Industry

Places are filling fast for the Visual Connections Victorian Golf Day and, with the event promising a fun day of competition and the chance to farewell outgoing CEO Peter Harper at a special Celebration Dinner.


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A new report says the global anti-counterfeit packaging market size is projected to grow from the US$120bn size in 2022, to $410bn by 2032, showing a 12 per cent CAGR over the next eight years.

Justin Kirkland, account manager at Fujifilm Australia, has been voted as the 2024 Fespa Future Leader, with Lisa Michalanney, co-owner, Signage World in SA taking second place.

Lamson Group CEO, Rodney Frost has led a group of golfers aiming to raise $250,000 for cancer research, by playing golf for 24 hours non-stop at his local club, and by producing a how-to guide for other clubs to follow in their own efforts.

Printers from all corners of the industry gathered in Melbourne to honour their craft at the 2024 Real Media Awards, with 14 of them printing winning jobs, the list topped by IVE.

PacPrint, the country's major trade show for 2025, will feature a focused label and packaging seminar series, which will run in a dedicated theatre area on the show floor.

Fujifilm Australia is celebrating 20 years as part of the Fujifilm Group, bringing both offset and digital solutions to the print industry throughout the two decades.

The closing date to apply for the vacant Women in Print patron roles in Queensland and New South Wales is fast approaching, with applications due in before close of business next Thursday 31 October.

Diversified marketing services group IVE, which includes Australia’s biggest print operation, has ordered four new Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 X sheetfed offset presses.

Visual Connections will hold special Celebration Dinners in Melbourne and Sydney next month, to give the industry a chance to farewell Peter Harper, who retires at the end of the year after half a century in print.

LIA Victoria elections held at its Annual General Meeting returned an almost unchanged committee line-up to take the association into the new year, with Robyn Frampton re-elected as president.

Epson has earned a platinum rating for sustainability from EcoVadis, a leading provider of business sustainability ratings, the platinum rating ranks Epson in the top one per cent of companies in its industry.

Tiktok owner ByteDance will start printing books, as the surge in popularity of the #BookTok community is reflected in the rapid growth of young people reading printed books, and enthusing about the experience.

One of the titans of the local printing industry, and likely the first-ever woman to run a print business in Australia, the remarkable Joan Daniels, has passed away in Melbourne, aged 93.

Women in Print is running its Print & Prosecco networking evenings in four states over the next few weeks, to celebrate dynamic women in the industry.

Epson Australia has released its inaugural Sustainability Impact Report, the first-ever documented step that details the company’s continued commitment to driving sustainable progress across ANZ.