The global printing industry’s foremost trade fair, drupa 2012, is done and dusted, but Currie Group is bringing a fair whack of the drupa technology showcase to Melbourne during July and August.

The Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICA) season is well underway around the country, with the call for entries beginning for some states and ending for others this week.

Ricoh Australia is offering free training for customers taking on its EFI PrintSmith print MIS software and its web-to-print solution, Digital StoreFront, until the end of September.

Printing Industries will be running a series of free briefings around NSW in August to help printing companies check their progress in the implementation of workplace changes following the introduction of the new NSW Work Health and Safety Act.

The volume of imported cut ream paper reached a nine-month peak in May this year, impacting Australian paper production following this year’s strong performance of the Australian dollar against the US greenback, according to the latest issue of industry bible, Pulp & Paper Edge.

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Positive Camtec has announced the addition of wide format specialist, Brenden Dunn, to its expanding team, STI Group Lilyfield Printing has a new Prepess/Digital Workflow Analyst, with Franca Balsamo joining the company, and new ACP Magazine’s Catalogue division appoints Hardie Grant GM to lead.

Fuji Xerox has launched a tool that allows users to integrate web-to-print portals with clients’ Facebook pages, allowing ‘fans’ to order branded and personalised print materials.

Visitors to PrintCom Expo 2012 will be ale to stroll down Cloud Street, gather at The Watercooler, walk along Consumables Concourse and linger on Output Avenue, with the introduction of several new initiatives to this year’s event.

Positive Camtec has appointed a new managing director, with its former technical director, Philip Trumble this week taking the reigns, while print business, Marshmedia, is on its way to Alexandria, with the company this week beginning its migration westward from its current location in Edgecliff.

GEON chief, Graham Morgan, has rejected industry rumours that his company has moved its maintenance service in-house, discontinuing its contract with Heidelberg, one of its largest suppliers.

Print Out Loud was the slogan for this year’s printing awards held at the prestigious Langham hotel in Auckland on Friday and a well-dressed audience of printers and partners took the advice to heart in a good natured if sometimes raucous celebration of print and its processes. Patrick Howard was pleased to cross the Tasman to attend.

The ‘Second Coming’ of Benny Landa, with a revolutionary print process, captivated drupa visitors to the point where the 300-seat audience, five-per-day theatre demos had to be relayed to a giant display screen for another 1,000 or more people to witness. Andy McCourt was fortunate to score some time with master showman and inventor, Benny Landa, after a hard day’s presenting.

The 2012 financial year has concluded with most sectors in the large end of town consolidating or fielding offers from frequently unnamed suitors.

The Galley Club is giving publishers an extra week to enter work into the Galley Club Awards for Excellence 2012, with entries now due to close on 9 July.

Fuji Xerox Australia has appointed the national manager of its Graphic Communications division, Simon Lane, to a newly created role, chief marketing officer. The new role will see Lane direct the business’s overall marketing strategy and implementation across Australia.