The tech that changed the print industry is celebrating its 30th birthday this month, marking Adobe’s PDF portable document format launch onto an unsuspecting world at the same time the internet emerged.

Sign and display print association, Fespa Australia, will run its second Future Leaders programme later this year, following the success of the first, which began last year.

Sydney-based commercial operation Clark Murphy Print has designed and printed its own food boxes, which it will use in partnership with Food Bank, to provide food to Australians struggling with the cost of living.

Nippon Paper has booked a loss of ¥4.9bn, approximately $64m, on the closure of its print and copier paper manufacturing operation at its Maryvale mill, operated by Australian subsidiary Opal.

What is thought to be the country's last remaining letterpress newspaper business is closing down, with the Don Dorrigo Gazette, founded in 1910, having published its final edition.

Smartech CEO Vincent Nair explores the all important things to do, and those not to do, for sustainable business growth, at a time when some businesses are surviving, some struggling, and some thriving.

The Real Media Awards are open for entries, with a simplified entry process, and a glamorous Gatsby theme promised for awards night on 17 November. Entries close on 11 August.

The world’s oldest daily newspaper, the Wiener Zeitung, based in Vienna, has printed its final edition, 320 years after first appearing in 1703. A new law allowing official notices online, labelled by the editor as an 'act of vandalism by cultureless barbarians', is behind the move.

LIA Heidelberg Graduate of the Year, Angus McGrath, will use his $10,000 Visual Connections LIA National Graduate Scholarship Prize to study print in Switzerland.

Print, mail, packaging and 3PL operation Universal Approach has moved into new larger premises in Dandenong South, trebling its floorspace, as it expands its business.

Marketing guru Malcolm Auld puts ChatGPT to the test, and looks at how it, and artificial intelligence, will impact content creation and the print industry.

Opal says its Maryvale Energy from Waste project is going from strength to strength, as it signs a grant agreement for $48.2m under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative.

Team Print, led by PVCA treasurer and The Lamson Group CEO, Rodney Frost, raised $46,000 for the homeless, through the Vinnies CEO Sleepout.

Opal Cartons Australia will be closing its Heidelberg West facility come September next year, consolidating its operations across its sites in South Australia and New South Wales.

Ball & Doggett, Australia's largest provider of printable materials, will hold its annual end of financial year sale on 28 June from 8am to 6pm, offering substantial discounts on a range of products.

The Australian Tax Office is owed $30bn, two thirds of it by small and medium sized enterprises, with industry insiders warning a crackdown is imminent.