Commercial

Inkjet print developer Kyocera is launching a new digital colour SRA3 press, the Taskalpha Pro 55000c, aimed squarely at the commercial print market, with first showing at Printing United in the US next week.


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The rapidly growing printed promotional products market could become a lucrative revenue stream for hard pressed commercial printers, with a relatively small investment in technology.

The industry’s supplier association Visual Connections is making a significant expansion to its Education Initiative for next year, and beyond, to encompass the entirety of the graphic arts trade.

Heidelberg has launched two new Versafire SRA3 digital colour print systems, the LP and the LV, designed to run as part of an integrated workflow with offset presses.

Are Media is bringing leading women’s fashion magazine Elle back to print next year, four years after it dumped the printed version and went digital only, as print's resurgence in luxury brands marches on.

Printers are being warned to keep a tight rein on extending credit, with the latest CreditorWatch Business Risk Index saying insolvency risk for business is increasing, and significantly.

Independent family-owned WA paper merchant and sheeter Romel is making its biggest ever investment, by setting up a whole new operation in Victoria.

National print franchise group Kwik Kopy has set out ambitious growth targets, with CEO Sonia Shwabsky outlining the plans to supplier partners at lunchtime events in Melbourne and Sydney.

Kodak has launched Version 10.0 of Prinergy Software, available on premise, in the cloud or as a hybrid solution with subscription bundles, and at no extra cost for cloud or managed service users.

Last Thursday marked a memorable evening as Spicers hosted the prestigious 2022 Fedrigoni Top Awards, with the event dedicated to creativity, innovation, and the boundless possibilities of print.

Marketing guru Malcolm Auld says digital numbness is creating tremendous opportunities for print to shine brightly, particularly when interactive innovations like augmented reality are integrated.

Ricoh Australia has launched what it describes as its next generation Ricoh Pro C7500, which it says will achieve richer and more accurate colours, and on a higher grammage range.

The country’s biggest trade print business CMYKhub is at Labelexpo, and has just ordered a new ABG Digicon Series 3 digital embellishment system from local supplier Currie Group.

New South Wales-based Summit Press Printing has installed an Horizon AFV-564FKT fully automatic folder, supplied by Currie Group, with the company praising its ease-of-use.

Leading print franchise group Kwik Kopy has launched its own magazine, Possible, in order it says, to champion the tactile magic of print in an era saturated with digital and AI-driven content.

Australia Post lost more than a million dollars a day, every day, of the last financial year on its letters business, racking up losses 50 per cent greater than the previous year. It wants big changes.