Digital print solutions developer Xeikon has released VariOne, a new instant variable data generation tool for its X-800 digital front-end, which it says can immediately generate endless unique graphics.

Offset and digital business Mystique Print is in voluntary liquidation, with the carbon neutral company, which operated out of Rowville in Melbourne and Surry Hills in Sydney, set to be wound up.

Kale Print is acquiring neighbouring Advocate Print, and investing in new equipment both for itself and Advocate, which will continue as a stand-alone business unit as part of Kale.

High-profile Centrum Print CEO Sandra Duarte is set to move on from the business next month, and is looking to take up new opportunities in the new year, although not necessarily in print.

Press giant Koenig & Bauer has launched the next generation of its large format Rapida 145 and Rapida 164 sheetfed offset presses, aimed at packaging and display printers.

With the installation of its new Renz inline IL500 all-in-one automated punching, binding and drilling device, Melbourne-based Prima Printing can now output more than 20,000 calendars a day.

Heidelberg has sold the 1000th unit of its new universal press the Speedmaster CX104, less than six months after its launch, as the company rides surging demand from printers in the post-Covid world.

Fujifilm Business Innovation has launched its six-station Revoria PC1120 digital colour press as its flagship printer, which it says will open up new opportunities for print businesses, thanks to its gold, silver, white, pink and clear printing options.

Staff at Sunshine Coast operation Express Print & Mail have had all wages and super owed by their former employer 128950489 Pty Ltd (formerly known as Express Print & Mail) paid to them.

100-year-old print specialist Soar Print and communications group ICG are merging, creating a Kiwi print powerhouse of creative, publishing and large format expertise, combined with commercial print, logistics and packaging proficiencies.

Australia's biggest street poster business, Rock Posters, says it has become the market leader in sustainable outdoor advertising, by offering its clients the option to print on a greener, more sustainable paper source.

For the third time in less than ten months, Agfa is increasing the price of its offset printing plates, with plates from Kodak and Fujifilm also going up, as raw material and shipping costs bite.

Ongoing Covid uncertainty in Europe and Asia dented press giant Komori’s 2020/21 sales by 7.5 per cent, even as it saw recovery in the US and China. It stayed in the red, to the tune of $27m.

Snap Franchising has appointed Anne Cashman as its independent non-executive chair, as long-time incumbent Peter Russell heads for retirement. Cashman is the Avery Products ANZ managing director, and has served on the Snap board for the past seven years.

Industry mental health advocate Steve Gamble is moving to a full-time role at Man Anchor, and is receiving strong industry support for the move, which sees him leave Böttcher after 16 years.

Rainer Hunsdörfer, CEO of press giant Heidelberg, will leave his role in April, and is being succeeded by industry outsider Dr Ludwin Monz, currently chairman of medical instrument maker Zeiss.