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In congratulating Victorian company, Print Bound, on winning the Premier’s Business Sustainability Award, Alastair Hadley, General Manager – Sales and Company Director, said that the company is keen to be involved in similar genuine projects. HAN provided sponsorship funds to Print Bound.

“The printing industry doesn’t have a good track record on environmental issues. Environmental sustainability can be difficult to quantify in terms of dollar returns, particularly in the short term, however, whatever we do today will benefit us all in the long run,” said Hadley. “It is this visionary approach by the management of Print Bound that really engaged us and obviously impressed the Victorian Government as well.”

If you’ve a great green project that could use some help contact Alastair Alastair.Hadley@heidelberg.com

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One of the great seasonal gifs in the printing business is an invitation to sail on David Currie’s magnificent 60-foot Swan yacht, Lady Godiva. In the lead up to Christmas, David brings it down to Sydney from its winter berth in Hamilton Island and takes a number of lucky customers and industry types for a sail around the Harbour. Clancy hears there are about seven or eight trips planned this year, complete with beer, prawns and heart stopping sailing. It’s simply the best Chrissie outing you could imagine.

For people in Melbourne the Lady Godiva will have a Dockland berth for most of January and be an active participant in the southern capital's nautical festivities. If you’re lucky enough to get a guernsey, Clancy’s advice is, “Don’t knock it back!”

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Clancy was amazed to hear of the retirement party last week for Warwick Roden, founder and managing director of well-known Sydney printer, Roden Print. One of the industry’s gentlemen with an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things graphical, Warwick is ‘old school’ and will be sorely missed by the industry, and by all who knew him. Always a stalwart of the LIA, it is to be hoped he will continue to contribute to the well being of the industry.

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There was a time when the printing industry tracked the wider economy in its risings and fallings, but that nexus has broken. In recent years the industry has lagged behind the economy but now the figures are all over the place – if you can believe them!
According to ABS statistics in seasonally adjusted terms the printing industry grew by 2.5 per cent during the September 2005 quarter and by 1.2 per cent during the year to September. In comparison the Australian economy grew by only 0.2 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the quarter and by 2.6 per cent during the year to September.


It must have been a great September quarter for printing.

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And finally … Tom T Hall used to sing about Old dogs & children & watermelon wine. Well here’s one about the old dogs.

Mac came into a bar and ordered a beer. An old-timer with a dog sat next to him.

“That’s a nice looking dog, you’ve got there” says Mac.

“Sure is,” agreed the old timer.

Mac takes a swig of beer.

“Does your dog bite?” asks Mac.

“No, not at all,” said the old timer.

“Mind if I give him a pat?” inquires Mac.

“No, not at all,” replied the old timer.

Mac leant down and the mutt almost takes his arm off.

“Hey! I thought you said your dog doesn’t bite,” he angrily accused the old timer.

“That’s not my dog,” replied the O.T.