In an in-depth commentary, Trevor Crawford, event director of Ipex 2014, explains the importance of keeping pace in an evolving and dynamic industry landscape.

This Christmas mail your loved ones a personalised video message, as Australia Post continues to push multi-platform print with over 3 million ‘Video Stamps’ to hit the market. The new initiative allows customers to record a 15-second video message pinned to a unique QR code.

There's just a few days left this week to book your tickets for the final PICA of 2013 - the Media Super NSW PICA presentation night dinner. Bookings close this Friday 22 November. The event will be held on Friday 6 December 2013 at the Sydney Sofitel Wentworth.

Printers across the Tasman report sales are up and holding well with positive indications, according to the latest PrintNZ quarterly survey. The recent period of downsizing and restructuring has ushered in more stable volumes for Kiwi print businesses with some price stabilisation noted.

Applications are open future leaders to gain industry-leading knowledge and the chance to contribute expertise to the Australian printing industry. The 2014 GAMAA Industry Overseas Internship Grant is valued at $15,000 and offers applicants the chance to travel internationally for work and study.

Agfa and KBA both brace for losses in 2013, as third quarter results come tumbling in. Agfa reported a net loss of 6 million for Q3. KBA reported a pre-tax loss of 16.3 million, but a boost in sheetfed and a swell in fourth quarter prepayments helped it cling to a solid financial profile.

Kodak’s first post-emergence figures are in, with imaging giant delivering general improvements across its portfolios, with profits creeping back into the balance sheets and a massive cut in debt. The graphics giant reported a net income of $1.99 billion for the third quarter.

Ipex, the UK-based international graphic arts trade fair positioned as ‘the largest in the English-speaking world,’ is on from March 24-29. While smaller in both size and attendance than Drupa, previous Ipex have delivered startling results for both exhibitors and visitors.

Advertisers are flocking back to print, according to recent figures from controversial new EMMA report. A boost in news and magazine readership sparks data rival Roy Morgan to pose serious questions about the reliability of its numbers.

Long-term industry identity signed off his tenure with an emotive speech to the industry at the 2014 Victorian Awards dinner last Friday. In a moving valedictory delivery he acknowledged the difficult year the industry has passed through, including the largest company collapse in the its history.

Over 200 HP Indigo digital printing engines throughout Australia smashed another record in October by racking up over 123 million A3 impressions. The record month follows a powerhouse year for the Currie Group both in Australia and New Zealand.

HP kicks off a run of educational ‘fuel stops’ for printers looking to help grow their business with its inaugural Relay 2013 event, focussed on predatory marketing. The secret is to be a porcupine in an 800-pound gorilla fight.

Konica Minolta lives up to its environmental ambitions, saving over 600 tons of waste from landfill as its ongoing print cartridge recycling efforts hit a major milestone. Together with Cartridges 4 Planet Ark and Close the Loop, it has recycled one million print cartridges.

Spandex strengthens its foothold in the Australian market, adding two home-grown businesses to its expanding portfolio, Plas Image and Qualsign. The double buy-out shores up Spandex's local offering from coast-to-coast, and adds new products to its stable of wide-format signage media.

Heidelberg plans for its first inkjet press to hit the market with a Fujifilm engine running under hood, fresh off the signing of a strategic partnership between the two global players. The German offset press giant has announced projected sales targets of €200 million in three years.

Snap Queensland franchise owners will close the state’s manufacturing hub rather than invest millions on new printing equipment. Staff at the 12-year-old facility are set to lose their jobs, as the print franchise group continues to reposition itself as a marketing services provider.