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Currie Group has signed an agreement to supply the B&R Moll US-manufactured post-press equipment for printing and packaging into Australia and New Zealand.

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In the latest episode of print's podcast It's Been A Big Month in Print, industry insiders Wayne Robinson and Lindy Hughson analyse, assess, and interpret the major trends, issues and developments from July.

The Print & Visual Communication Association held its 2022 Annual General Meeting and industry event in Perth yesterday, reporting impressive financial and membership results, and a strong path forward.

Trade sign and print firm Lamont has developed and run what it says is an innovative conference in FNQ, aimed at empowering a select group of clients to improve their business operations.

HP Indigo user group Dscoop is hosting its first ever eco summit, with the event set for next month in Orlando, Florida, and including a visit to a local eco-friendly print business.

Opal will close one of its three pulp plants at its Maryvale mill, as the repercussions of the forced closure of its 200,000 tonnes a year white paper manufacturing operation continue to reverberate.

Commuters travelling around the nation’s CBDs are enjoying a pink experience, as outdoor asset manager JCDecaux has partnered with Universal Pictures to launch Paint Australia Barbie Pink!

Epson Australia and the Australian Fashion Council have signed an official partnership aimed at supporting the drive to onshoring fashion production, and reaching sustainability goals, through digital printing.

The tech that changed the print industry is celebrating its 30th birthday this month, marking Adobe’s PDF portable document format launch onto an unsuspecting world at the same time the internet emerged.

Sign and display print association, Fespa Australia, will run its second Future Leaders programme later this year, following the success of the first, which began last year.

Sydney-based commercial operation Clark Murphy Print has designed and printed its own food boxes, which it will use in partnership with Food Bank, to provide food to Australians struggling with the cost of living.

Nippon Paper has booked a loss of ¥4.9bn, approximately $64m, on the closure of its print and copier paper manufacturing operation at its Maryvale mill, operated by Australian subsidiary Opal.

What is thought to be the country's last remaining letterpress newspaper business is closing down, with the Don Dorrigo Gazette, founded in 1910, having published its final edition.


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The world’s oldest daily newspaper, the Wiener Zeitung, based in Vienna, has printed its final edition, 320 years after first appearing in 1703. A new law allowing official notices online, labelled by the editor as an 'act of vandalism by cultureless barbarians', is behind the move.