The LIA is running a tour of the IVE site in Silverwater on 5 October, with a presentation by Print Web CEO Darryl Meyer, the session to be followed by a dinner and networking time at the local golf club.

Bobst has a host of technology on its stand, including the M6 press, which it claims is the most automated inline flexo press in the market, and its All-in-One hybrid solutions to address a wide range of applications.

Represented in Australia by Aldus Group, flexo and hybrid press manufacturer Mark Andy is demonstrating its new entry-level flexo press, and two digital print solutions on its stand.

Screen is showing a new joint hybrid printing solution with Nilpeter, a new prototype in-line inkjet digital primer for Screen’s flagship Truepress Label 350UV SAI, and the Screen Truepress PAC 520P inkjet digital printing press for packaging printing.

Opal has sold its envelopes operation to The Camerons Group, as the repercussions from the judgement in favour of a possum, that stopped logging by VicForests, continue to impact the company.

Agfa will launch a B1 sheetfed inkjet press, the single-pass SpeedSet 1060, for printing on folding carton and corrugated, with the new system set for a customer unveiling before Christmas.

Currie Group and Canon Production Printing Australia have a new partnership, which will see the well-known supplier add the Canon Arizona and Colorado M-Series printer ranges to its growing portfolio of large-format graphics solutions for the commercial print, and sign and display print sectors.

Australia Post is proposing to increase Business Mail pricing by a Volume Weighted Average increase of 20.6 per cent, from January, as it seeks to stem huge losses in its Letters business.

This year’s PVCA Power of Print Summit will focus on business issues, with topics to be covered including insurance, migration law, and energy costs. The in-person and live streamed event is on 20 October.

Visy has commissioned a major $42.5m upgrade to its paper recycling and remanufacturing operation, with Anthony Pratt saying it is the most advanced paper recycling technology in the world.

End-to-end toner recycling operation, Close the Loop Group, achieved soaring revenue in the 2023 financial year, on the back of strong organic growth, and its latest acquisitions.

Print's share of the out-of-home sector has slipped to just 31.9 per cent for the first half of the year, a full ten per cent below the share for this time last year.

The Print & Visual Communication Association, and Fundraising Institute Australia, have successfully negotiated a 10 per cent discount on Charity Mail with Australia Post, for the run up to Christmas.

Marketing services group IVE, the country’s biggest print operation, is on its way to becoming a billion dollar business, with its full year results all rising, and revenue expected to increase in the current financial year, as it continues to broaden its base.

IVE is committed to entering the packaging market, and is zeroing in on the higher margin, shorter run, folding cartons segment, and the primary (food) packaging flexibles segment.

John Warnock, one of the architects of industry-changing Postscript and the PDF, and co-founder of Adobe Systems, has passed away, aged 82, leaving an immense legacy in print.