Sydney’s Imagination Graphics has celebrated the installation of Kimmy, its Konica Minolta AccurioJet KM-1 B2 inkjet press – the first in New South Wales.

Spicers is buying rival merchant Direct Paper, as part of its strategy to move into new areas, with the deal giving it an increased presence in packaging papers and boards. The O’Neill brothers, Dale and Todd, will be taking senior roles in the business and are keen to be a part of the success into the future.

Diversified print and marketing communications business IVE is spending $25m to acquire Salmat's catalogue distribution business, and will invest a similar amount again in upgrading the pre-collation technology at sites around the country.

The gloves are off in New York as two of the biggest names in print are now in a battle for control, with Xerox looking at making a hostile takeover of HP, following the latter's repudiation of its initial $33bn bid.

Epson's new 24” dye sub SureColor F560 has won a Good Design Award, as have the new 12-colour SC-P7560 and SC-P9560 roll-to-roll printers.

Neopost – soon to be Quadient – will demonstrate the capabilities of the HP Stitch S series of dye sublimation printers at open days in Sydney and Melbourne over the next couple of weeks.

Melbourne signage operator Di Sign has dropped its winding up order against controversial signage business Skope, with Skope paying the outstanding invoice.

Three weeks after exiting the Fuji Xerox business, Xerox has decided to switch its inkjet centre from France over to the US, closing its French site.

The classic Ingede Method 11 deinking test is proving unsuitable for new printing methods, but failing the test means paper intended for recycling gets sent to landfill or incinerated, writes Laurel Brunner.

In the latest twist in the Waratah collapse, its former CFO Steve Lewis this week became the sole director and the secretary of the Waratah Brand Services operation, and the business will now not be going to Finsbury Green as part of the Waratah deal.

Collapsed Waratah Group went down with debts topping $12m, and while debtors owe $4m to the company, secured creditors have a charge over $3.7m of that, leaving little for unsecured creditors.

Multiple NPA Gold award-winning Victorian printer Chapel Press has hosted a visit from its local MP, cabinet minister Greg Hunt.

The Melbourne sign industry is in shock as one of its leading lights hits the skids, with Adherettes going into liquidation this week.

Naresh Gulati's print empire is no more, with print business Rooster IMC – of which there was virtually nothing left – joining The Bindery in administration.

The Penrith Print Museum is calling on generous lovers of print history to consider investing at the Melbourne Museum of Print auction, for the future of the Museum.

Irwin Racing’s Team 18 has partnered with Ball & Doggett for the supply of Avery Dennison films to wrap its Supercars.