Salmat’s profits were up 21.9 per cent to $24.3m in the first half of 2009-10 compared with $19.9m during the same period the year before. While the company reported total mail volumes were down four per cent, its Targeted Media Solutions division earnings increased by 40.5 per cent to $20.7m following strong outcomes from efficiency programmes and new business wins.

This WA digital, mail and fulfilment house has just installed its third Sitma, from AMT, which comes with a host of added value features

Galloping Press has installed a new mailing and fulfillment line from MailPack in order to help grow its business

For many commercial printers mailing and fulfilment services are being recognised as potential new revenue streams, after all the printer already has the customer, and a fair amount of print is in need of mailing

If you’re not familiar with the term ‘personalisation’ and the opportunities it offers, then it’s probably time that you retired

Australian measurement information company Scale Components’ CubiScan 150 manifesting table has recently been pattern approved by the National Measurement Institute (NMI) for legal trade measurement.

The Bali Post, an Indonesian language newspaper has invested in a new Goss Community SSC press in order to provide additional colour capacity, transforming the 20-page title from a 60 per cent black and white publication to a full colour title.

A team from Saatchi DGS had its entry judged the supreme winner of the 2008 Art Of The Envelope Awards, which were held on Thursday night in Auckland.

Among the more interesting demonstrations at the recent drupa exhibition was the digital printing of newspapers, says Andrew Tribute

IPMG has surprised the industry with a decision to build a giant new gravure site, due to be commissioned in late 2009. It will be the first publication gravure site to run in the country for more than 30 years, and will produce a variety of printed products including magazines, inserts, direct mail material, brochures and books.

Finishing and mailing solutions company GBC Australia has been appointed Australian distributer for digital press and finishing technology manufacturer MGI. The agreement will include all of MGI’s products, which will be on display in GBC’s Melbourne and Sydney showrooms.

Baldwin Technology Company announced it has received a $1.8m order from Jomo Shimbun, a major Japanese daily newspaper with a circulation of approximately 312,000.

The 1135sq m HP Indigo Centre of Excellence in Singapore is divided into five main areas: Commercial Printing, Photo Specialty, Direct Mail, HP Indigo Finishing Solutions and Label Converting & Specialty Printing.

Baldwin Technology Company has announced it has received a $3.3m order from Sankei Shimbun, one of Japan’s five national newspapers with the country’s sixth largest circulation.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new commercial web offset press, the Diamond 16 max+ for the printing of commercial materials including magazines, pamphlets and newspaper advertising inserts. The company says it developed the press with ease of operation and simplicity in mind.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new commercial web offset press, the Diamond 16 max+ for the printing of commercial materials including magazines, pamphlets and newspaper advertising inserts. The company says it developed the press with ease of operation and simplicity in mind.

Manroland, has renewed a commitment to the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper (SFN) project of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The company has committed to a four-year investment in the SFN project, which identifies, analyses and publicises all important opportunities that can benefit newspapers throughout the world.

Newspaper publisher and printer P.T. Candi Surya Wahana Printing from Surakarta on Java, Indonesia has ordered a King press at Graphic Web Systems to be installed at its printing facilities.

The world’s longest manroland Uniset printing system has started up successfully at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). The 16-tower newspaper printing press installed in the downtown Singapore plant was handed over to Singapore’s largest media group following an intensive testing and qualification phase.

Advertising revenue from traditional media such as magazines and newspapers will only increase around two per cent next year, while the internet and pay television sectors will continue to drive solid growth, according to media agency Group M.

The Currie Group has secured an exclusive distributorship with Japanese press consumables company Fujikura for the Australian market. Fujikura offers its range of offset printing blankets for UV and conventional sheetfed printing, heatset and the newspaper segment.

Chinese newspaper publisher Macao Daily has ordered three new Goss Magnum 4 presses to modernize its printing facility. The new presses will be installed when the building expansion is completed in mid 2009.

The Currie Group has secured an exclusive distributorship with Japanese press consumables company Fujikura for the Australian market. Fujikura offers its range of offset printing blankets for UV and conventional sheetfed printing, heatset and the newspaper segment.

The 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards have been announced by the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association. A record 386 separate entries entered the competition for the awards across newspaper categories covering print, innovation, photography, marketing and a host of print and online newspapers.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told the 2008 Panpa conference that the media landscape is being transformed, which is having a profound impact on the newspaper industry.

Media giant Fairfax has signalled its Australian publishing and printing division’s newspaper costs, which account for 20 per cent of its total costs, are slated to fall between 5 per cent and 5.5 per cent during the 2009 financial year.

Personalisation and mailing are two areas which offer printers added value opportunities, Wayne Robinson looks at how you get involved

The secrets to achieving customer intimacy and heightened marketing results were revealed at Australia’s premier marketing conference & exhibition, ADMA Forum, which has just taken place in Sydney

Newspaper circulation retreated marginally in the June quarter compared to the same period a year ago, according to data released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. However, News Limited says newspaper sales demonstrated encouraging resilience given the economic slowdown.