Businesses miss out on resources boom benefits

Printing Industries national manager policy and government affairs, Hagop Tchamkertenian said that if the Australian economy returns to forecasted trend growth, then that should provide some positives for the printing industry. However, he said the printing industry would face challenges given the anticipated rise in inflation and stronger wage growth.  ... more

Industry veteran Bruce Wright joins Screen Australia

Bruce Wright has joined Dainippon Screen Australia as Northern Region sales manager after more than a decade with Heidelberg. The vacancy became available following Peter Scott’s elevation to managing director of Screen Australia.    ... more

Australian firms take honours at the HP Indigo Digital Print Awards

Four Australian HP Indigo users were among the winners of the HP Indigo Digital Print Awards 2012. Momento Pro took out the top honours in Premium Photo Book and Consumer Photo Book categories; Bambra Press was a winner in the General Commercial Printing category; Satellite Digital won for Books and Manuals and Ultra Labels for Wine & Spirits Labels. ... more

Whites Law wins regional prize at the Roland Creative Awards

Whites Law Bindery took out the South Pacific Regional Prize of the Roland Creative Awards, Ted Congdon and Tony Truong joined the 16 other finalists for a tour of the Roland DG headquarters plus sightseeing in Tokyo and Kyoto. ... more

Top innovators to headline print forums

Printing Industries has partnered with the Hargraves Institute to deliver a national forum program to be sponsored by Media Super. Innovate or Stagnate – the Why? How & What? will be held in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne from May 28. ... more

Ricoh’s Pro C901 receives inaugural PRO Award from BLI

BLI has recognised Ricoh’s Pro C901 as an ‘Outstanding Colour Mid-Volume Production Device’ in its first annual PRO Awards for production print devices,. Its productivity, superb image quality and inline finishing capabilities secured the win. ... more

Océ Arizona takes on membrane switch overlay production

Oce product manager for display graphics, Steven Badger, says that membrane switch overlays printed on Océ Arizona flatbed printers can be produced up to 40 percent faster than by normal screen methods and around 16 percent cheaper. ... more

DES features 25 years of technology leadership at Digital Show

The Digital Show in Melbourne will be the place to be for digital  imaging professionals, according to DES managing director, Ian Clare. “The DES stand at the Digital Show will feature a high-calibre range of agencies, including Hahnemuhle fine art papers, Chromajet photographic papers and our Eclipse range of premium canvas." ... more

Konica Minolta bags BLI’s colour production model PRO Award

The winner of BLI’s PRO Award for “Outstanding Colour Light Production Device” is Konica Minolta''''s bizhub PRESS C7000. It is the first production unit to receive BLI’s five-star rating for colour consistency.  ... more


HP Indigo’s B2 press stirs up a storm at drupa

HP premiered its first B2-format sheetfed press. Printing up to 3,450 sheets per hour in four colours, and up to 4,600 sheets per hour in Enhanced Productivity Model, the HP Indigo 10000 offers twice the productivity of current HP Indigo models. ... more

Muller Martini FlexLiner promotes innovative insert marketing

The modular expansion capability of the new FlexLiner provides newspapers with the highest level of flexibility and investment protection. Roman Beeler of Muller Martini Australia demonstrated the system to Danny Trainor of Fairfax New Zealand. ... more

manroland web incorporates Veripress into press console desk

manroland web systems showcased Veripress softproofing developed by Serendipity Software, the Australian provider of digital proofing products for the prepress, printing, sign, poster and mapping industries, implemented into its press console desk at drupa. ... more

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