signed a deal to acquire iconic multi-million dollar Sydney printing business Sydney Allen, which last week collapsed into a messy receivership that led major creditor Bob McMillan to take action to protect his investment.

Press giant Komori has unveiled plans to launch its advanced Landa press at this year’s drupa in Düsseldorf. "Visitors will experience the technical innovations and performance improvements that have been made since Landa announced the system at drupa 2012."

Franchise business Worldwide Printing Solutions has installed Fuji Xerox web-to-print technology XMPie at its 44 print centres located in WA, SA, NSW, VIC and QLD. "After extensive research, we chose XMPie solutions because it was clearly the most capable software available."

Tickets are selling fast for this year's Media Super National Print Awards in Melbourne, with less than a hundred seats remaining. The 33rd annual Presentation Dinner will take place on 20 May at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne, hosted by The Chaser co-founders Julian Morrow and Charles Firth.