Former graphic arts person of the year, and well-known industry identity, Bob Robey, has passed away, aged 89, after a lifetime promoting the local print industry.

Troy Neighbour will be the new head of Fujifilm Graphic Systems, taking over the top job next month, when current incumbent Tony van Broekhuizen retires after 30 years in the industry.

Currie Group is hosting a three-day special event on 6-8 December, Horizon By Appointment, which is aimed at businesses looking for automation and innovation in the general commercial print market.

Precision Group is continuing its acquisition growth drive, buying Manark Printing, in a deal that will see a ten-colour B1 Heidelberg move to Precision's huge new Somerton facility.

Technology developer Ricoh has put its digital B2 sheetfed inkjet press into beta testing, with the company anticipating it will begin delivery by the middle of next year.

Graphics giants Adobe and Pantone have divorced, or in Gwyneth Paltrow’s infamous parlance, consciously uncoupled, meaning graphic designers can no longer automatically access Pantone in Adobe products.

Third quarter figures for Agfa showed revenues in its printing operations on the rise, although group EBITDA fell by four per cent year on year to €74m, on group sales that rose by 8 per cent.

The ACCC is not objecting to Australia Post’s latest price increase for its reserved ordinary letter service, which will increase by an inflation-busting 9.1 per cent.

Not-for-profit recycling outfit Planet Ark has retracted its earlier statement that it was storing used printer toner cartridges, now saying that it is still recycling all its cartridges, through Close The Loop Group.

Industry supplier Fujifilm saw its offset plates and its digital presses revenue rise in the half year to 30 September, and inkjet sales continue their steady climb.

The LIA Victoria has issued an open invitation to attend the Association’s final 2022 meeting and Christmas celebration, including the presentation of the 2022 LIA Victoria Graduate of the Year Awards.

Konica Minolta saw sales of its production print systems surge by almost 30 per cent in the first half of the year, as supply chain issues and order backlog receded.

The world’s biggest press manufacturer Heidelberg has appointed its first ever female executive board director, with Tania von der Goltz to become CFO on New Year’s Day.

Prima Printing is set to acquire PMI Imageworks, a move that will bring together two successful Melbourne-based personalisation and print-on-demand businesses, and two of the biggest in the country.

The investigation by the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office into the accounting at Fuji Xerox between 2011 and 2016 has been closed for good, with the SFO saying it is ‘no longer in the public interest’.

Australia’s biggest trade printer CMYKhub has just installed a new RMGT 970PF-8 at its Brisbane production centre, the press is the first of its kind in the country.