The rebooted National Print Awards, which will be celebrated at a gala event during PacPrint next year, will cover five categories, plus the Judges’ Awards, and there are also nine major awards.

Event and exhibition services business, Coleman Group, is expanding its operation, including sign and display print manufacturing and logistics, into Victoria, taking a new facility in Port Melbourne.

Asga has expanded its suite of online business resources, adding 400 workplace health and safety documents for members, designed to assist with compliance, and to support better business practices.

The Visual Media Association says the AusPost approach of straying from its volume and costs forecasts, and consequently foisting price rises onto the print and mail industry, ‘defies commercial practice’.

Packaging solutions supplier Opal Cartons has invested in a new B1 Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106X press for its Christchurch site, in order, it says, to ensure carton printing stays in the country.

The organisers of next year’s PacPrint trade expo are calling for industry leaders to share their expertise on key industry topics in print and business at the show, slated for May in Sydney.

Canva has partnered with HP, in a deal which will mean local print businesses using HP Indigo and HP large format equipment will be able to print work designed and ordered on the online giant.

Sign and display print systems developer Mimaki is releasing a new entry level wide-format printer, a new wide DTF system, a new smaller size flatbed printer, and a new hybrid fabric printer.

Ricoh has opened its new Customer Experience Centre at its Sydney headquarters, with guests at the event also given an exclusive, and informative, lecture on AI and the future of work.

HP print systems user group Dscoop will have a trio of keynote speakers at its next major event, The Next Wave, set for Long Beach, California in May, including skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

Women in Print will be offering paid memberships for the first time from this week, promising the industry’s women a growing range of benefits by becoming members.

The VMA’s new Labels and Packaging Coalition has told the federal government that any new fibre-based packaging regulation should align with international standards, or else local industry will face ‘devastating’ consequences from cheaper imports.

New Zealand’s premier industry awards programme is now open for entries, with the Pride in Print gala evening set for 4 July next year in Auckland. Early bird entries get a discount on the entry fee.

Women in Print has appointed Karen Lawler, business development manager for Cactus Imaging, and Kerry-Anne ‘KA’ Boyd, co-owner of Sign Right Australia as new patrons for NSW and QLD.

LIA Victoria held its final technical event for the year, with 38 printers warmly welcomed to Marvel Bookbinding & Print Finishing in West Heidelberg for a tour of the world-class plant.

Officeworks has launched a Same Day Printing service at 45 of its stores across Australia, with the service powered by 45 newly installed Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4080 printers.