Awards are an excellent way of communicating a company’s prowess to customers and prospects but they have to be rigorous to have any meaning and their metrics need to be clearly defined and communicated.

Label converting is more than printing, digital, flexo or otherwise. Inline production is hugely productive, but there are many options with any number of innovative and almost experimental solutions at this year's Labelexpo in Brussels. In this 2nd part of his report, Nessan Cleary examines what as on offer.

The Auburn site of Printing Industries has been successfully sold "for a good price" clearing the way for the peak industry body to transit to new offices in Chatswood.

The massive smoke haze from Indonesian forest fires blanketing much of South East Asia has sparked action from Singapore supermarkets. Some of the largest chains have pulled all Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) products from their shelves.

Benchmarking shock identifies lower 25% of the industry as earning less than $30,000 per year, including wages. Watershed national Transition Tour lays bare the stark reality facing commercial printers as the industry transforms.

Expanding its range of printing technologies away from traditional sheetfed offset, the German manufacturer has come up with the notion of printing on three-dimensional items. 4D printing is the name give by Heidelberg to customised, flexible digital printing on items such as soccer/golf balls and drinking bottles.

Labelling may be characterized by long runs but short run digital presses are clearly starting to take hold, judging by the number on show at this year’s Labelexpo. Nessan Cleary looks at what defined this year’s show in the first of a two-part report.

The launch of subscription-based internet paywalls to Australian Provincial Newspapers’ 12 regional daily newspapers across Queensland and NSW is sweetened by access to News Limited websites.

Steeped in the traditions of quality printing, the Lindsay Yates Group this year launched boldly into high-end digital production with a B2-size HP Indigo press. Now industry members in Sydney can see for themselves how offset and digital can work side-by-side.

First step is to 'read the standard.' Then plan, prepare, transition, engage, assess and finally certify. In all of these steps it is important to constantly review what you are doing. The end result is better control over the environmental impact of your business.

Even as major merchants and agents report that the 10% price increases to come into effect this month are sticking, a significant number of paper types resist the trend.

Australia Post has responded to a printing industry backlash against its proposed price hikes by announcing a 25% discount on promotional mail as part of a new customer support package. Industry analysts described the move as a step in the right direction.

Pozitive has been appointed exclusive Australian distributor for the German-based bullmer range of cutting tables designed for the sign, graphics and textile markets. “It was critical for us being so far away in Germany that our machines were...sold correctly and well supported on a technical level."

Signwave Penrith has completed a vehicle wrap with a difference on the Western Sydney University Solar Car Project’s 170 kg vehicle that will race 3,000km over some of Australia's most dramatic landscapes from Darwin to Adelaide from Sunday.

Sports apparel producer Soul Sports of Penrith, NSW has installed a high-speed Mimaki TS300P-1800 dye sublimation printer supplied by Fujifilm. “We've used Mimaki printers since we started sublimation work...the vibrancy of the new Mimaki Sb410 inks is really impressive."

Euro Signs & Safety directors Sav Perri and Pino Perri spent a couple of years thinking about a new wide format flatbed printer before finally deciding earlier this year on a Flora 2512. “We needed another printer that was fast enough to keep up with demand."