NSW Department of Education & Communities reaches across the Tasman to Creative Family for Kiwi input and design in landmark industry education project. Responding to demands for a structured training course for digital printing, the NSW industry training advisory board (ITAB) has produced the first nine modules of a certificate course: ICP20310 Certificate in Printing and Graphic Arts (Digital Printing)

Print21's Andy McCourt highlights why printers need to think seriously about digital, after Sir Martin Sorrell, head of the largest advertising media buyer in the world, spoke at an event in Sydney, suggesting that the biggest shift from traditional print media to digital is yet to come.

PaperlinX chairman, Harry Boon, will leave the company on 28 September, along with non-executive directors Lyndsey Cattermole and Anthony Clarke, in a boardroom topple that sees shareholder lobbyist, Andrew Price, win in his ongoing battle against the company’s leadership.

The new automatic inserting line, MiniSert, is primarily aimed at small newspapers but has the potential for serving the new line of digital news publications slated to go in to regional sites later this year

In this the 10th and final Top Tip to consider when selling your business, Ascent Partners' Richard Rasmussen highlights why vendors need to 'position it to sell.'

Reshuffle for Magazine Publishers of Australia - Magazine Publishers of Australia (MPA) has announced the appointment of Robin Parkes as Executive Director.

Canon NZ moves early – before the Australian company – to create a new division for the merged companies to sell and service products to the printing industry. Integration of the two brands means Konica Minolta will no longer sell Océ products in NZ.

In this the 9th Top Tip to consider when selling your business, Richard Rasmussen details the importance of conducting pre-sale due diligence.

If you thought there was an end in sight to the ongoing industry consolidation, think again, as Ascent Partners’ Richard Rasmussen highlights the industry’s biggest consolidations.

The PIAA is urging NSW printing companies to nominate their outstanding young employees for a new award recognising leadership qualities within the printing industry.

Neil Collyer, former Salmat and Fairfax executive, has undertaken a management buyout of Victorian print and communications company, Fineline Printing, after managing the business for four years.

The Federal Government has set aside $800 million for companies planning to upgrade their business and increase their energy efficiency as part of its Clean Technology Investment Program – a move the PIAA says will help save print businesses money and power.

Bruce Peddlesden and Peter Benjamin are getting their fill of eating dust in the back of beyond as the Variety Bush Bash reaches Mt Isa, over half way through the 4,608 km marathon.

In the world of printing plates there are three major brands… and then there is Xingraphics, the new kid on the block. Xingraphics is the only new brand from the powerhouse of China that has cut through onto the global stage.

Notwithstanding the thrashing handed out to the Wallabies by the All Blacks in the Bledisloe Cup, Print21 is set to extend its reach across the Tasman in an arrangement with industry body, PrintNZ.

In this the final part of Ascent Partners Market Watch – FY 12, a year in Review, Richard Rasmussen lists all the reported major machinery sales and installations.