Roland DG has launched its fastest wide format inkjet printer, the Soljet Pro4 XF-640, which has a maximum print speed of 102sqm per hour.

Rapak, a manufacturer of liquid bag-in box packaging and filling systems has opened a new manufacturing facility in Chachoengsao, Thailand.

Benefitz, based on Auckland’s North Shore’s, has placed an order for the southern hemisphere’s first B2, or four-up, inkjet digital press: the Dainippon Screen Truepress JetSX.

Two stars of New Zealand stage and screen, Miranda Harcourt and Paul Ego, will lead the Pride In Print Awards Night in Wellington on Friday May 3.

Global specialist provider of PET solutions Sidel has celebrated five years of manufacturing in China with a special commemorative event attended by customers, employees and senior representatives of the Sidel management team.

The iconic 63-year-old Australian Printer magazine and associated media including New Zealand Printer, Asia Pacific Packaging, Inky Fingers (NZ) and the i-grafix website has been sold to Shankar Vishwanath.

The Heidelberg Linoprint Digital Press range and the Prinect Digital Print Manager are now available in Australia, completing the final roll out of the global partnership announced between Heidelberg and Ricoh last year at drupa.

Printing Industries is running a survey to determine the impact of the carbon tax on printing industry businesses, with the results to be used as part of the organisation’s advocacy efforts with politicians and senior policy makers in the government.

A recent study by eBay* questions the value of search engine marketing (SEM), suggesting that print is more sustainable, not just for the planet but for marketers as well.

The PacPrint Preview April issue of Australian Printer is now available online: readers are invited to click the link below or the cover image under 'LATEST AP ONLINE' on the i-grafix website.

Indonesian book publisher and printer PT Tiga Serangkai has invested in a new single web offset press the T-1400 from Tensor International.

Positive Camtec has signed a business partnership with soccer A League leaders Western Sydney Wanderers, which will see the wide format solutions company financially sponsor the newest sporting team in Australia.

The Opus Group has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets and the revenue base of the Blue Star Canberra business, which it expects to deliver expected annual revenues of approximately $12.5m.

Through its collaboration with distributor Gulmen engineering, Italian press manufacturer Gidue continues to make inroads into the New Zealand and Australian markets with recent installations in Auckland and Victoria.

PrintNZ and the Communications and Media ITO have cemented their new management teams in place, saying they will continue to work hard to deliver member and training services to the print industry.

Packaging solutions giant for the consumer products and healthcare industries CCL Industries has signed a binding agreement to build a new plastic tube manufacturing and decorating plant in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 400 or so creditors of collapsed print group Geon have been told they may have to wait until the end of June before the second creditors’ meeting, which was initially slated for this week.

The news that Blue Star had purchased Kiwi Labels, Geon’s labels business in Christchurch, came as little surprise to the local print industry but the speed of the transaction caught some on the hop.

PrintNZ has released details of its Print Awareness Course for Non Printers courses, which it will hold in Christchurch and Auckland next month.

Some 678 AMWU members caught in the demise of print giant Geon have won quick payment of their full entitlements from the Federal Government.