Fuji Xerox lands two major installs as Opus Group invests in the high-speed inkjet revolution, bringing crucial short-run work back onshore. In response to growing customer demand, Opus picks up an Impika eVolution and FX 1400 20-inch, complementing the group's strong offset base.

Reports of site closures and staff sent home are still whirling, but the full extent and nature of the Focus Press's troubles remain elusive. Despite sources indicating an operation shut down today, Matraville and Canberra are up and running with staff being told it's "business as usual".

A decisive plate war win for Kodak as it inks a new three-year direct deal with Blue Star Group. Company heads Geoff Selig and Steve Venn met at Blue Star head office to sign the momentous deal, firmly backing the graphic arts supplier’s recent split from Heidelberg.

Concerns mount over the health of the company as reports have its South Strathfield factory closed. Employees will be told if they are required to report for work on Monday.

Despite the April 1 announcement of EFI's remarkable TARDIS-powered time-traveling 4D press, Heidelberg is deadly serious about 4D. The Jetmaster Dimension is one arm of the German offset giant's latest drive into digital inkjet, geared at printing on three-dimensional objects.

BJ Ball will showcase high-end iconic UK colour paper brand at design conference, Semi Permanent, Carriage Works in May. Focusing on the design community as key paper specifiers, the paper merchant is looking to dazzle with the introduction of the 50 colours of Colorplan.

Despite a dismal turnout at the Harbourview Hotel and a monumental lack of engagement from the industry, diehards refuse to let the all but moribund publishing association die.

Supa Stik’s Peter Holywell, and Jason Baker of AC Labels, landed tickets to this year’s young leaders conference in Chicago, sponsored to the event by LATMA. The two winners are set the wave the flag for Australian labels at the top-tier industry network event this September.

DIC ANZ refreshes its senior line-up as veteran Steve Parker steps down as DIC New Zealand general manager. Australia’s Meredith Darke crosses the Tasman to take up the mantle from July 1, a move set to grow the company’s market stake and drive business in the packaging sector.

Iconic label brand will manufacture a hybrid flexo-inkjet press to be showcased at its St Gallen factory post-LabelExpo. The company has made a decision not participate for the first time in LabelExpo Chicago in September, preferring to introduce its new technology at its factory in Switzerland.

Iconic label brand will manufacture a hybrid flexo-inkjet press to be showcased at its St Gallen factory post-LabelExpo. The company has made a decision not participate for the first time in LabelExpo Chicago in September, preferring to introduce its new technology at its factory in Switzerland.

A major press breakdown can spell disaster for a busy printer, but for the team at WHO Printing it was into an opportunity. Thanks to quick thinking and a record-fast install of a brand new Heidelberg SX52, the Newcastle print shop is back on track and even kicked up productivity.

The 5th China International Exhibition for All Printing Technology and Equipment (All in Print China 2014) - one of the most influential exhibition on printing and packaging in Asia, will be held in Shanghai New International Expo Center, China during November 14 to 17. Following the Ipex challenges, it will be interesting to see if the supplier industry in China is able to support a major Asian show.

Heavy metal is still earning its keep out there, as a new Komori comes on stream at Hero Print. The brand new five-colour Green Lithrone press takes the pressure off the Sydney factory’s flagship ten-colour Komori and powers up its super-reflexes for lightning fast turnarounds.

The push towards digital printing in the packaging and label industry is driving the development of HP Indigo’s presses, a market tipped to be worth $8 billion to the technology giant. Two years on from the launch at drupa the B2 presses are up and running at beta sites.

Label luminaries packed into the LATMA Label Awards and Conference 2014 in Kiama to celebrate the industry’s best in class. Special mention goes out to awards chairman Peter Sage who was inducted into the LATMA Hall of Fame in recognition of his years of service and support.