Industry

Print aficionados are in for a real treat, with the world’s earliest printed items coming to Melbourne next month, to be put on show at the 55th annual Melbourne Rare Book Fair.

Pegasus Media & Logistics has welcomed Michael Sherlock as its new CEO, with the company saying he will lead it into the next era of supply chain excellence.

The ACCC has not objected to AusPost’s proposed 13.3 per cent price increase for its reserved ordinary letter service delivered to the regular timetable, which the VMA has called a disappointing outcome.

Konica Minolta Australia will soon be hitting the road with its new UnPacked national roadshow – a six-state event series designed to showcase its products and insights from this year’s PacPrint.

Landa Digital Printing is seeking new investors, saying it needs a greater investment than initially anticipated, as it restructures and lays off a large number of staff.

Print businesses who paid for equipment and parts from Starleaton, that never arrived in the run-up to its move into VA, are angry and frustrated, as hopes of getting any of their money back vanish.

Women in Print has launched a major new initiative, the Executive Leadership Program, aimed at supporting women and non-binary professionals at all stages of their print careers.

WorldSkills Australia 2025 kicked off in Brisbane, and once again featured sign and graphics apprentices sponsored by Visual Connections, and Try-A-Trade activities with ASGA and TAFE Queensland.

Stricken wide-format supplier Starleaton has been placed into liquidation, with the company not making any of its $33,000 a month payments – required under its DOCA – for the past three months.

Following last year’s massive $370m investment in AI, through the acquisition of Leonardo AI, online design juggernaut Canva will acquire Australian AI business Magic Brief.

Global sign, display, promotional, merchandising and garment printing show Fespa, saw visitor numbers rise by 10 per cent for this year’s event, which took place two weeks prior to PacPrint.

Ball & Doggett, Australia’s largest distributor of printable materials, press consumables, and equipment, has signed new strategic partnership with Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems.

Print solutions developer Epson is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation, with the company now a significant supplier to the print industry, producing an increasing range of print solutions.

Konica Minolta Australia is officially a great place to work, according to the latest award given to the company, for whom production and industrial print is a key, and growing, part of its portfolio.

During a week-long celebration of 175 years in operation, Heidelberg has relaunched and rebranded its Print Media Center as the 9000sqm Home of Print, which it says is the world's biggest print CX centre.


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