Christmas comes early for Canberra’s Elect Printing, with business booming off the back of a brand new Horizon BQ-280PUR binder. Barely a month on the ground, it has already clocked over 22,000 books, new jobs for the Fyshwick-based print shop and work shows no signs of slacking.

Plunging revenue forecasts have crashed PaperlinX financials through the floor because of continued bad results from the beleaguered company's chronically ailing European businesses.

The bang of presses and the smell of toner are new sensations for the team at Designa Accessories, but the Caringbah-based designer watch and jewellery wholesaler is a quick study and eager to show that print is the best accessory of all.

Awards galore for NSW as Business and Print awards, the Future Leader Award, Membership Longevity awards, LIA Graduate of the Year Awards and NSW Printers of the Year were announced during the NSW Media Super 2013 PICAs at the Sydney Wentworth Sofitel on Friday night.

Adriano Gut will leave the close-kit team at Positive Camtec before the end of the year. After five years with the local wide-format machinery and consumables supplier, Gut heads home for a white Christmas in his native Switzerland.

Long-standing industry figure Susan Heaney bowed out as PIAA president at the NSW PICA awards dinner last Friday. Heaney opened the year’s final PICA bash with a brief yet upbeat farewell, stepping down after two years in the high-profile role.

Graphic Source aims for the point of difference with the install of WA’s first Xerox iGen4 Diamond Edition. Faster run times, increased sheet size and higher work volumes have brought in new business for the Perth-based printer.

One of America’s longest-running publications is back in print after a year loose in the online wilderness. News publishing icon Newsweek celebrates its 80th birthday with the announcement of its triumphant return to the presses as a 64-page weekly early 2014.

Konica Minolta Australia amps up its software and support infrastructure with the creation of new strategic roles for the two experienced industry figures, Neal Ross and Christophe Roy. The new appointments are set to focus its offering in document management and business process automation.

In the short space of a month, news about 3D printing has escalated to almost frenzied levels, The question for the Australian and New Zealand printing and allied industry is clear: “Do we ignore it, embrace it or wait until it’s an established business model?”

A flying visit by the top man at the German solutions provider reaffirms the company‘s commitment to the local market and its new managing director, Carsten Wendler.

Richard Rasmussen, director of Ascent Partners, keeps track of market movements and activities from mergers and acquisitions, to closures and affiliations, as well as the latest running on any major equipment that has been sold or installed around the region this month.

Focus Press’s new Hume manufacturing plant boasts the highest security ISO rating in the country. Deputy Chief Minister Andrew Barr and over 120 industry figures are expected to show support for the launch of the certified carbon-neutral company’s new $8 million site tomorrow.

Negotiations are underway for the future of Australian printing industry magazine ProPrint following Haymarket Media announcing it will no longer publish the title as it exits the Australian market. Most of Haymarket's other titles have found a new home with specialist publisher Nextmedia.

A crowd of more than 110 peers and competitors set aside their differences to promote a brighter future at the Australasian Printing and Communication Papers Market Outlook Forum 2013, presented by IndustryEdge at the Bayview on the Park in Melbourne.

First 5-metre wide grand format UV billboard printer goes into South Australia following extensive research on superwide solutions by Carlo Capogreco, owner of Big Image. The Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8 meets the company's need for a machine to handle the growing super-wide graphics market around Adelaide.