We worry a lot about the environmental impact of the graphics industry but the health of people working at the job of printing and publishing should also be of concern, writes print environmentalist Laurel Brunner.

The new sheetfed inkjet B2 Fujifilm Jet Press 750S has just been awarded Fogra certification for contract proofing, with the company saying it is the first B2 inkjet press to do so.

The latest issue of the industry's biggest and best-read magazine Print21 is out today, with copies of the Sept/Oct issue dropping on desks of printers around the country.

In a move that could have major implications for print, the owner of the country's second biggest magazine publisher Pacific Magazines is in talks with the biggest publisher, Bauer Media, over a possible sale.

Mark Daws, Currie Group Director – Labels & Packaging ANZ, took a dozen Aussie and Kiwi label printers to the world’s biggest digital reel-to-reel label plant All4Labels, as part of the Labelexpo event.

Industry analyst Smithers forecasts steady growth in demand for industrial packaging across the next five years, with market value rising from $56.2bn this year at a compound annual growth rate of 3.3 per cent to reach $66bn in 2024.

Melbourne-based company Corporate Office Supplies has gone into liquidation. Two years ago the printing consumables supplier was found to have harassed a Queensland farming couple into spending almost $80,000 on ink cartridges they did not need.

Ball & Doggett is launching its inaugural Graphics catalogue, which it describes as an easy-to-use buyer’s guide for pressroom consumables.

The latest environmental development among printer manufacturers is Kyocera’s Green Curtains programme, growing plants on the outer surfaces of external walls and windows, writes Laurel Brunner from Verdigris.

The Print Control Wizard software from Esko scooped the coveted Award for Innovation at the Label Industry Global Awards, presented at Labelexpo Europe in Brussels.

Australasia’s largest newsprint mill, the 265,000 tonne per annum Albury Mill (NSW) will close by the end of the year, writes Tim Woods at IndustryEdge. All of the mill’s approximately 185 employees will be made redundant.

The booming Out of Home (OOH) media industry has suffered its first reverse in seven years, with the third quarter figures coming off the boil, but year on year the trend remains up.

The world’s biggest printer has been slugged with a US$10m fine to settle bribery and sanction busting charges, although with revenue exceeding US$4bn the fine is seen as little more than a slap on the wrist.

Melanie Fergin of Winguard Paint Protect Specialists is the first woman to win the Continental wrap crown in Australia and New Zealand, topping the local field in the Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions Wrap Like A King Challenge.

In less than three weeks time, 23 October, PVCA (formerly PIAA) is hosting the second annual Print2Parliament! at Parliament House in Canberra, in partnership with Media Super, with tickets still available.

Plain cigarette packaging with graphic warnings is losing its impact and should be coupled with warnings on the cigarettes themselves, a study has found.