Goss International has announced a re-organisation, designed around regional service and support centres as it attempts to grow its share in core markets and expand into new areas.

Registrations are open for the 2013 Australian Packaging Design Awards (APDA) which recognises excellence in the packaging industry.

From today, nearly one thousand posters and billboard sites across shopping centres, universities and Auckland airport will receive a rebrand from EYE to oOh! as the media company continues growing its Kiwi operation.

Newspaper press manufacturer KBA is now supplying Kodak variable data inkjet print heads to retrofit on its range of presses.

The Currie Group has acquired Melbourne based packaging business Universal Print Partners (UPP), continuing its growth in its labels and packaging business and expanding its portfolio of products.

Jenrite and HP will host a Technology Expo, at the Waipuna Conference Centre in Auckland, later this month, to showcase a range of new products for the large format printing industry.

Australian newspaper giants, News Limited and Fairfax Media are updating several of their printing sites across the country.

There will be some 72 international exhibitors heading to Australia in May for Auspack Plus, bringing with them products and innovations for visitors to see.

There is speculation that signage was the cause of the tragic deaths of three people when a wall collapsed at a construction site in Melbourne last week.

Friday will mark a grim day in the Victorian print industry with ailing 53-year-old Melbourne commercial printer Vega Press  set to close its doors for the final time, as potential purchasers of the business have failed to materialise.

PaperlinX has appointed non-executive director Robert Kaye as its new chairman replacing fellow director Michael Barker, who had been in the job only for six months.

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.