It takes a major change in corporate culture to move from old style industrial relations to a more flexible cooperative workplace, recognising the different requirements of individuals in the workforce. Upending rigid corporate hierarchy sees Konica Minolta welcome more women into key positions.

The latest two installments in Printing Industries' ongoing series of webinars will look at better understanding the 'creative cloud' and the benefits of cloud technology software, and strategies for insolvency business protection, how to defend printing businesses against defaulting customers.

The ADC announces plans to terminate investigation into alleged dumping of Chinese copy paper into Australia. Sparked by allegations of cheap A4 and A3 imports hitting the local market as much as 20% below normal market price, the report's findings were unable to support the claims.

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Australian manufacturer Rapid firms up first wave of sales for the new XL220 before running the Ipex gauntlet in a week's time. Rapid put the press through its paces on Friday, with set-ups boasting less than a metre in waste, before packing up to go in out to its local buyer.

Well-known industry figure Steve Peck has joined Fujifilm’s graphic systems team as project manager. Peck brings with him decades of expertise and experience in the industry upper echelons, serving with major press and technology suppliers Heidelberg and Kodak.

Technology innovation and commercial print are tipped to lead the way forward for Kodak, as enterprise software specialist Jeffrey J. Clarke picks up the graphics company's top job. Former CEO Antonio Perez steps aside after nearly nine years in the role.

Australia’s first manroland R706 LV HS touches down at Sydney’s Hannapak, with two more 700 sheet-fed presses hot on its heels. The $multi-million investment is a resounding vote of confidence for the German manufacturing giant's standing as a leading force in the packaging industry.

Car lovers and die-hard petrolheads alike gathered three-deep to catch a glimpse of Avery Dennison’s live car-wrap at Top Gear Festival. Avery made its presence felt with an eye-catching stand at the fully loaded two-day event to showcase its Supreme Wrapping Film range and drive business for its customers.

Companies have a few weeks to acclimatise to the recent round of paper price rises, now set to spread across the board into wide-format and signage. Spandex joins the growing crowd of suppliers now committed to an increase, including Sappi, BJ Ball, K.W. Doggett and Spicers.

Ipex is just around the corner, but drupa is already putting itself back the agenda with the release of its first ‘Global Trends’ report. For the industry at large it’s a mixed bag with 45% of respondents reporting a rise in revenues, while 42% admit that profitability has dropped.

Managing director of manroland web systems, Eckhard Hoerner-Marass is moving on after steering the leading web press manufacturer into the black. Long-term Heidelberger, Marcel Kissing, is also leaving the sheetfed press maker board.

With just a couple of weeks to go before the doors of Ipex 2014 open; Print21 can confirm that it will host a grand ANZ event during the show. Not a country BBQ this time due to the venue change to London, instead we have booked the Fox Connaught pub right next door to the ExCeL centre.

Richard Rasmussen, director of Ascent Partners, provides a market overview of all the mergers, acquisitions, new openings and closures for February 2014. All in a day's work, he also details of the major plant and equipment that was sold or installed during that period.

With a legacy stretching back nearly 70 years, Labelhouse sits the forefront of label industry trends. Now, to cope with the growing demand for digital labels, it is reaching for the skies once more with Australia’s first SMAG Digital Galaxie converting line.

Printing has always been a difficult expression. A printer can be someone operating a press, running an enterprise, or a company sells printing. Only within the industry do we talk about print as if it was something separate from its end product. And perhaps it is time we stopped.