Anyone involved in the packaging Industry will have a visit to Interpack, the biennial packaging show held in Dusseldorf Germany, on top of their bucket list. Michael B Halley reports on the report.

Former Printing Industries' National Councillor, Peter Macdougall AM, has passed away aged 89. He was a fourth generation managing director of Sands & MacDougall Pty Ltd and after retiring became the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Working against the accepted wisdom that only major multi-nationals and overseas printers can afford to invest in gravure presses, an Australian family-owned print business in Melbourne is looking to make a name for itself in the flexible packaging market. Simon Enticknap investigates.

Leading ‘trade only’ print supplier’s no-compete rule is attracting more resellers and helping drive increased volumes in WA. This is the fourth major 8-colour press for CMYKhub – one Komori in Melbourne, then Ryobi in Sydney, Brisbane and now Perth.

For Sale – Expressions of Interest closing Thursday 28 August. Former Print Bound printing factory at 22 Cleeland Road, Oakleigh South. A high-class facility suitable for printing as well as manufacturing activities.

The arrival of yet another 'for trade' printer in the Southern Capital will intensify competition in an already crowded market. LEP is the latest entrant into the service print sector that is increasingly concentrated in Melbourne.

Hong Kong-based printing company, 1010, is negotiating with potential third parties to recapitalise the troubled Opus business following its successful novation takeover.

Industry innovator comes on board to kick-start the largest government-funded industry adjustment scheme since the seminal Print21 project at the start of the century. The far-reaching scheme is designed to help graphic communication businesses to meet the market of the future.

A web design company, Bloomtools and an insurance broker, OAMPS, join mainstream industry suppliers in a ‘partnership initiative’ with the franchise chain.

Fresh from gaining the Seiko SII ColorPainter M-64 wide format printer agency, DES is burnishing its environmental commitment with a 'green' refresh across its entire product portfolio.

The appetite of the wide-format sector for Visual Impact exhibitions seems to know no bounds. The second show in 2014 will be in Sydney at the Olympic Park in September. It will be back there next May when it co-locates with PrintEx – but that only takes place every fourth year.

An A-list of specialist partners and dealers is already rolling out the revolutionary Epson direct-to-garment (DTG) inkjet printer to printers across Australia & NZ. Andreas Johansson, Kayell Australia is claiming one of the first sales to his customer, Nayyal Saamad, Business Junction, in Sydney.

Two webinars were announced this week by Joe Kowalewski, communications director of Printing Industries.The first on the practice of producing bar codes will be delivered by industry expert John Lane, Manager of the Bar Code Testing team who has overseen the testing of more than one million bar codes. Click to learn more.

Bookings are now open for Printing Industries updated First Aid course scheduled in Sydney for Tuesday 30 September at the Association’s Auburn office. This is a full day, nationally accredited, practical and assessment based course. At the end of the course attendees will receive a nationally accredited First Aid Certificate, a wallet sized First Aid card and a 255 page First Aid manual.

Printing Industries August webinars will focus on how printing companies can add barcoding as a new service and improve printed barcode quality (13 August) while the 27 August webinar will provide an overview of the new Adobe Creative Cloud software.

The founders of Printing Wholesale have made a tough decision to put their online printing website up for sale, and refocus their energies into other ventures. While hard to let go, the founders realise this creates an undoubtedly rare and beneficial opportunity for established printing companies to increase their bottom line, with the ability to receive print orders online.