One of the panel sessions at the upcoming LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging event, slated for a week on Monday, will focus on opportunities arising from the push to sustainability.

The value of digital packaging is set to soar over the next five years, by 13.1 per cent CAGR, according to print research agency Smithers Pira.

The AMWU is lambasting Australian Industry Group for pushing the Fair Work Commission to abolish Schedule C competencies from the Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award.

Australian online print and promotional products portal Redbubble has posted a profit for the first time since its IPO, as it aims for $1bn in sales.

Minimum operator input will be the go on the Currie Group stand when it comes to its finishing equipment, which includes a host of new launches from Horizon.

For Fuji Xerox Australia fresh thinking and new technology, which makes it simpler to say yes to new ways of doing business and new customers, will be the company’s driving theme at PrintEx, where it will be offering solutions to enable print businesses to see future print technologies today.

Spicers is encouraging printers to shop smart at PrintEx, calling them to visit its on-stand supermarket concept, which will run throughout the show.

Epson will bring a suite of inkjet 
solutions to stand C18 at PrintEx for applications such as labels, signage, textiles, and technical printing.

Böttcher Systems will show off its Print Pro range on stand I37 at PrintEx, which it says supports all “four pillars” of its business: carton packaging, HUV-LED, flexible packaging, and commercial print.

Nine different printing companies won gold at the Queensland PICAs, with Colorcorp the only printer to emerge with two golds, one each for large format and POS.

Newspaper printer and publisher News Corp is looking for a site to build its own new Melbourne print centre, having offloaded its monster Westgate Park complex for $55m in a sale and leaseback deal.

The upcoming LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print forum in Sydney next month will see Campbell Arnott's put print and augmented reality to the test with an exclusive on-the-day experience.

Major wine brand Taylors Wines is adding to print with AR on some of its bottle labels, and an NFC chip into the screw cap for its $1000 a bottle limited edition Legacy 2014 brand.

Starleaton’s stand, I28, will be the largest at PrintEx, with an application-focused display celebrating 40 Years of Innovation.

Ricoh will launch several new wide-format solutions on stand D18, including a roll-to-roll latex printer and a flatbed UV device, which it will show along with its digital colour printers and its direct to garment printer.

PrintEx platinum sponsor Roland DG is bringing three new products, launched this year, to stand A28, along with a host of existing award-winning print solutions.