Major trade print operation LEP has installed a new Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark IV saddle stitcher at its Queensland production centre, supplied by Currie Group.

Yaffa Media is one of Australia’s largest independent media companies, and has remained an independent operation with significant growth and diversification over the past 100 years.

The Real Media Collective New Zealand (TRMC NZ) will officially merge into the VMA, in a move designed to strengthen advocacy, research and compliance. A key focus will be letterbox marketing.

Spicers says it is set to redefine the PacPrint experience in 2025 with the launch of The Spicers Precinct – which it says will be an immersive hub of innovation, sustainability, and industry-leading solutions.

Smartech Business Systems has signed on as the official naming rights partner of the Smartech Super Rugby Pacific and Smartech Super Rugby Women's competitions in Australia for 2025.


The Visual Media Association is launching the Emerging Talent programme for future industry leaders, designed to engage, support, and retain the next generation of talent across the industry. Konica Minolta is supporting it, as the Platinum Partner.

The innovative digital can printing line that will send beverage packaging giant Orora into the short-run and promotional can printing market is arriving in Dandenong next month.

Currie Group is hosting a new event for the industry, the Print for the Planet Forum, which will focus on the hot topic of sustainability in print. It is being held in Auckland next month.

Print’s global workforce will shrink by 20 per cent over the next five years, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum. However, industry figures say that does not mean print itself will shrink.

IVE has received the Food Safety System Certification (FSSC),  the ISO 22000, for its packaging division, as it continues to expand its folding carton capabilities.

Dr Andreas Pleßke, CEO of press manufacturing giant Koenig & Bauer, will be the chairman of drupa 2028, re-elected to the role he held for last year’s show. AI, automation and sustainability are top of his agenda.

Women in Print Australia will host its 2025 Breakfast Series in seven locations this year, with all the events taking place in the first two weeks of April.

Display print business Bannershop has closed its Australian operation and withdrawn to its Hong Kong base, 18 years after beginning operations on these shores, in the face of increased local competition.

Registrations are now open for the Make it Happen Signage Bootcamp in Sydney, a full-day event presented by the Australia Sign and Graphic Association, and the Make it Happen Signage Consultancy.

Fujifilm and Konica Minolta have established their new joint venture operation, created to gain procurement efficiencies for the imaging giants. The JV will operate independently of the two businesses.

Fibre-based packaging is delivering innovation, opportunity, and sustainability in Australia – there is much to be optimistic about in 2025, writes Kellie Northwood, CEO, Visual Media Association.