Heidelberg is set to give its Saphira roller range a big boost. Saphira rollers sourced from Rotadyne’s Melbourne manufacturing site will give customers peace of mind as Heidelberg ramps up supply, service and technical support for their press ready, exchange program.

Port Printing Works are first cab off the rank with a brand new Scodix digital enhancement press, set to stymie the competition and add value to the business. The Scodix S47 Pro sidesteps the hassle of outsourcing traditional gloss UV with its 3D digital UV coatings, patterns and gradients.

EFI has snapped up home-grown Metrix Software, as Australian design and innovation continues to take the world by storm. EFI has welcomed Rohan Holt on board as director of the new division, and almost the entire Metrix Software support and sales team will make the move.

Allkotes’ new solar array looks set to save the business up to a quarter of its annual energy costs. The giant 100kw solar system has just been hooked up at the laminating and coating specialist’s Silverwater facility, covers nearly all of the factory’s 2000 sq. metres and took nearly five weeks to install.

Konica Minolta transformed its North Ryde HQ into an innovations forum, as over 150 printers rub shoulders and pick up the latest industry insights and "Out of the Box" ideas. A roster of hand picked speakers addressed core issues close to the hearts, and wallets, of the industry crowd.

Jet Technologies picks up PacFilm, rounding out one of the widest ranges laminating film in Australia and New Zealand. The laminating film supplier brings with it new DigiGloss and DigitMatt products targeted at digital print finishing.

Unsung heroes are not new for Australia. We love it when sports, arts or entertainment bods battle to make it to the top globally but often when they do, they’re tall poppies and we don’t count them as ’one of us’ anymore

Media Options Group, trading as National Trade Print, has collapsed after more than ten years in business. In a move that has upset some creditors, the Bankstown-based printer sold assets into nearby printing business before the company entered into administration.

Some 126 medals were presented during the Queensland Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards on Saturday 12 October at the Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel. Printcraft was awarded the Judges Choice Award medal and Impressworks the Special Commendation Award.

The new federal Industry Minister is latest in a stellar line-up of industry and business figures to sign on as presenters at the 2013 Australasian Printing & Communication Papers Market Outlook Forum on November 28 in Melbourne.

Forums, seminars and print master classes at the London show in March 2014 are targeted towards end users as well as print producers. The Ipex 2014 360 Committee met with Ipex event organisers in London last week to discuss plans for the London event.

How to use content to build a relationship with your target audience in an online world is being run by Printing Industries to help printing companies leverage the internet in the promotion of their business and services.

Cheap Chinese copy paper is flooding into Australia threatening local industry, according to an application before the Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC). Prices in the local market are supposedly well below the cost of production in the huge Chinese paper mills.

Roland DG opens its doors for the VersaUV LEF-20's first public outing. And for anyone who missed the VersaCAMM VS-i series debut at Visual Impact last month, you’ve got a second chance to check out the new wide-format printer cutter in action as well

A surprise surge in digital volumes and high praise for print quality has prompted CMYKhub to add a second HP Indigo to their Melbourne facility. Workload has been transferred over to the Indigo 7600, leaving their 5600 free to act as general back-up and to run different specialty jobs