Geoff Selig’s impact on Australian print cannot be overstated. He passed away as the head of a $1bn business IVE, the largest part of which was the biggest print operation in the country.

The franchisees of Kwik Kopy Miller Street in North Sydney – Daniel McKenzie, Suzie Jackson and Vickie McKenzie – took out the company‘s annual Franchisee of the Year award.

The 2024 Women in Print Breakfast series is underway. The Print21 team attended yesterday’s event in Sydney, led for the final time by NSW Patron Debbie Burgess, who is stepping down from the role.

The print community is reeling, as it mourns the passing of industry titan Geoff Selig, executive chairman of IVE, who has died while on holiday in Europe.

A new digital can printing business is up and running in Australia, with Rippl offering print runs as low as 480, the company outsourcing outsourcing its printing onto a new locally installed $6m German digital printing line.

The Visual Media Association has released a bulletin for members, which it says will enable them to easily understand supply contract issues. It comes with essential steps to ensure printers are clear in what they are signing up to with their suppliers.

Some 30 industry professionals with the LIA Victoria delved into the heart of IVE’s expansive catalogue and magazine plant in Sunshine, in an exclusive plant tour.

The volume of commercial inkjet print and the market value will grow by 50 per cent over the next five years, according to industry research analyst Smithers.

The amount spent on outdoor print fell again in the first quarter of the new year, as marketers continue to invest in digital outdoor media. However the rate of print's outdoor decline appears to be slowing significantly.

The Visual Media Association is rallying print business owners to engage in a critical initiative aimed at enhancing apprenticeship programmes, by completing an online survey.

Mackay-based BB Print has installed the first Horizon StitchLiner Mark IV in Queensland, supplied by Currie Group, as the company beefs up its service to the mining and general commercial sectors.

Phillip Rennell has joined Ball & Doggett, with a brief to show printers around the country new opportunities available to them, through the company’s growing equipment portfolio.

Peacock Group is to acquire insignia, a 55-year-old family-owned company specialising in labelling, coding and data capture solutions, with the deal set to go through on 31 May. It is the third acquisition for Peacock in the last two years, after AMR Hewitts and OJ Holdings.

The world’s biggest offset press manufacturer Heidelberg will have a new CEO, Jürgen Otto, as current incumbent Dr Ludwin Monz leaves after two years in the job.

In a new strategic partnership, Ball & Doggett will supply Kornit’s range of DTG print-on-demand digital fashion and textile production technologies to print businesses across Australia.

The Visual Media Association has released an Audiometric Testing Requirements Advisory for members, responding to confusion across the hearing test requirements for printers in different states.