All sectors in the outdoor media industry rose strongly last year as the spend topped $1bn for the first time, on the back of the country returning to work following covid.

Ashley Playford-Browne has joined Currie Group as business development manager for Sign & Display products in NSW and Queensland, adding to the strength of the company’s Sign & Display team.

Ball & Doggett is launching the Metamark MetaWrap Competition, seeking Australia’s greatest wrapper for 2023, with an eye-watering prize of a free trip for two to Fespa in Munich this May.

Industry newcomer Elizabeth McIntyre will be the new CEO of the Outdoor Media Association, succeeding long-time incumbent Charmain Moldrich, who will step down after 13 years in the role.

Specialist operation Print2Metal has been chosen to print all the award-winning entries in the World Photographic Cup onto metal, a remarkable accolade for the Melbourne-based business.

Trade operation Sydney Print Media has installed a new HP Latex R flatbed print system from supplier Celmac, the third of its type the business has put in within the past two years.

Metamark – distributed by Ball & Doggett – and renowned Australian motor racing team Erebus Motorsport have renewed their sponsorship partnership for the Australian Supercars Championship.

Australia’s largest fabric printing operation, AFI Branding, will rebrand to IVE, two months after the business moved into the company's new facility in Braeside. It will now be part of Brand Activations.

Roland DG is launching six new models in the best-selling TrueVis series of large-format inkjet printers and printer/cutters, with resin, UV and entry level printers in the line-up.

The ‘very strong’ Australian billboard business helped drive revenue at the world’s biggest outdoor media business JC Decaux up by 21 per cent in 2022.

Annual revenue from out of home advertising has topped $1bn for the first time, but print’s share continues to be squeezed by digital, although print still saw a 10% uptick in revenue over last year.

QMS Print CEO Nathan Sable has left the company to start his own business, SIXP, which will integrate and aggregate the supply needs that bring marketing, events, sports and brands to life.

The Australian Sign & Graphic Association's annual general meeting will be followed by a special general meeting, which aims to change the Association’s constitution, with a number of changes proposed.

Colormaker Industries, the Brookvale-based manufacturer of Permaset screen printing inks, has passed the milestone of 500 tonnes of greenhouse gases saved through its solar roof.

Printers in wide-format, signs, industrial or garment decoration are invited to kick-start the year with the ‘iconic’ Fespa Australia Annual BBQ, set to take place next month in Melbourne.

Print service providers and sign-makers looking to showcase their outstanding examples of work from the last two years will need to submit their entries in the Fespa Awards 2023 by next Wednesday.