The suits were unimpressed with packaging giant Amcor achieving a 3.1 per cent increase in its half year EBIT over the same time last year, on sales that slipped by 3.8 per cent in the six months to December, punishing its share price.

Digital textiles printing solutions developer Kornit Digital saw sales shoot up by 39 per cent in 2019, achieving record figures, as the move to digital fabric printing gathers pace.

The rapid growth of digital textile printing will see the drupa launch of Touchpoint Textile, a new special show for digital textile printing applications, in Hall 4 of June’s giant show, complete with micro digital textile factory.

The team at Soar Print is supporting the Waste-Not Kitchen by printing their soup packaging for free.

Roland DG has started to schedule service runs to fire-affected regions across Australia. The runs will occur throughout this month.

Mimaki has introduced a new hybrid digital textile printer, the Tx300P-1800 MkII. It enables both direct-to-textile and transfer printing, with interchangeable platens and three different ink combinations – providing flexibility in a single system.

Two Epson large-format products, the SureColor SC-P7500 and the SureColor SC-P9500 series, have been named iF Design Award 2020 winners by iF International Forum Design.

Consolidation in print has been a fact of life for many years now, and while it can be tragic for its many victims and their families, it is not all bad for the industry, writes print environmentalist Laurel Brunner.

Avon Graphics is buying the assets and business of troubled laminating outfit Protectaprint, which went into administration at the back end of last year.

The huge floods that swept through Sydney have wiped out the Imagination Graphics printroom, rendering all its print systems – including the new sheetfed B2 inkjet digital KM-1 Accuriopress – out of action.

High profile print identity Theo Pettaras has sold his Digitalpress business to marcomm services outfit Bridgestone Investments in a strategic move, which will also see it enter wide format production.

The first Print21 magazine of the year is out and arriving on desks this week, with the bumper issue packed with compelling engaging content for the nation's print business owners and managers.

Currie Group has a new special offer for print businesses looking to implement HP Indigo digital print technology, offering a bundled deal with a reconditioned HP Indigo 7r, and free Horizon creaser folder or perfecting binding system.

Orora is going through a rough patch according to its half-year results, with business lagging in North America. However, there was a bright spot in its Australasia operations, with growth reported in its beverage business in the region.

The Australian Financial Review was the only newspaper to gain readers in print in 2019, with all other titles seeing the switch away from print to digital continuing unabated.

The battle between print giants Xerox and HP for control of HP has reached new heights, with Xerox upping its offer to HP shareholders by 9 per cent, and saying it will launch a tender offer on 2 March.