Issue 837 – September 1, 2016

Family businesses are the foundation of the printing and graphic arts as well as the sign and display industries. While we are well served by some of the largest technology companies in the creation and development of equipment and substrates, the daily face-to-face interaction between suppliers and customers is mostly a people-to-people event. There is a natural affinity between businesses where the principals are well known and recognised as owners.

Ben Eaton's new enlarged Starleaton Digital Services grows out of that family-owned tradition with its takeover of Ian Clare's DES supply business. We can only wish him continued success.

Welcome to this special issue of Print21, the premier news and information service to the printing and graphic arts industries across Australia and New Zealand.

Patrick Howard

Publishing Editor