Currie Group, which recently purchased AM International, will roll its mobile demonstrator through the country during February and March, highlighting its HP Indigo digital print and Horizon finishing solutions.

Under the auspices of Cyber New Zealand, local printing service technician Darryl Saunders has completed and received certification in requirements for Perfecta guillotines at the Cyber facility in Singapore.

The Single Width Users’ Group has announced that its 13^th annual conference will take place from July 17-18 at the Novotel conference and hotel complex adjoining Ellerslie Racecourse, in Auckland.

Gresham Private Equity has exited its ill-fated foray into print, with US investment firm KKR and turnaround investment firm Allegro Funds Management taking full control of Geon, leaving Gresham hundreds of millions of dollars out of pocket.

Press manufacturing giant KBA will raise prices for its sheetfed offset presses by 2.5 per cent from April 15, in response to the increased purchasing costs for materials, energy and other resource inputs.

Heidelberg is on track to achieve its operating targets for the current financial year, reporting a five per cent sales rise to €1.9bn after three quarters of 2012/13.

New Zealanders attending Auspack Plus 13 can attend the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) biennial National Technical Forum in Sydney on May 9 at the Sydney Showground.

Looking to grow its business, Swedish developer and manufacturer of document finishing technology, Plockmatic International, has acquired UK-based competitor Morgana Systems.

Locally owned and operated Mainland Press has become Christchurch’s largest circulating free newspaper, having increased its circulation to 75,000 copies every Thursday.

Ricoh has recently published the results of a short survey it conducted at EcoPrint last year in Berlin. This wasn’t a particularly long or detailed project but it provides an interesting snapshot of where we are with sustainability awareness.