Craig Heckenberg, MD of Epson ANZ, has been appointed to the Board of Visual Connections Australia, replacing long-serving director, John Wall, who retired earlier this year.

Despite a challenging macroeconomic climate, business developed robustly, and profitability improved significantly for Heidelberg during the first half of financial year 2025/26.

Koenig & Bauer has taken an important step towards its operational turnaround by achieving a significant improvement in its Q3 operating result, leading the company back into operating profitability.

oOh!media has issued a profit warning to investors amid a weaker end to the year, pointing to subdued advertising market conditions and the loss of a significant NZ contract.

IVE has acquired both Impressu Print Group and Budget Mail Services, and signed a long-term marketing services supply agreement with Domino’s Pizza Enterprises.

National Print Awards winners, Isobel Clark from Flying Colours Group, and Zaidee Jackson from Ball & Doggett, are in London conducting a professional development trip with the VMA.

Ball & Doggett has opened its new Experience Hub in Brisbane, designed to provide customers with a hands-on opportunity to explore, test, and compare a wide range of print and finishing technologies.

Heidelberg has topped off its anniversary year by winning a renowned Red Dot Award for its Print Media Centre at its Wiesloch-Walldorf site in Germany, which has been rebranded as the Home of Print.

The Visual Media Association, with support from Ricoh Australia, has released its 2025 Annual Industry Metrics Survey, which is open to both Association members and non-members.

Jet Technologies, specialist materials and technology supplier to the print and packaging industries, has appointed Andrew Falkam as its new technical account manager.

Women in Print Australia has appointed Nicole Jandik, sales manager and Women in Print Ambassador at IVE Group, as secretary, who steps in to replace Irene Daws.

Koenig & Bauer Vision & Protection has partnered with Bosch Secure Authentication to decisively optimise technologies in the field of brand protection and traceability for protectable printed products.

A VistaPrint report has revealed that branded merchandise within Australia’s $590 billion SMB economy helps to strengthen brand identity, boost team pride, and increase customer trust.

Ball & Doggett has launched its new Print & Packaging Consumables Catalogue, providing printers, packagers and converters across Australia a comprehensive resource for consumable products.

The Visual Media Association is lobbying to the Australian government, arguing that the nation’s print, sign and packaging trades underpin essential services that require continued skills and training support.

Construction of Epson’s newest factory for the manufacture of inkjet printheads is now complete, with the company predicting its production to now quadruple in capacity.