The world’s biggest press manufacturer Heidelberg is launching a new-generation B1 Speedmaster SX 102, which will also be available in 92cm format, both aimed at general commercial work.

IVE has completed the acquisition of the printing and finishing assets of Ovato for a net purchase consideration of $16m, becoming the only large scale heat set web offset print producer in Australia.

Plockmatic Group has launched the BM4000 series of bookletmakers, now available through Renz in Australia.

Complete Colour has acquired Erwins Printing, in a move the company says is set to continue the growth of environmentally-responsible, on-shore, Australian printing. Erwins' owner Mick Edwards is retiring.

HP Inc is launching a new high-speed, reel-fed full colour digital production printing system, the PageWide Advantage 2200 series, which it says is positioned to handle the full gamut of general commercial work.

NSW general commercial operation Print Rite has been put into administration by its owners, 10 years after it opened for business in Marrickville.

Sappi has bounced back from the Covid doldrums, the global papermaker’s earnings for its third quarter reaching two and half times the figure it achieved a year ago, and beating its Q2 figure by 10 per cent.

Offset and digital print business Kuhn Corp has doubled its solar roof panels, filling all roof space with them, and is now receiving 36Kw of energy per hour, delivering 75 per cent of its power.

Australia’s major print museum, the Penrith Museum of Printing (PMOP) is under threat as Infrastructure NSW seeks to demolish the Penrith Paceway, where the museum is located.

IVE will buy the Ovato heatset business, with the ACCC giving the green light to the $16m deal for its floored rival. The move consolidates the vast majority of Australia's heatset capacity under the IVE banner.

BREAKING: IVE will spend $16m to acquire substantially all of the assets of stricken rival Ovato, but will keep only the WA site operational in the long term. The deal is subject to ACCC clearance, decision expected in two weeks’ time. Brisbane, Cairns, Auckland are not included.

Trade-only print production and communication company Cheque-Mates is installing a Ricoh Pro C9210 digital cut-sheet press, as the company upgrades its digital capacity.

Jason Rewse and Glenn MacKellin took out the top awards at the Halifax Vogel Group Annual Salesmasters Awards, with Rewse Salesmaster of the Year, and MacKellin the Sales Rookie of the Year.

As it waits for the ACCC to approve its bid for stricken rival Ovato, diversified marketing services provider IVE saw all its figures rise in its full year results, with the company now poised to enter the packaging market.

Currie Group has launched HP xRServices, a mixed reality platform, which it says will transform service delivery on the range of HP Indigo digital presses, and across all its products.

Anthony Lew, CEO of printIQ, has sold the business to a major software investor, Banyan Software, as the company looks at the next stage in its growth trajectory. Lew will remain in his role.