Computershare veteran Stuart Irving is moving up in the world, grabbing the top seat as CEO Stuart Crosby announces his surprise departure. After eight tough years in the role with the leading BPO operation Crosby leaves the business in rude health, officially handing over the reins on June 30th.

New blood for the industry is a priority on everybody's agenda these days, and Ipex is no exception. On Saturday March 29, students from schools, colleges and universities are getting a baptism of print, at the World Print Summit theatre for the official Ipex 2014 'Youth Day'.

UK large-format specialist Macro Art has set the world record for the largest ever movie poster. Macro Art knocked out the football field-sized promo on a 5 metre EFI VuteK GS5000 over a weekend, breaking its own world record and measuring up at a frankly ridiculous 3234.31 square metres.

Future leaders have nearly an extra three weeks to get in their applications for GAMAA's annual overseas internship grant. Worth a cool $15K this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study anywhere in the world is still up for grabs as GAMAA push back the cut-off to March 31.

Komori continues its break-neck success, taking the region’s offset market by storm as local dealer Ferrostaal signs off yet another Lithrone 840P, bringing the grand total up to eight presses sold in just over a year. The latest GL 840P H-UV touches down at Whirlwind Print in Melbourne this month.

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Paper prices are set to rise by as much as 10% from March. A weak Aussie dollar cops the blame as paper merchants circle the wagons on this latest attempt to push through a price increase, with all the major brands seemingly on the same page for once.

An intense week of negotiations following the shock announcement of Group Momentum's entering into administration have wrapped up with industry identity David Minnett reveals that the iconic digital business will go on, transitioning over to the Rawson Graphics stable in the coming weeks.

Global third quarter results are a mixed bag for Heidelberg, but the German manufacturing giant remains confident a busy it will deliver on its targets. Despite predicting net profit for the year, the company is bracing for a 10% year-on-year drop in sales volumes.

Fujifilm has promised a transformative experience for printers swinging by its stand at this year's Ipex. Inkjet will be the key to the graphic arts giant's 600 square metre marquee at the landmark industry event, forming the centrepiece of an end-to-end marketing services showcase.

Printing Industries kicks off its 2014 webinar series at 1pm, Wednesday 26 February with an 30 minute focus on online marketing. The first session is hosted by leading online marketer Simon Phillips of Dejan SEO, offering printers insight into using tools and trends for themselves and for customers.

Registrations are now open for Heidelberg Women in Print 2014, kicking off in March. Now in its eighth year in Australia, this unique women’s-only industry forum ramps up its latest series of business breakfasts, fronted up by a keynote address from Dr Sally Cockburn, TV and radio’s ‘Dr. Feelgood.’

Flash Print puts the pedal to the metal with a brand new CRON CtP install, bringing the business up to scratch with full automation. Handled by Melbourne team at Currie Group, the state-of-the-art automatic plate-setter is already saving Flash Print money and driving business for small Collingwood print shop.

For-trade specialist CMYKhub has landed exclusive Australian rights to leading template design solutions, MyCreativeShop. From the second half of 2014, CMYKhub will launch version 2.0 of its webstore with the full creative template suite exclusively available to its national print network.