Epson is broadening its distribution partnership with Synnex Australia adding the Epson SureColor T Series range of high-speed large format printers to the Melbourne-headquartered information and communications technology distributor.

Victorian signage and large-format print house, Calgraphics Group, is combating its electricity infrastructure upgrade costs with the installation of a 35 kilowatt, 1200 square metre rooftop solar array.

Victorian wide format trade printer, Mezographic is facing a boom in its banner printing capacity after taking on a Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8 grand format printer, which can handle three rolls simultaneously for increased productivity.

Victorian paper veteran, Chris Robertson, is working to put the paper industryon the political agenda in the lead up to September’s Federal Election, with a series of billboard campaigns.

DES is cementing its long-running partner with Western Australian graphic arts supplier with a merger of the two companies.

Positive Camtec is claiming an Australian first for Kern Laser Systems cutters and engravers, with the local supplier set to host the first showing of the American company's products at a local trade show in Australia - at Visual Impact in Sydney on 12-14 September.

The search for outstanding young employee nominations for the 2013 Future Leaders Award is on again across Australia. Sponsored by Media Super, the award is being run in conjunction with the Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICA).

How printers can use content on their website to attract potential clients and enhance their positioning for website search engines is the topic for Printing Industries next free webinar on Friday at 1pm.

Colorpak is reporting a 10 per cent drop in its sales revenue for the financial year ending June 2013, with the company pointing to the loss customers overseas and the withdrawal from unprofitable contracts.

Australian Paper is calling on all government departments and public services to buy Australian made paper after pledging its support for the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union’s (CFMEU) Let’s Spread it Around campaign.

The Printing Industries Association of Australia (Printing Industries) is showing printers how they can use content on their website to attract potential clients and enhance their positioning for website search engines, in its next free webinar on Friday 9 August at 1pm.

Pressprint is the first company in Auckland to buy a new Heidelberg XL75 five colour press, with coater. This press is also the first ordered in New Zealand through Heidelberg’s Carbon Neutral Manufacturing Program, which offsets the carbon used to manufacture the press.

Richard Timson, Heidleberg Australia and New Zealand managing director is calling on the local printing industry to come together in support of Heidelberg veteran, Ricky Bannister, who suffered a major spinal injury in April.

Intense speculation surrounds the PaperlinX full year presentation on 21 August as battle lines are drawn between Andrew Price, the executive director charged with turning around the company's ailing European business and Graham Critchley convenor of PaperlinX Investors Group Supporters (PIGS)

Since last week’s release of Pamela Williams’ book ‘Killing Fairfax’ the media and blogosphere has been abuzz with opinions, views and predictions. In this week's ReVerb, Andy McCourt gathers together a lineup of the likely suspects behind the publisher's perceived demise.

The Manly Daily, The New Zealand Herald and The West Australian are among the hundreds of local newspaper publications to have made it into the 2013 PANPA (the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association) Newspaper of the Year list of finalists.