Register now for this major learning and networking event - the PrintNZ Day of Development on Friday 3 May in Wellington. The PrintNZ Day of Development will benefit all those who want to improve their businesses and progress their careers within the printing industry. This includes those working in production, sales, marketing, management and people you have identified as ‘rising talent’. Early Bird to March 31

Aiming to capture the utility press role in an inkjet future, Océ launches its fastest B2-size (30-inch) web press at this year’s International Inkjet Days in Poing, Germany. The first public showing of the JetStream 5500 proved the highlight of the annual innovation show.

Andy McCourt takes a close look at the growing collection of emerging apps for progressive print industry and graphic arts professionals.

Invisible UV anti-counterfeit watermarks ensure the huge exercise in Philippine’s democracy is as fair as the printing industry and Robert Koeckeis (pictured) can make it. Ballot papers printed on three ColorStream 3700s incorporate the latest Océ security printing technology.

PacPrint13 organisers have announced a series of Business Improvement Workshops which they say will provide important information, hints and tips for business owners and decision makers.

A survey seeking to quantify the impact of the Carbon Tax on printing industry business has been launched by Printing Industries.

EFI has launched its latest print software edition, the Fiery XF Version 5, a flexible and scalable high-speed digital front end and color management workflow for wide- to superwide-format production and proofing.

Caldera has launched PrintBoard, a software signage system designed to provide printers with a dashboard display of their production status.

The regional print and graphic communications industry will flock to Melbourne in May for PacPrint13 – but for those who enjoy pomp, ceremony and glittering celebrations, it’s the National Print Awards’ 30th Anniversary Dinner, to be held on the final day of the exhibition.

In the face of yet another major exhibitor pulling out of Ipex2014 this month with Mimaki’s withdrawal, the event’s organiser Informa Exhibitions is standing by its quadrennial trade show, with a letter to the industry heralding its determination to continue with the event.

The Currie Group New Zealand Colour Roadshow is wrapping up its epic graphic arts tour of Middle Earth, setting up shop in Dunedin, on its final stop before heading back to Auckland.

In a timely supplement to last week's Reverb article, Andy McCourt looks at the growing attention being directed at the sort of laws that allowed February's GEON receivership and legal debt nullification, with a British parliamentary review tackling 'pre-pack' provisions.

James Cryer of JDA Print Recruitment – and local print industry gadfly – analyses the GEON Group’s fall from grace of the PE brigade in his usual (un)-subtle manner.

The closing date for the 2013 GAMAA Industry Overseas Internship Grant, which is valued at $15,000, has been extended to 30 March, 2013.

The Currie Group truck rolled into Wellington this week, as the Currie Colour Roadshow travels south from Auckland where it kicked off in February, on its second tour of the Middle-Earth isle.

CLIQX is the newly launched Australian innovation set to shake up the printing industry here and around the world. With the current renaissance of specialty embellishments in the print industry, this patent pending embossing system is demystifying the traditional print craft.