The latest issue of Print21 magazine has an in-depth feature on print suppliers association Visual Connections, which is looking to the future, with a clear focus on the development of a sustainable print industry.

Tom Lusch, founder of multi-award winning Platypus Print Packaging, which he built from scratch to become the biggest folding carton printer in Queensland, passed away at the start of the new year.

Visual Connections has launched its newly expanded careers program, which aims to attract new talent to the industry, with the initiative now to be known as Sign & Print Career Connections.

Following Australia Post’s decision to reduce its daily letter service to every second day in order to recuperate financial losses, the print industry has expressed its disappointment.

Australia’s largest print-on-demand fulfiller, Prima PMI, is set to install ten Ricoh 9500 production printers at its Melbourne facility, which is reportedly one of the largest deployments in the world.

Detmold Group is switching to solar energy, with its Regency Park facility the first of its plants to go live, the company joining a growing number of print and packaging operations moving to sun power.

All of Peter Wagener’s display print companies will be back up and running on Monday, from new premises, after a turbulent few weeks for the national supplier, which has yet to see several issues resolved.

The proposed Australia Post Business Mail price increase, of up to 20.6 per cent, which was due to be effective from 1 January, has been held up by the ACCC, with rejection now a possibility.

Ball & Doggett has added a new product range to its portfolio, Essential Packaging, comprising secondary and tertiary packaging materials used in warehousing and logistics applications.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia has appointed a new GM for Channels, Rodney Thorne, to lead the growth of the business through indirect partnerships and key alliances across the country.

Ricoh is launching a new high speed inkjet web – the Pro VC80000 – targeting direct mail, colour books, catalogues, magazines, and commercial print applications.

Peter Wagener has had to put all his display graphics companies in liquidation, but has vowed they will be back next month, after paying all suppliers in full.

The final Print21 magazine of 2023 is hitting the desks of the owners and managers of print businesses across Australia and New Zealand, with the feature-rich issue packed with valuable information.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia has a new managing director, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, and has appointed three new dealers in Queensland and WA .

Printers across the country celebrated their craft and industry at the Real Media Awards, with printers of all shapes, sizes and specialties sharing the success with their clients.

A good turnout of the graphic design community responded to an invitation to take part in the second round of the world’s largest colour survey to find the ‘colour of the future’, the event held in Sydney.