Commercial

The Print and Visual Communication Association is forming a Mail Industry Coalition, to develop a united industry response to the Government Consultation into modernising Australia’s postal service. In a marked change of approach, the new federal minister for communications, Michelle Rowland, has already written to PVCA seeking its submission.

Finsbury Green, one of Australia's largest print, managed services and logistics companies, and one of the big B1 press users, is celebrating half a century in business this week, with a continued focus on sustainable printing.

Marketing services business Reacon has acquired mmw3degrees, the specialist direct mail and data-driven communications service provider that was suddenly placed into voluntary administration at Christmas.

Australia will now have two strong heatset web businesses, with print management giant TMA acquiring the Spotpress catalogue and magazine division – the heatset operation – and looking to invest in it going forward.

Finishing technology developer Horizon is launching a new iCE StitchLiner system, Mark IV, designed for the high-speed production of high quality sheetfed booklets. Horizon is represented by Currie Group.

Marketing services business Reacon has acquired mmw3degrees, the specialist direct mail and data-driven communications service provider that was suddenly placed into voluntary administration at Christmas.

The Minuteman Press franchise in Springvale, VIC has achieved record sales, moved to a new location, bought a wide format business, and is celebrating 20 years in business.

For the second year running, Screen Holdings has been selected as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators for 2023 by Clarivate, the Anglo-American science and technology analysis organisation.

CPX Logistics in Brisbane is now producing 50,000 books a month, thanks to its new Horizon PUR perfect binder and inline three knife trimmer, supplied by Currie Group, which it has just installed.

At Hunkeler Innovationdays currently taking place in Switzerland, HP is unveiling its latest innovations to the HP PageWide Advantage 2200, and previewing what is to come later in the year.

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.


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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.