Online printer Yintong Corporation has placed the biggest order ever taken by RMGT (formerly Ryobi), and one of the biggest ever taken anywhere, for 56 offset presses, comprising 338 printing units.

Ovato is planning to close its Christchurch print plant, and move all New Zealand printing to the main Auckland print centre, as the company continues to rationalise its business.

Konica Minolta has released the AccurioPress C7100 series digital colour presses, which it says are packed with innovative technologies, designed to create more profitable business opportunities.

The Israeli financial press is reporting that Landa Digital Printing is looking at a float on the Nasdaq, which it says will value the business at US$2bn, around 20 times its current annual revenue.

Print giant Ovato saw its revenue fall by $96.6m in the 2021 financial year, while losses improved by a third, but the company still finished the year a whopping $67m in the red.

Australia Post is suspending Unaddressed Mail bookings in NSW and Victoria for two weeks next month, leaving the print and mail industry angry, frustrated, and looking at financial losses.

The country’s biggest print business, IVE, performed better than anticipated in the financial year to June, achieving a $100m EBITDA on revenue of $656m, and is anticipating strong growth next year, and is looking to invest in fibre-based packaging.

Much of the commercial print industry in Auckland and the rest of New Zealand remains idle, with Level 4 lockdown extended again until at least next Tuesday in the country's biggest city, with the rest of the country in Level 4 until the end of the week. However, printers are better prepared now than last time around.

In a triumph for smart packaging, flexo and digital printing, and promotional marketing, Hungry Jack’s has launched its biggest ever on-pack promotion – Uno at Hungry Jack’s – delivered by a cross-industry collaboration, including MCC and Detpack.

Award-winning wide format digital printing supplier Mezographic has completed a vibrant, eye-catching vehicle wrap for The Dough Truck's Sladan Stankic.

Enda Kavanagh says print businesses will benefit from implementing a digital marketing strategy for their clients, and shares the stories of several Aussie printers who have done just that using the XMPie toolkit.

New Zealand printers currently under lockdown will have to wait until at least Wednesday before they can get back to work, with the Level Four lockdown there extended across the whole country for another four days.

Print has suffered a blow, with the nation’s 6500 clubs no longer required to communicate AGM and other notices with their 15 million members through mailouts, a move which axes a swathe of regular jobs for printers across the country..

Offset print plate volumes at both Kodak and Fujifilm are soaring, as the global print industry bounces back from the Covid downturn, with printers firing up their presses and ordering new ones.

The uptake of processless printing plates for offset presses is finally starting to really gain pace, which is great news for the environment, and should be on the agenda of every print business, says print environmentalist Laurel Brunner.

Worldwide Print Online franchisee Les Stock has installed one of the first Ricoh Pro 5300S digital colour printers in the country, along with a new Ricoh Ri100 DTG printer and the TotalFlow Prep workflow at his Parramattta centre.