Latest research from print analysts Smithers Pira says digital print will grow to more than a fifth of all print in five years time, while overall print volumes are shrinking, but cash value is rising.

Next month's LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print will include an exclusive session from packaging giant Tetra Pak, at which it will present on its digitally connected packaging strategy.

EFI and Memjet have signed a deal that will see the Fiery rip available for the Memjet range of ultra-fast Duralink digital inkjet print systems.

The OMA has released its 2018 Annual Report, which notes a healthy and growing industry, with a 6.2 per cent share of the $15bn Australian media spend, and in the top two growing media channels.

The road sign that crushed a car on the Tullamarine freeway collapsed due to a missing plate stiffener, which was not seen, as compulsory safety checks were missed.

Peak industry association PIAA has been lobbying the NSW government over energy costs for printers, and industry training, as it met influential coalition MP James Griffin.

Heidelberg has expanded its digital business with the purchase of software startup Crispy Mountain, which owns cloud-based print management platform Keyline.

South Australia has kicked off this year’s Printing Industry Creativity Awards (PICAs) in style, with a glitzy evening at Adelaide’s Hackney Hotel and Conference Centre.

Sign supply pioneer Bill Jones is marking 50 years in the industry, as he departs the iconic business he founded in 1969 and looks for new opportunities.

Early bird tickets close tonight for the Print21+PKN LIVE New Frontiers in Packaging Print forum on 12 August in Sydney. The event will include the opportunity for printers to find out how AR can drive consumer engagement, and business opportunity.

Peter Sinodinos has resigned as CEO of print and associated services franchising group Snap, two and a half years after he took the top job. He now has his own consultancy business.

Agfa has developed a new screening technology which it says saves ink by replacing traditional print dots with spirals.

A new Roy Morgan survey has found millennials to be Australia’s biggest readers of catalogues, with 3.2m readers as compared to 3.16m baby boomers and 3.16m members of Generation X.

Continuing a popular tradition in the Sunshine State, the Australian Sign and Graphics Association (ASGA), together with new co-host Visual Connections, will host its annual industry golf event for Queenslanders on Friday 23 August.

US private equity firm Apollo Global Management has acquired Shutterfly, a leading photo personalisation retailer, in a US $2.7bn deal and plans to merge it with online photo printing service Snapfish.

Spicers shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the company’s buyout by Japanese firm Kokusai Pulp and Paper (KPP), a move which CEO David Martin says will enable it to offer more to printers.