2012 produced challenges, achievements, and more than a few changes for the industry. New PrintNZ manager Ruth Cobb reviews an eventful year

Queensland based jobbing outfit Payne Print believes that investing in new technology is key to keeping ahead, and has just taken delivery of a new single-colour GTO

Delegates at last month’s Innovate event learned businesses that innovate have a much greater chance of thriving, especially when the economy tanks like it did in the past four years

Now there’s a headline to catch every printer’s eye – I can almost hear the mob assembling, says Kellie Northwood, national manager of  print and paper lobby group Two Sides

GMG has appointed newly formed company Octarine as the sole distribution partner for its colour management and workflow solutions within New Zealand

Global graphic arts commentator and analyst Andy Tribute is putting away his pen after half a century observing life in the ever dynamic print industry

Wellington’s Service Printers has installed a Heidelberg XL 75 five-colour press with Aqueous coating and synchronised self-loading plates and Inpress control

The NIPPA 2012 Conference saw delegates join with sponsors to examine how peak performance plays an integral part of inhouse printing

As Pride In Print returns to Wellington’s TSB Arena on May 3, the focus remains on quality for those judging New Zealand’s print expertise

Positive Camtec is supplying the wide format market with the swissQprint range of printers, which it says offer precision and flexibility