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.

The team at IMMIJ Victoria have taken home the win in BJ Ball's Yupo prize draw. The competition drew more than 200 entries from around Australia, with the lucky winners bagging an expenses-paid trip to Japan and an exclusive guided tour of the Yupo Corporation head office in Tokyo.

Industry training initiative FuturePrint is off and running full steam ahead, with more 60 businesses already signed on and over a dozen apprentices already up and training. With a new website up, and these first ground level results in hand, FuturePrint is officially open for business.

Print guard, pic or pen - Heidelberg wants printers to have their say in an online video competition, and share their Speedmaster success story. Print shops are invited to "be unbeatable" by uploading a three minute clip of themselves with their Speedmaster and get in the draw to win a prize.

Budding authors out there should get writing, if the latest InfoTrends study is anything to go by the book market is looking at more than 40 billion extra pages over the next four years. According to the report, print volumes are tipped to grow by 1.2% by 2017, with book printing showing the largest gains.

Jim Henneberry has resigned from the position of Chief Executive Officer at Australian Paper after eight years with the company. Hirofumi Fujimori, the representative director of Australian Paper’s Japanese-based holding company, Nippon Paper, will take the role of acting CEO.

KD Printing packs its bags after more than 20 years and moves in with nearby Print Group Australia. The two Melbourne printers have joined forces as KD Print Group, a new 50/50 joint venture pooling their resources to beat down debt and push out into new markets.

Printing Industries has attacked Australia Post's proposed price hike as lazy and short-sighted, and liable to king-hit already weakened print mail volumes. Australia Post plans to raise the cost of stamps by 17%, up from 60c to 70c, in a bid to stem the $multi-million losses ravaging its regulated mail service.

Industry icon Group Momentum goes into administration after more than 30 years as a trendsetting business and digital pioneer. Administrators were officially appointed on January 29, and are currently working with the business to prepare for a meeting of creditors scheduled for February 10.

Richard Rasmussen, director of Ascent Partners, punches in with the first installment of his industry market watch for 2014. He kicks off the year with a detailed overview of business sales, acquisitions, mergers and closures, as well the latest equipment sold and installed throughout January.

Since 1992, the world has become familiar with Geoffrey Moore’s camel-hump “Chasm” diagram that eloquently describes how new technology innovations are diffused – unless they fall into the abyss shown during the ‘early adoption’ phase.