Industry

Applications are now open for the inaugural Women in Print HP Indigo Digital Press Scholarship, which is being offered in partnership with Currie Group and HP. Closing date is 3 August.

Landa Digital Printing's investors have decided to stop funding the business, causing a cashflow crisis, and sending the company to the courts to seek protection as it seeks new funding.

ePS Packaging has partnered with CarbonQuota to integrate advanced carbon footprint capabilities across its comprehensive software ecosystem.

Plockmatic has signed an agreement to acquire German-based Renz, a global producer of ring wire comb binding machines and supplies, including its subsidiaries in Australia, Argentina, the UK, and Turkey.

East Coast Canning + Printing has launched BulletProof – a new generation of digitally printed aluminium cans that solves the durability problem long associated with digital print on metal substrates.

Print aficionados are in for a real treat, with the world’s earliest printed items coming to Melbourne next month, to be put on show at the 55th annual Melbourne Rare Book Fair.

Pegasus Media & Logistics has welcomed Michael Sherlock as its new CEO, with the company saying he will lead it into the next era of supply chain excellence.

The ACCC has not objected to AusPost’s proposed 13.3 per cent price increase for its reserved ordinary letter service delivered to the regular timetable, which the VMA has called a disappointing outcome.

Konica Minolta Australia will soon be hitting the road with its new UnPacked national roadshow – a six-state event series designed to showcase its products and insights from this year’s PacPrint.

Landa Digital Printing is seeking new investors, saying it needs a greater investment than initially anticipated, as it restructures and lays off a large number of staff.

Print businesses who paid for equipment and parts from Starleaton, that never arrived in the run-up to its move into VA, are angry and frustrated, as hopes of getting any of their money back vanish.

Women in Print has launched a major new initiative, the Executive Leadership Program, aimed at supporting women and non-binary professionals at all stages of their print careers.

WorldSkills Australia 2025 kicked off in Brisbane, and once again featured sign and graphics apprentices sponsored by Visual Connections, and Try-A-Trade activities with ASGA and TAFE Queensland.

Stricken wide-format supplier Starleaton has been placed into liquidation, with the company not making any of its $33,000 a month payments – required under its DOCA – for the past three months.

Following last year’s massive $370m investment in AI, through the acquisition of Leonardo AI, online design juggernaut Canva will acquire Australian AI business Magic Brief.


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Global sign, display, promotional, merchandising and garment printing show Fespa, saw visitor numbers rise by 10 per cent for this year’s event, which took place two weeks prior to PacPrint.