The last few places are still available for the VMA’s Open Up to Mail Retail Insights Session, and the highly anticipated Real Media Awards Gala Night, both taking place on Friday in Melbourne.

Jet Technologies hosted its first Open House since Covid, with some 60 print businesses attending the launch of the company’s new Jet iQ finishing and embellishing line.

Print businesses and all manufacturers are facing skyrocketing costs imposed by state and federal governments, who seem to be oblivious to the impact of their actions, the increases often up to 10 or 20 times the rate of inflation, and which may force print overseas.

More than half of the country’s manufacturing businesses, some 56 per cent, have embraced new technologies in the past year, according to the latest CreditorWatch Business Sentiment Survey.

The Australian Sign & Graphics Association has inked an energy deal with Choice Energy, which it says will save its members money, with a free energy health check as the starting point.

Global print and packaging analyst Smithers says its modelling shows that digitally printed packaging will grow by 12.8 per cent every year for the next five years. That's an 80 per cent market growth by 2029.

LIA Victoria has issued a warm invitation to all people in print to enjoy a tour of the Marvel Bookbinding & Print Finishing production facility in Heidelberg West. The tour will take place on 7 November.

Industry insiders Wayne Robinson and Lindy Hughson analyse, assess, and interpret the major news, trends, issues and developments from September in the latest episode of print's podcast.

The Visual Media Association (VMA) has released new insights as part of its Open Up To Mail campaign, which has highlighted the significant reach of charitable organisations through traditional media.

Women in Print has opened applications for patron roles in New South Wales and Queensland, giving the industry’s women in those states a rare opportunity to contribute to the board of the organisation.

The latest issue of the nation’s favourite print business media, Print21, is out and arriving on the desks of owners and managers around Australia and New Zealand.

In a major win for TMA in its decade-long fight against the Philippines government, in relation to its collapsed $100m joint venture, the case has been listed by the court of the World Bank in Washington DC. TMA is seeking the return of its investment, and damages.

Specialist custom textile printer Koton Kraft has installed a new Epson Monna Lisa ML-8000 direct-to-fabric printer, slashing turnaround times and enabling onshore production of multiple items.

Sign and display trade association Fespa Australia has chosen 12 candidates from the local industry who will participate in this year’s Future Leaders Programme.

Global industry analyst Smithers says the market for printed packaging and labels will grow by almost 40 per cent over the next five years, with digital packaging printing to grow the most.

Craig Heckenberg, managing director of Epson Australia, says the company’s monster $875m acquisition of Fiery will set the company and its customers up for the future.