Industry

The Visual Media Association is launching its 2024 Annual Industry Metrics Survey for members and industry, with printers having until Friday 20 September to contribute for this year.

In its latest blow to print and mail, Australia Post will not deliver any unaddressed mail at all in December, and has placed restrictions on deliveries in November. The VMA is responding.

The search is underway at Visual Connections for the leader who will take the print industry suppliers association into the future. It is seeking a new CEO to succeed long time incumbent Peter Harper.

Connect 2024 is showing how AI and intuitive interfaces are dealing with the deskilling and diversification of print, as it points ahead to an increasingly automated industry.

Finishing solutions developer Horizon is set to run a Smart Factory event in October, that will show completely autonomous production, saying it is making lights out finishing a reality.

Print businesses are being urged to keep credit terms tight, as B2B defaults surge, with the forecast economic climate increasing the risk of business failure over almost all of the country.

The latest edition of the nation’s favourite print business magazine is out, packed with valuable feature content – and the industry's drupa review – all aimed to provide relevant information to printers.


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For those who love all things signage and advertising, the auction of a collection of rare antique signs later this month will provide an opportunity to indulge that passion.

New laws regarding the employment of casual staff are set to come into play in less than two weeks’ time, 26 August, laws which are aimed to make it easier for casual staff to transfer to permanent.

Clive Denholm, chief operating officer of CMYKhub, says recent discussions about the fragmented print industry and its competitive capabilities warrant further examination.

Sharna Beck, HP Indigo operator from Southern Impact, is the winner of the Women in Print 2024 HP Dscoop giveaway, which will see her travel to this month's regional Dscoop APJ Summit in the Philippines.

Ferdinand (Ferdi) Rüesch IV is this year’s winner of the prestigious Label Industry Global Awards R Stanton Avery Special Recognition Award, sponsored by Avery Dennison.

Vista (formerly Vistaprint) has filed record results for the financial year, with CEO Robert Keane saying the company has enormous opportunities, and saying it will continue to disrupt the independent print business market.

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The new HP 630 W print and cut system with white was front and centre of the HP stand, in its first public showing in Australia, with the company describing it as a turnkey solution.

The Australian Financial Review, and other Nine newspapers, say that the bosses of two high profile trade unions are facing investigation for ordering $3m worth of ghost printing, from three print broking businesses.

The Visual Media Association (VMA) is launching a major new campaign, Open Up To Mail, to Aussie and Kiwi consumers, to promote the role of the letterbox, and the print within it.