The Labelexpo Global Series has added a new exhibition to its portfolio, the Indonesia Label Show, which will take place from 26-28 May 2014 at the Jakarta International Expo.

Queensland based finishing company Special Binding Service has created a new bindery suite  after a fire wrought havoc in its 10,000sqm Hemmand plant last year.

Swiss wide format digital printing manufacturer swissQprint has released its new roll to roll option for the Nyala 3.2m wide large format printer.

It looks like a spelling mistake but adsorption de-inking is real and apparently could be a very effective alternative to flotation de-inking. If it works, adsorption de-inking could be another positive step in the environmental sustainability of the printing and publishing industries.

Shrink wrap specialist Minipack has moved to new premises near Auckland airport, so it can accommodate a growing stock inventory and display its packaging solutions.

Perth based Quality Press has opened a new large format division, and kicked off with investing in new HP technology.

The Victorian Coalition Government has given Opus Group’s McPherson Printing business a $100,000 grant for its Maryborough facility, allowing book production to be consolidated on site.

Focus Press has opened the second stage of its new $6.1m highly advanced secure printing facility in Wollongong, which it built with the aid of a government grant for that amount, one of the largest ever given to a printing company.

Swug New Zealand has hailed this year’s conference as the best ever, delivering delegates its message that print endures in the magazine and newspaper sectors of the industry.

Opportunities coming from the implementation of the government’s much maligned NBN were the topic for some 70 printers attending the Printing Industries Spotlight discussion event on the Future of Print and the National Broadband Network last Thursday in NSW.

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has reported a profit of US$18.3m and an all-time record sales revenue of US$180.3m for the second quarter of 2013, up ten per cent compared to the previous year.

Students from the Stuttgart Media University are completing practical training at Flint Group Flexographic Products in Shanghai, China.

Pre-press apprentice Samuel Moss was awarded the LIA Heidelberg NSW Graduate of the Year Award, while his employer Sinnott Bros were awarded a plaque for employer of the year.

The wave of Memjet powered printers coming into Australia is rising, the latest iteration being the 42” Xanté Excelagraphix 4200 that prints onto rigid stock, available courtesy of Adkotes.

Melbourne based sign and display business Brand Print has moved to a new 550sqm factory in the suburb of Carrum Downs after investing in a new wide format Canon Arizona printer.

After twenty years with the Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA), national manager for policy and government affairs Hagop Tchamkertenian is leaving to pursue new opportunities and challenges.

Melbourne based family owned business TC Printing has invested in a new Heidelberg XL106 10-colour press, which will run in tandem with the company’s existing Speedmaster 102 eight colour press.

Well it has been a rocky road and we met with an awful lot of opposition, but we made it. To all 66 members of Working Group 11, the international band of hardy volunteers who authored ISO 16759 for ISO, thank you for your effort and commitment. Thanks to you the graphic arts industry and its customers have a single reference framework for carbon calculators.

Fespa says its move to London for this year’s show delivered the event’s most globally diverse visitor audience to date, with almost two-thirds of visitors coming from outside the UK.

SOS Print + Media has just ordered Australia's first Fuji Xerox 2800 inkjet press in its biggest ever digital investment, to exploit what it says are burgeoning opportunities in digital high speed colour printing.