The five-year saga over alleged $450m worth of accounting irregularities at Fuji Xerox in New Zealand, and later Australia is over, with the parties settling out of court.

Controversial owners of Sunshine Coast-based operation Express Print & Mail, Wendy and Matt Chadwick, have sold the business, bowing out two years after the move to new premises.

Kodak sales rose by 10 per cent in the second quarter, with its Traditional Printing division its best performing arm, as the company saw sales reach US$321m for the period.

The ACCC is set to work in double-quick time for the proposed takeover of Ovato by IVE. Submissions need to be in by next Thursday, and the preliminary decision date timeline will be significantly shorter than usual.

Cimpress, owner of online print giant Vista, has posted record sales and profits for the year, but Vista itself failed to shine compared with the group’s other operations.

Offset press giant Heidelberg saw significant improvements in both sales and operating profitability in the first quarter, thanks to what it says is the continued recovery of the market in almost all regions.

Sydney print operation Allcraft is in voluntary liquidation, the first printer, apart from Ovato, that has hit the skids since the end of lockdowns, as the directors pulled the pin.

Diversified marketing services group IVE is aiming to buy stricken heatset giant Ovato, entering an Implementation Deed with administrators FTI Consulting this morning.

Melbourne-based printer Implant Media is making a major move into the books market, installing a new Horizon BQ-270V perfect binder, supplied by Currie Group, to give it the production power it needs.

The administrator of stricken print giant Ovato has received a number of expressions of interest for the business, with serious bidders now going through the company's books.

The Ovato administrators held the first creditors meeting yesterday, and said they will be continuing to trade the business as a going concern, while they run a sale and recapitalisation process.

Melbourne-based boutique printed wallpaper and signage business, Grafico Group, has taken the top award in the 2022 Lord Mayor’s Small Business Awards.

Major print materials and machinery supplier Spicers is instigating its journey to carbon neutrality, partnering with not-for-profit environmental organisation Greenfleet.

Today is the day would-be bidders for all or part of the fallen Ovato business have to have their expressions of interest in with the administrator. Binding offers are due in two weeks.

Major Melbourne print operation is re-equipping with a new five-over-five B1 press as it ramps up its investment in new technology. The new XL-106 will arrive in March and join the company's six-colour.

Marketing guru Malcolm Auld has released his new book Direct Mail, The Real Digital Disruptor, which he says will show the younger marketing professionals the unrivalled benefits of printed DM.