The Newspaper Works, is taking a fresh look at Australia’s magazine and newspaper readership tally following its backing of the launch this month of a new media metrics measurement platform – and its findings show that the printed word still shines in Australia’s changing media mix.

It's on, New South Wales is the latest state to launch its Printing Industries Craftsmanship (PICA) call for Entries with forms available from 20 August.

Software of all sorts is taking to the proverbial cloud, and printing industry software is no different, with print management workflow systems also making the great leap into cyberspace. North American print industry expert, David L. Zwang, reviews some of the top players in this new field and how they compare to the traditional offering.

Auckland-based marketing services provider, Benefitz, is the first site in the southern hemisphere to complete the installation a sheetfed Screen Truepress Jet SXB2 digital inkjet press.

CMYKhub is simultaneously bolstering its presence in the Western Australia market and snatching a WA print house from the clutches of financial collapse, purchasing the colour goodwill of Carlisle-based trade printer Top Print.

As Amcor enters the endgame for its Petrie recycled coated cartonboard mill in Queensland, one of the factors that impacted the site’s profitability – the Australian dollar – is looking at a turnaround, casting doubt on the rationale behind the closure, Pulp & Paper Edge reports.

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) – the world’s largest forest certification system – is holding an event in partnership with Ingénue Consultancy and TELARC in Auckland on 28 August to help guide those in the industry through the local certification landscape.

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) – the world’s largest forest certification system – is holding an event in partnership with Ingénue Consultancy and TELARC in Auckland on 28 August to help guide those in the industry through the local certification landscape.

Trish Witkowski of Foldfactory.com is giving two live-streaming online presentations on creativeLIVE.com on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, when she will present during the creativeLIVE ‘Adobe Creative Cloud Design Week,’ in an event that is expected to attract a global audience of over 100,000 unique viewers.

Trish Witkowski of Foldfactory.com is welcoming Australian graphic arts professionals into the fold, giving two live-streaming online presentations on creativeLIVE.com on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, when she will present during the creativeLIVE 'Adobe Creative Cloud Design Week,' in an event that is expected to attract a global audience of over 100,000 unique viewers.

Victorian Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICAs) organisers are calling on all print service providers to put their most outstanding examples of print up for this year's awards in November - but get in quick, entries close on 13 September.

The local sign-making industry is claiming a new key environmental certification standard, with Green Stamp, a prominent environmental initiative in both the printing and cleaning industries (WA), now applicable to the wide format-focused sector.

Focus Press is getting set for a major expansion into the nation’s capital, with the company scouting around for a new Canberra site after buying PMP’s operations at Fyshwick.

The new high-productivity R706 LTTLV sheetfed press will replace at least two older machines as one of the leading packaging printers continues to rationalize its extensive folding carton printing fleet. The manroland 700 double coater is the latest in a long line of presses from the German manufacturer bought by the company

Heading the Printing Industries Association of Australia's new training schedule is Sustainable Green Print (SGP), the multi-level important environmental certification program, which sees training and support courses for Levels 1 and 2 being held on 27 and 28 August at Printing Industries' Mulgrave office.

The identity of the printer behind the 2013 Catalogue of the Year winning entry is in question after an attribution mix-up on the Australian Catalogue Association's winners' list for the awards, with Sydney's Megacolour and Offset Alpine Printing both in the mix.