Sonia Shwabsky, CEO of national print franchise group Kwik Kopy, has laid out ambitious growth targets for the business and its franchisees, in a series of presentations to suppliers.

Ball & Doggett has acquired graphics supplier, SA Print Supplies, saying the deal strengthens its commitment to the South Australian print, packaging and labels market.

A B Graphic International (ABG), represented in ANZ by Currie Group, has introduced its 4th-generation Converter platform, aimed to allow converters to produce more with less.

Queensland-based print company, CPX Printing and Logistics, has installed a Canon varioPrint iX3200, which it says will help it extend its services to the publishing industry.

Press giant Heidelberg has a new Customer Portal, which consolidates all Heidelberg apps into just one centralised platform, and introduces additional features through Print Shop Analytics.

Kosdown Printing has installed a new Horizon BQ-470 PUR perfect binding system, supplied by Currie Group, its first in-house perfect binder, creating a one-stop shop for its book work.

Print software developer eProductivity Software and creation platform Picsart are teaming up to bring ecommerce content and design tools to printers. Kwik Kopy is the first Australian customer.

Imaging giant Fujifilm is launching what will be the world’s first B2 dry toner sheetfed full-colour print system, with the Revoria Press GC12500 likely available in Australia later next year.

ANZ print and packaging solutions provider Jet Technologies is in a new partnership with X-Rite, a global leader in colour management and measurement solutions.

The referendum on a Voice for the Indigenous population has proved a boon for printers, and has shown once again why print remains an unrivalled, accessible, primary communication channel.

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.

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.