APN News and Media’s outdoor advertising specialist Adshel has appointed the first of four new marketing managers as it steps up a major push into the booming outdoor digital market.

The heavy demand for wide format printing equipment is a key trend identified in a new survey by the Federation of European Screen Printers Association (FESPA).

The New Zealand Herald has won a total of 24 Canon Media Awards just weeks after NZME (formerly APN New Zealand) announced that the paper’s newsroom would be shifted and merged with stablemate The Radio Network.

printpack + sign, Singapore's only printing, packaging & signage show, takes place in July at the Marina Bay Sands, with thousands of trade buyers expected to attend.

Esko, the manufacturer of cutting tables for packaging, signage & displays, has unveiled a new range of specialty tools to allow customers to finish a wide variety of applications in sign, display and packaging materials.

The two merchant associations in the graphic arts are getting together under a new name … Visual Connections. The new entity will be operational from July 1, 2015

The Label and Tag Manufacturers Association of Australia (LATMA) is moving closer to an amalgamation with the Australia New Zealand Flexographic Technical Association (ANZFTA). “There’s no reason why it should not go ahead,” said LATMA president Mark Easton.

One of the strongest growth areas of print is facing new challenges as the price of catalogue paper continues to climb. Paper manufacturer Norske Skog blamed the rising costs of raw materials for its second price hike in six months.

Father and son, Jason and Matt Mills of New Zealand specialty printer, Fuzed, joined Trent Nankervis of CMYKhub in stepping up to take the second brand new Scodix Ultra from the Currie stand at last month's Printex 2015 in Sydney.

Congratulations to MJW advertising account manager Sophie Turner, the lucky winner of the Print21 iPad draw from PrintEx. The account manager at the advertising agency had visited PrintEx15 at Sydney Olympic Park last week.

You have to go back quite a few years to find the last time anything other than a manroland web press, commercial or newspaper, was sold into the Australian market. In the interim the German-based company has become the default brand for the largest printing companies in the region.

Newspaper publisher APN News & Media is to follow News Corp and Fairfax Media and launch a metered paywall system for its publications.

Pharmaceutical scientist Sir Ray Avery – keynote speaker at this year’s Single Width Users’ Group (SWUG) conference – became interested in science while living on the streets and being drawn to the warmth of public libraries.

Leading industry supplier groups the Graphic Arts Merchants Association of Australia (GAMAA) and the Visual Industries Suppliers Association (VISA) will merge into one major organisation that will result in a radically changed landscape for the graphic arts sector.

As the largest exhibitor at the show, it is fitting the Group notched up good sales during the three days in Sydney. But its success didn't stop there.