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Spicers adds new digital paper to arsenal [paper]

2009-07-02T04:00:00+01:00

As the digital printing market continues to grow, Spicers Paper says it is making paper selection for printing on-demand and variable data jobs easier with the addition of another digital paper to its range.

Fate of Tasmanian mills still undecided says PaperlinX [paper]

2009-06-29T04:30:00+01:00

PaperlinX has completed the initial review of its Tasmanian paper manufacturing business, Tas Paper, however the company has not yet made any decision on the fate of the mills at Burnie and Wesley Vale.

Epson introduces new Fogra certified proofing paper [paper]

2009-06-27T04:00:00+01:00

Epson Australia says it is making it easier for its graphics arts customers to achieve ISO 12647-7 certification with the introduction of a new proofing paper that is designed in accordance with this standard.

ENVI paper takes out three Australian business awards [paper]

2009-06-24T04:30:00+01:00

Australian Paper’s ENVI range of Carbon Neutral paper has been announced as a winner of three 2009 Australian Business Awards including best eco-friendly product, product innovation and marketing excellence. The Awards recognise organisations that demonstrate business and product excellence, sustainability and commercial success in their respective industries, according to Australian Paper.

Metso supports business and education in China [paper]

2009-06-15T14:00:00+01:00

Dong Il Paper in Ansan, South Korea has successfully started up its containerboard machine after the installation of an OptiLayer multilayer curtain coater supplied by Metso. The OptiLayer coater enables the mill to produce a totally new coated containerboard grade. Meanwhile, Metso has launched a China Scholarship scheme with seven Chinese educational institutions.

Longbottom establishing foothold in Victoria [paper]

2009-06-11T14:00:00+01:00

Longbottom Digital Paper has also claimed success at PacPrint claiming the show has enabled it to establish a larger client base within the Victorian market and to push its Mondi Color Copy range of paper.

Longbottom establishing foothold in Victoria [paper]

2009-06-11T04:00:00+01:00

Metso supports business and education in China [paper]

2009-06-09T04:00:00+01:00

PaperlinX completes sale of Australian Paper [paper]

2009-06-04T14:00:00+01:00

PaperlinX has completed the sale of its Australian manufacturing business, Australian Paper to Nippon Paper Group, reducing Australian Paper’s debt by $500m. As previously reported the sale excludes the two Tasmanian mills at Burnie and Wesley Vale, whose fates are yet to be decided.

Spicers Paper introduces purpose-designed digital paper [paper]

2009-05-13T18:01:00+01:00

Successfully responding to changes from customers often leads to success in other aspects of business as well. Spicers Paper found this out when it established a department dedicated to digital print solutions, and almost immediately came up with a world class paper

Longbottom celebrates 25 years [paper]

2008-12-01T14:39:07+01:00

Longbottom Digital Paper is celebrating 25 years in business so we took the time to talk to founder, owner and managing director Colin Longbotto

The new Total difference [paper]

2008-11-29T14:27:43+01:00

Well known chemicals suppliers GSB and AIM Industrial are now Total Chemicals, with the print industry one of its key market sectors

Mondi: specialist in digital [paper]

2008-11-27T14:23:27+01:00

Mondi’s first roots were first planted in 1967 in South Africa, when former owners Anglo American built the Merebank Mill. Following more than two decades’ growth and consolidation, many major companies – such as Austria’s Neusiedler – became part of Mondi

Paper excitement [paper]

2008-11-23T14:01:41+01:00

Spicers says there is nothing more exciting than a blank piece of paper, which is one half of a relationship waiting to be completed

Consumables [paper]

2008-11-13T16:12:00+01:00

Environmental decisions made in the pressroom can be key to the profitability of printing businesses, reports Wayne Robinson

Global shift in paper making [paper]

2008-10-23T18:48:00+01:00

Philip Lawrence outlines the changing contours of the world economy and how they are impacting on the paper industry in Asia for good

Pride in print [paper]

2008-10-21T17:52:00+01:00

Are you print proud or print apologetic in regard to the environment, asks Tony Wood from the APIA paper association

Sale and return [paper]

2008-10-19T17:39:00+01:00

PaperlinX owned merchant Robert Horne is pioneering a new recycling scheme for more complex hard wearing materials such as those commonly used for outdoor signs, reports Nessan Clearey

Every sheet counts at Vacuumatic [paper]

2008-10-07T19:18:00+01:00

Vacuumatic has been manufacturing paper counting solutions for the security and commercial printing industries for almost 60 years

Massive purchase launches converter into sheeting market [paper]

2008-09-29T15:05:00+01:00

An acquisition and the purchase of two massive sheeting machines have swung the doors of opportunity wide open for Sydney converter Dimension 1, which now offers printers and paper merchants a smorgasbord of sheeting and slitting options, reports Carlos Martinez

Envi heralds a changed climate for publications [paper]

2008-09-17T19:30:00+01:00

A new book printed entirely on recycled paper was launched in Melbourne, Robyn Frampton was there to analyse the implications

Subscriptions – the way to the future for stock photo industry? [paper]

2008-08-30T17:40:11+01:00

February 25, 1977 is a date etched in the memory of Douglas Maclachlan. On that day he wrote the first subscription orders for his company Dynamic Graphics

Golden pills for lawyers [paper]

2008-08-29T16:09:15+01:00

Trust The Bulletin to get it right, and in only four words! “Golden pills for lawyers” – that was its comment when two south coast papers were sued for libel in 1884

Paper and sustainability [paper]

2008-08-15T19:41:00+01:00

With the paper and print industry under continued fire from ill-informed environmentalists and politicians APIA’s Tony Wood puts the case for paper as a strong contributor to a sustainable future

Longbottom celebrates 25 years [paper]

2008-08-07T14:34:59+01:00

As independent paper merchant Longbottom celebrates its silver jubilee it has plenty to look forward to as it seeks new digital paper products for Australian printers.

Claiming to be green [paper]

2008-07-06T04:31:55+01:00

In making lawful environmental claims for your print there are key principles to consider, according to the ACCC’s white paper on the subject says Wayne Robinson.

HP maps 2.0 strategy [paper]

2008-06-26T23:09:00+01:00

Journalists from across Asia and Australasia who attended HP’s recent Print 2.0 strategy event in Shanghai, China, took away messages about reducing the volume of what get’s printed, printing on both sides of the paper when it is necessary to print, and using less energy to print it in offices and businesses throughout the world. Brian Moore was there for AP.

Green Marketing and the Law [paper]

2008-05-20T15:27:49+01:00

The ACCC has just released its white paper on Green Marketing and the Trade Practices Act – Wayne Robinson looks at its impact on printers, and with fines of up to $1.1m waiting in the wings for print businesses and $220,000 for individuals it is an important read

Promotion of paper [paper]

2008-05-12T02:29:44+01:00

Many in the print and paper business are taking the need to promote the industry seriously, says Tony Wood, manager of the newly formed APIA, the organisation which is driving the campaign

Paper - Green Problem or Solution? [paper]

2008-05-08T02:19:46+01:00

Printers need not be on the defensive about paper, says Robyn Frampton, as the major merchants are delivering sustainable papers, with facts to back up their claims that paper is actually the most environmentally sound form of communication