Maintaining a balance between digital and analogue technologies is vital for printers wanting to succeed in the changing local industry landscape, according to Anders Sorman-Nilsson, the Swedish-Australian digital strategist who is hosting the first PacPrint13 Forum session at the trade show.

Auspack Plus kicks off in Sydney this week, with the packaging and processing expo hosting a dizzying array of suppliers within the sector. Andy McCourt investigates how the trade show is excelling in an industry that is just as difficult and competitive as the local printing industry.

Every business should be run as if it is always up for sale, with its accounts in good order, its costs under control and its production processes working at optimum capacity. So says Richard Rasmussen, the ‘go to’ specialist for printers face to face with options for the future of their businesses.

A majority of the Australian print businesses included in the latest PIAA trends survey reported a shift into negative cash-flow territory, with average debtor days outstripping average creditor days for the quarter ending March 2013.

As the dust starts to settle after a tumultuous couple of months, Simon Enticknap looks back at the genesis of this ambitious project to reshape the industry and examines the fall-out from its collapse.

A couple who lost virtually everything in the Christchurch earthquakes has risen to the top of the business mountain by winning the most prestigious prize in New Zealand’s printing and packaging awards, Pride in Print 2013 - on 3 May in Wellington

Screen printer, Regan Quaife, scooped the New Zealand print industry’s top training award – Apprentice of the Year, sponsored by ICON Digital Printing Papers, at this year's Pride in Print Awards in Wellington on 3 May.

Although ADMA Forum – the annual direct marketing bash held by the Australian Direct Marketing Association – is moving well and truly into the data-driven future of multi-channel marketing, it still retains a strong presence in the ever-important direct mail channel along with the other core print-related direct marketing sectors in the marketplace.

AUSPACK PLUS 2013 - Australia’s International Exhibition of Packaging and Processing Machinery, Materials and Associated Technology returns to Sydney from Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th of May, 2013 at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park.

Labelexpo Europe 2013 is set to return to Brussels Expo in Belgium between 24-27 September. Now in its 32nd year, the biennial fair is widely regarded as the label industry's flagship event and is again supported by FINAT.

Richard Rasmussen, director of Ascent Partners, looks at all the local market’s activities over the last month from mergers and acquisitions to closures, major equipment sales and installations in April 2013.

Fujifilm Australia will present its range of diverse graphic arts equipment, software and consumables at PacPrint 2013 from May 21 to 25, on stand 1200 of the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, which it shares with Fuji Xerox, with the premiere of its heavyweight Jet Press 720.

Registration is now open for the Women in Print (WIP) Breakfast at PacPrint13, with the meet-and-greet following close behind a series of breakfast networking events which wrapped up in late April.

Mobile ‘apps’ will boost adoption of online ordering across the full range of commercial papers, sign and display, digital media, industrial packaging, and other products.

Blacktown-based Pegasus Print Group is ahead of the game after taking part in an ”early customer acceptance testing programme” of the new DocuWide C842 ultra fast wide format inkjet that was first shown at drupa last year.

Live webcast auctions look to raise multi-million dollar returns from GEON equipment as US-based auction house welcomes the chance to increase its international footprint.