12 Jan 2017: IVE grabs lucrative Coles catalogue contract
IVE Group fired the opening salvo in what could be a catalogue war by swiping from rival IPMG the multi-million-dollar contract to print Coles Supermarkets’ monthly catalogue.
https://print21.com.au/ive-grabs-lucrative-coles-catalogue-contract/126829
19 Jan 2017: ‘Overwhelming’ billboard campaign
An online campaign to reinstate an Australia Day billboard featuring two Muslim girls that was removed after threats has raised more than $150,000. “We are now setting our sights on full page ads around Australia on Australia Day and on many, many billboards over the next week,” said Dee Madigan of Campaign Edge.
https://print21.com.au/overwhelming-response-to-billboard-campaign/127515
24 Jan 2017: A fight for press freedom – McCourt’s ReVerb
Forcing myself to listen to President Trump’s inauguration address, I remained nonplussed until I heard: “We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly …” Huh? Just a few days before, we had all heard Trump refuse a reporter from a major network the right to even ask a question.
https://print21.com.au/a-fight-for-press-freedom-mccourts-reverb/127886
24 Jan 2017: PIAA slams latest postal price hikes
Printing Industries said the latest round of Australia Post price increases on plastic wrapped articles - i.e. magazines and catalogues - was unacceptable and unfairly targets commercial mailing businesses.
https://print21.com.au/piaa-slams-latest-postal-price-hikes/128060
1 Feb 2017:
https://print21.com.au/piaa-backs-pmpipmg-merger/128481
8 Feb 2017: AusPost defends 5.6 Million Dollar Man
Australia Post lost its bid to keep secret the $5.6 million salary paid to its managing director Ahmed Fahour.
https://print21.com.au/auspost-defends-5-6-million-dollar-man/129308
10 Feb 2017:
https://print21.com.au/industry-turns-out-to-farewell-steve-dunwell/129718
17 Feb 2017:
https://print21.com.au/from-five-to-two-big-end-of-town-gets-bigger/130261
22 Feb 2017:
https://print21.com.au/landa-promises-summer-delivery-of-1st-nano-presses/130810
24 Feb 2017:
https://print21.com.au/its-about-time-industry-delighted-as-fahour-quits/131015
1 Mar 2017:
https://print21.com.au/ive-expands-with-giant-lithoman/131502
2 Mar 2017: Grassroots pushback against 'unfair' paper fees
Angry customers launched a petition calling for an end to charges imposed by banks, telcos and other service providers on those who choose to receive paper bills.
https://print21.com.au/grassroots-pushback-against-digital/131840
7 Mar 2017:
https://print21.com.au/hannans-take-pole-print-position-after-merger/132173
8 Mar 2017: 300 jobs: the human cost of merger
Three hundred print workers in NSW, Victoria and Queensland will reportedly lose their jobs in the PMP/IPMG merger deal, according to the Australian Manufacturers Workers Union (AMWU).
https://print21.com.au/300-jobs-the-human-cost-of-merger/132377
15 Mar 2017: Equity giant swoops on Staples, OfficeMax
US private equity firm Platinum Equity has agreed to buy the Australian division of office products business Staples and is now sizing up OfficeMax, which would give the California-based investment company two of the three major office supply chains in Australia.
https://print21.com.au/us-equity-giant-swoops-on-staples-officemax/133045
22 Mar 2017: Walking away: the hardest decision
Print veteran Peter Hutchinson's choice to close up shop and walk away from his 37-year-old Brisbane printing business Colony Printing was the hardest decision because it was his life, according to his son, Paul.
https://print21.com.au/walking-away-the-hardest-decision/133638
30 Mar 2017:
https://print21.com.au/let-the-sunshine-in-perth-printers/134622
5 April 2017:
https://print21.com.au/time-for-radical-new-print-training-model/135271
5 April 2017:
https://print21.com.au/lia-gets-close-up-with-the-latest-addition-to-sydneys-printing-arsenal-at-centrum-printing/135362
6 April 2017: Here comes the next revolution in print: Landa rolls out 1st nano presses in 2017
The first three of Landa’s groundbreaking S10 Nanographic Printing Presses will go into beta sites around the world later this year. “I am thrilled that after many years of development, we are now reaching the milestone of delivering our first Landa Nanographic Printing Presses to customers,” said Landa chairman, Benny Landa.
7 April 2017
https://print21.com.au/consolidation-is-the-new-norm-rasmussen/135783
12 April 2017:
https://print21.com.au/japanese-pulp-paper-giant-buys-controlling-interest-in-bj-ball-and-kw-doggett/136198
21 April 2017: Paper dumpers must pay duty on imports
Australia’s only office paper manufacturer, Australian Paper, welcomed the government’s decision to impose dumping duties on A4 copy paper exported from Brazil, China, Indonesia and Thailand, and has called on government departments to stop buying the dumped paper.
https://print21.com.au/duties-imposed-on-dumped-a4-paper/136744
2 May 2017:
https://print21.com.au/battle-of-digital-processes-looms-at-pacprint-andy-mccourts-reverb/137861
2 May 2017:
https://print21.com.au/preserve-our-print-heritage-james-cryer/137983
3 May 2017:
https://print21.com.au/stoked-a-wedding-anniversary-at-pacprint/138042
10 May 2017:
https://print21.com.au/mel-ireland-becomes-first-woman-to-lead-lia/138769
19 May 2017:
https://print21.com.au/its-off-apn-and-oohmedia-abandon-1-6bn-merger-after-accc-concerns/140000
26 May 2017:
https://print21.com.au/currie-leads-the-way-with-7m-sales-at-pacprint-2/144173
9 June 2017: Bragg forced to auction after vacate order
Bragg Printing was forced to auction off machinery and finishing equipment after finally reaching a compromise with the NSW government over the compulsory acquisition of its inner-city printing factory as part of the Sydney Metro rail project.
https://print21.com.au/bragg-forced-to-auction-after-vacate-order/142104
14 June 2017:
https://print21.com.au/fuji-xerox-au-linked-to-450m-fujifilm-scandal/142434
16 June 2017:
https://print21.com.au/breakthrough-in-spicers-deadlock/142591
28 June 2017:
https://print21.com.au/whittaker-paid-1m-to-exit-fuji-xerox-report/143511
30 June 2017:
https://print21.com.au/warning-on-acm-panels-mccourts-reverb/143657
5 July 2017:
https://print21.com.au/melbourne-printers-take-control-of-waratah/144017
7 July 2017: Mike Minahan bows out – sells to Finsbury Green
South Australian-based printer and print management company Finsbury Green acquired Adelaide commercial print business Digiwedoo following the retirement of owner Mike Minahan.
https://print21.com.au/finsbury-green-picks-up-digiwedoo/144118
12 July 2017:
https://print21.com.au/power-prices-threaten-print-businesses-piaa/144229
12 July 2017:
https://print21.com.au/auspost-made-letters-business-look-worse-report/144254
4 Aug 2017: Packager Hannapak sold for $75 million
US packaging giant WestRock paid $A75 million ($US60m) in cash to buy Australia’s largest privately-owned packaging manufacturer, Hannapak.
https://print21.com.au/packager-hannapak-sold-for-75-million/145112
9 Aug 2017:
https://print21.com.au/fuji-xerox-tightens-control-at-fx-australia/145806
17 Aug 2017:
https://print21.com.au/its-official-packaging-council-joins-piaa/146095
23 Aug 2017: Rawson Print buys Burwood Press
Sydney printing company Rawson Print acquired commercial printer and packaging specialist Burwood Press, based at Yagoona in Sydney’s south-west, with an eye on the packaging market.
https://print21.com.au/rawson-print-acquires-burwood-press/146361
25 Aug 2017:
https://print21.com.au/fuji-xerox-wins-giant-same-sex-vote-print-job/146500
25 Aug 2017:
https://print21.com.au/towards-a-blue-chip-printing-company/146582
1 Sept 2017:
https://print21.com.au/massive-boost-for-catalogue-print-capacity-in-sydney/146876
6 Sept 2017: US private equity duo voted onto Spicers board
Shareholders voted to remove Spicers finance director Wayne Johnston and have elected six new directors to the board including Vlad Artamonov and Todd Plutsky, the managing partners of New York private equity firm Coastal Capital.
https://print21.com.au/us-equity-duo-voted-onto-spicers-board/147067
13 Sept 2017: Pro-Pac signs $177m merger with IPG
ASX-listed Pro-Pac Packaging, chaired by former Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour, has announced a $177.5 million merger deal with flexible packager Integrated Packaging Group (IPG).
https://print21.com.au/pro-pac-signs-177m-merger-with-ipg/147321
26 Sept 2017:
https://print21.com.au/old-dave-marshall-59-fights-fujifilm-sacking/147918
18 Oct 2017:
https://print21.com.au/whirlwind-storms-into-sydney/148710
20 Oct 2017: Fuji Xerox targets Whittaker in High Court case
Neil Whittaker, the former high-profile MD of Fuji Xerox NZ (FXNZ) and Fuji Xerox Australia (FXA), was named in court documents as one of two defendants in a civil case launched by Fuji Xerox New Zealand following a $450 million accounting scandal.
https://print21.com.au/fuji-xerox-targets-whittaker-in-high-court-case/148865
26 Oct 2017:
https://print21.com.au/fplma-wraps-up-forum-with-awards-dinner/148980
1 Nov 2017: Apprenticeship system in ‘crisis’: PIAA
Printing Industries’ CEO Andrew Macaulay called for a new national apprenticeship system to combat a disturbing collapse in apprenticeship numbers in recent years.
https://print21.com.au/apprenticeship-system-in-crisis-piaa/149187
3 Nov 2017:
https://print21.com.au/australia-post-ceo-reaches-out-to-whistle-blower/149360
7 Nov 2017:
https://print21.com.au/caminiti-again-crowned-king-of-wrap/149263
8 Nov 2017:
https://print21.com.au/ives-franklin-web-nsw-roars-into-life/149443
17 Nov 2017:
https://print21.com.au/blue-star-buys-dominion-print/149872
22 Nov 2017: PMP shares crash on earnings downgrade
Shares in the region’s largest printing company fell by more than 31% in one day after PMP warned that higher volumes of short run work had contributed to a $20m downgrade in profit forecasts.
https://print21.com.au/pmp-shares-crash-on-earnings-downgrade/149969
22 Nov 2017:
https://print21.com.au/government-considering-paper-bill-fee-ban/149974
23 Nov 2017:
https://print21.com.au/lockley-retires-from-fairfax-media/150091
24 Nov 2017:
https://print21.com.au/just-too-tough-western-graphics-shuts-down/150074
29 Nov 2017: Printer slashes power bills with solar panels
Commercial printer WHO Printing has reduced its electricity bills by 50 percent after installing more than 300 solar panels on the roof of its factory at Newcastle, NSW.
https://print21.com.au/printer-slashes-power-bills-with-solar/150210
6 Dec 2017:
https://print21.com.au/amazon-launches-with-printers-inks-paper/150390
8 Dec 2017:
https://print21.com.au/bumper-summer-issue-of-print21-boasts-world-first-cover/150531
13 Dec 2017: SafeWork inspects mixer blade in fatal accident
The NSW workplace safety regulator has called in engineering experts to examine an ink mixer blade after an accident at the DIC Australia factory in Sydney that left one man dead and two injured.
https://print21.com.au/safework-inspects-mixer-blade-in-fatal-accident/150627
15 Dec 2017:
https://print21.com.au/selling-off-the-farm-diabolical-power-bills-after-global-giant-buys-australian-energy-assets/150710
20 Dec 2017:
https://print21.com.au/paper-buyers-lose-control-of-prices/150976