Adkote is introducing the Australian market to what is being claimed as the world’s first Memjet-powered wide-format press with the capability of printing on rigid substrates.

Introducing a new brand of CTP platesetters into the tough Australian and NZ market is not easy. When Currie Group sourced the Cron thermal technology three years ago, it had no illusions about the size of the task ahead.

Local industry economics guru, Hagop Tchamkertenian, is looking to work within the broader printing industry when he finishes with the peak industry body on 26 July. Responsibility for the iconic industry survey will remain with the Association.

We’ve heard from the Australian Catalogues Association that catalogues continue to grow in popularity and volume in Australia despite soft markets in other printing industry sectors, now that sentiment is being backed by the numbers, with industry bible, Pulp & Paper Edge, highlighting the growing volumes of catalogue paper stock entering the country.

Melbourne print house, TC Printing, is set to ramp up its speed and capacity after placing an order for a new Heidelberg XL 106 10-colour perfecting press to replace its older Speedmaster 74.

Local Memjet-powered narrow web digital label printing system manufacturer, Rapid Machinery, is introducing the Rapid-X SR2 slitter-rewinder globally to complement the international footprint of its X1 and X2 digital presses and its D2 die-cutter/laminator.

Andy McCourt weighs in on a second round of debate about the local printing industry’s digital click-charge model following a spate of lively reader comments last fortnight in response to his ReVerb article, ‘Give the click the flick’. This time around, McCourt highlights how it can often be horses for courses when it comes to the click-charge model race.

Fujifilm has appointed marketing and prepress specialist Franca Balsamo to the newly created position of Product Manager: Plates, CtP and Workflow.

Spandex is lending a little bit of 'cool' to its Avery Dennison product range after shipping the first five custom-wrapped fridges to winners of a joint Spandex-Avery Dennison promotion.

PaperlinX is pushing its diversification strategy with the opening of a new operation in China, with a new Shanghai office set to serve as a sales office for its international trading business and as an Asian sourcing and procurement base.

HP is delivering its two newest print production products to the Australian market, with Victorian signage specialist, ABC Photosigns, taking on the country’s first HP Latex 3000 printer, and POS leader, Active-Adval, signing a deal for Asia Pacific’s first HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press.

Konica Minolta’s bizhub range of printers is garnering the company national accolades after the C754 series took home three Australian Business Awards.

Australia’s Cactus Imaging is showcasing local print prowess on the global stage after being selected as one of the top five international winners at FESPA 2013 in London during a gala awards night on 27 June.

Ricoh is making the move into print management information systems (MIS) after making a multimillion-dollar investment in Avanti Computer Systems Limited, a leading provider of MIS solutions for the print industry.

Epson is broadening its national dealer network in the sign and display segment, appointing Neopost Australia (formerly GBC Australia) as a national reseller for the Epson SureColor S Series eco-solvent printers.

Digital wide format press manufacturer, swissQprint, is sharpening up its image after introducing a nine-picolitre droplet size for its inkjet system among with a new ‘efficiency-boosting’ print mode.