Leading industry identity and current Currie Group NSW sate manager Steve Dunwell will be the new managing director of manroland Australasia, with his tenure set to begin August 1. He be responsible for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

Prime Minister John Key called for more technological solutions in business, and gave a thumbs up to the state of the art innovation on display at the official opening of the Ricoh Technology Centre, at Wellington on Wednesday.

Reports on Bloomberg suggest Heidelberg looks likely to obtain Euro1.4bn (A$2.4bn) in financing from banks and government funds as early as this week, a month ahead of plan, according to four people familiar with the negotiations.

Print and finishing solutions company GBC has announced its move back into the New Zealand market under its own banner.

PrintNZ says that its updated and re-released book Health Safety & Environment Guide for Printing and Related Industries, first published in 2001, will be made available to everyone in the industry.

NZ Gardener, New Zealand’s top selling gardening magazine, has turned green into gold by winning the supreme magazine of the year award at the Magazine Publishers Association magazine awards.

Visitor attendance to last week's Auspack was down nine per cent in comparison to the previous Sydney event in 2005. However the Australian Packaging Machinery Association (APMA) and organisers have dubbed Auspack 09 a success given the turbulent financial climate.

Goss International has unveiled a new jaw folder for its M-500 and M-600 presses, which the company claims provides greater production flexibility for printers that primarily produce tabloid and smaller magazine formats. The Goss JF-55 double-aisle folder accommodates the full web width of Goss M-500 or M-600 16-page press models.

A panel of label industry experts has reviewed the votes for the 2009 Label Industry Global Awards and announced that the winner of the prestigious R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award is the well-known label consultant, Michael Fairley.

Agfa Graphics announced it has attained gold certified partner status in the Microsoft partner programme, with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions.