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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.

The collapse of the biggest sheetfed printer in the country has left a long list of winners and losers, well in fact mainly of losers, with few winners, writes Australian Printer editor Wayne Robinson.

Mark Kennedy owner of Snap St Georges Terrace in Perth has invested in his second Snap franchise, with the acquisition of Snap Kalgoorlie.

GAMAA has extended its closing date for the 2013 GAMAA Industry Overseas Internship Grant, valued at $15,000, until March 30.

Melbourne print communications company Courtney has installed Australia’s first HP Indigo 10000 digital press, to capitalise on opportunities in book printing, packaging, direct mail and POS.

The last piece of the Geon puzzle has fallen into place following the demise of the national group, with the announcement today that the group’s Tasmanian operations have been purchased by the well-known Todisco family, and will revert to their original trading name of Mercury Walch.

Roland DG has established its first sales subsidiary in China which will be located in Shanghai which now see the company market its products and services in 133 countries through a network of partnering companies, including 11 subsidiaries.

The Ipex organiser has confirmed that the world’s biggest English language print trade fair will definitely take place at the end of next March as planned.

Adelaide based Creative Cardboard has installed a new Redline diecutter, the largest automatic diecutter in Australia.

The 2013 Asian Print Awards will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 28 and will recognise the best in the Asian printing and packaging industries.