Ricoh is using the Hunkeler Innovationdays to debut its new Pro VC70000e continuous feed inkjet press, which it says will print on a wider range of stocks, thanks to its inline pre-treatment unit.

Imaging giant Canon has launched its ProStream 3000 series at Hunkeler InnovationDays, which it says is its next generation of high-speed, web-fed inkjet printers for the commercial print market.

The country’s biggest trade print operation, CMYKhub, will showcase its Design Desk and online Subscription, Graphic Design & Prepress Platform at Visual Impact Expo in May.

The country’s biggest print group, marketing services operation IVE, saw its half year revenue surge by almost a third, to top the half a billion dollar mark for the first time, in the six months to December.

All major Ovato clients – many of whom were already IVE clients – were transitioned over to IVE successfully, according to the company, with full integration tracking on schedule.

The country’s biggest print operation, IVE Group, has printed the official 144pp full-colour Sydney World Pride festival guide, and its branded t-shirts, which are currently being sported by large numbers of Pride attendees.

Ricoh digital colour print systems are being installed at an increasing number of high-profile print businesses, including IVE and Lamson Paragon, as the companies beef up their digital operations.

The world’s biggest foiling materials developer, Leonhard Kurz, has a new CEO, and for the first time in the company’s 124-year history it is not a member of the Kurz family.

Marketing guru Malcolm Auld says if research shows direct mail gets more attention than any other form of advertising, why aren't today's marketers giving it more attention than they do?

It was a blast from the past when more than 50 former staff members of Seligson & Clare Australia – and the wider Aldus Group – reunited for lunch at Melbourne’s Notting Hill Hotel.

Mail monopoly Australia Post lost $1m a day, every day, on its letters business in the first half of the year, and says it is experiencing significant ongoing headwinds. However, the bulk mail industry says AusPost is not listening to it, as mailhouses experience a bumper period.

Marvel Bookbinding & Printfinishing has promoted Richard Eastaugh to the role of general manager, the move putting him in charge of running the country’s biggest trade binding and finishing house.

Korean artist Lee Ji-hee has recreated an iconic full-sized Heidelberg letterpress platen, made entirely from paper and card, in a marvellous tribute to the iconic press.

Online print giant Vistaprint has a new CEO, with founder and current CEO Robert Keane turning his focus to the SME market, and former Amazon exec Florian Baumgartner taking the reins.

Digital imaging giant EFI has split off its Fiery business into a new separate independent company, and appointed Frank Pennisi as its new CEO. He was previously running Orora's packaging business.

In a tragic but inevitable move, Opal is now looking at closing down Australia’s only printing papers manufacturing operation, with the company unable to source new logs following an adverse court decision in favour of a rare possum. Some 300 workers at the region's biggest employer will be sacked, and 200,000 tonnes of paper imported as a result.