Paper industry identity Tony Duncan’s dream of converting bio-waste into advanced bio-based chemicals will move into production mode with the opening of a French manufacturing plant next year.

Konica Minolta Australia has submitted its first Modern Slavery Statement, covering the financial year 2019-2020, and which sets out the actions it took to address modern slavery risks in the business and supply chain for the 12 months.

Some 750 printers around Australia took part in the first live-streamed Print2Parliament event, which moved online from its normal face-to-face event in Canberra due to Covid restrictions

Newspaper printing equipment from Australian Community Media’s Ballarat plant is being auctioned off, as the regional newspaper publisher closes the factory.

With sunshine state Covid rates almost zero, the Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA) Queensland branch is hosting its annual Golf Day next month.

Print business broker Ascent Partners is inviting printers to take part in a nationwide industry survey to assess the state of play in print, with the aim of helping print business owners plan ahead through the current uncertainty.

Under-fire Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate has sensationally been told to step aside or be sacked, by prime minister Scott Morrison, as an investigation opens into the gift of $20,000 worth of luxury watches to four senior AusPost execs in 2018.

Printers around the country will soon be asked to nominate and vote for new board members for employers' group the Print & Visual Communications Association.

Konica Minolta is establishing a new direct operation in New Zealand. The operation will sell and support the company's production print, industrial print, and office printing equipment.

This afternoon is the final opportunity to take advantage of the Ball & Doggett a two-day super mega sale, where printers will be able to buy some stock at just 25 per cent of the list price.

Visual Connections CEO Peter Harper has been involved in expos for 45 years, first as an exhibitor and for the past 15 years as the organiser. With trade shows changing even before Covid, Print21 editor Wayne Robinson asks him for insight into the pathway ahead.

As Victoria emerges from Covid-19 restrictions The Real Media Collective has announced its Awards 2020 are still on, with entries and plans for awards flowing through.

IVE Group is selling its tele-fundraising business, formerly Pareto Phone, for $16.5m to Merchant Place Investments, with completion due to take place next Friday 30 October.

Australia Post is under fire for hiring a $3000-a-day PR company for reputation management as it looked to justify its move to alternate days postal delivery, a decision that caused uproar among the print and mail community.

Get ready for a double celebration – International Print Day and Girls Who Print Day go back-to-back, the online social media events scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday.

The most read story in the print industry in the last seven days was the Print21 story on industry reaction to the business boosting budget, which saw industry leaders give a range of views on the treasurer's effort to drag the country out of the Covid recession.