The paper merchant’s determination to revive its European businesses is due, in no small part, to the fact that it cannot sell them. According to Andrew Price, executive director responsible for driving the reconstruction of PaperlinX Europe, there are no buyers prepared to make a sufficient offer for the troubled European assets.

Perth’s Scott Print topped the tally at the Western Australia Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICA) gala dinner on Saturday 24 August, collecting no fewer than 17 gold, 17 silver and five bronze awards at the event.

Fujifilm is staking its claim to be the region’s digital inkjet print technology all-rounder with an offering that includes wide format and commercial production print as well as sheetfed packaging print.

Sydney based start-up Canva is launching an online graphic design platform allowing users to design their own professional designs including flyers, birthday cards, business cards, posters, info graphics and more, with a library of more than one million photographs, graphics and fonts

The Digital Show is one of the largest consumer technology events in the Souther Hemisphere. Whether you’re newly passionate about photography, a seasoned creative professional or simply looking to further unleash your creativity, there will be something for everyone — with demonstrations, discussions from local and international experts, exclusive product launches and dozens of talks and lectures.

On Tuesday 20 August the print and graphic media industry rallied around Ricky in a great show of support raising more than $54,000 to assist Ricky and his family at the Heidelberg Benefit lunch.

HP has announced a new enhancement package for the HP Indigo WS6X00 series Digital Press that is set to improve press performance, which the company says will allow customers to produce more labels with less effort every month.

The Printing Industries Association of Australia (Printing Industries) is warning Australian printers taking on federal election-related jobs to make sure they remind their clients of a change in How-to-Vote card requirements.

The Hannan family is finally packing up its Sydney Corporate Park site in Alexandria after almost 30 years at that location following the commissioning of Hannanprint’s new Warwick Farm print production facility earlier this year.

Starleaton Digital Solutions, is bolstering its substrate offering with the introduction of its new Neschen Solvoprint window-grip Ultra Clear self-adhesive digital print film to its range of films for signage and promotions.

Boomerang Paper will trade as BJ Ball Roll Solutions from the beginning of September this year, as part of the ongoing integration of BJ Ball and Boomerang Paper, as it continued to grow and expand its offering with strong focus on the roll aspect of the paper industry.

Kodak is passing one of the final milestones required in its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, with the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, backing the once-iconic company’s Plan of Emergence.

Spectrum Print is opening the doors of its new production facility on 2 September, ending a two-and-a-half year period without a plant after being displaced by the February 2011 earthquake.

Pantone is delivering its latest colours to one of the world's largest consumer brand companies via the cloud, with multinational manufacturer, Procter & Gamble - the company behind Gillette and Pampers - implementing PantoneLIVE, a cloud-based colour service, to improve operational efficiency in its packaging execution.

Two latest model manroland presses will go into Australian packaging printers as the sector reaffirms its commitment to the German press manufacturer. A third 700 press is scheduled for a similar time frame to a Victorian commercial printing company.

It’s election time again, which is good news for printers. In the immediate aftermath, there’s a good chance that investment plans and consumer spending which have been on hold in the lead-up to a potential change of government will be activated, boosting demand for print collateral across the nation.