Paper industry information provider RISI has announced plans for their 2010 Asian pulp and paper industry conference. The 11th Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference is set to take place June 7-9 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai.

Around 50 managers of printers and implants took the opportunity to taste some of the nation’s best wine at a Ricoh technology forum in Sydney last night, with a lively debate ensuing.

Economic growth in the printing industry picked up during the December 2009 quarter according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). However Printing Industries says that despite the welcome pick up the industry still remains well below its peak activity levels.

The move to self-manufacture by brand owners is currently confined to PET and plastic beverage packaging however down the track it is likely to impact on films and flexibles and metal food cans, according to the Packaging Council of Australia (PCA). The Council says converters need to adapt and turn the changing landscape into opportunities for growth and rejuvenation.

It appears that the B2 format sheet fed digital press may be the Holy Grail for press manufacturers. In the 1990s Indigo regularly brought a mock up of a future B2 format press to the different trade shows.

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It appears that the B2 format sheet fed digital press may be the Holy Grail for press manufacturers. In the 1990s Indigo regularly brought a mock up of a future B2 format press to the different trade shows.

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It appears that the B2 format sheet fed digital press may be the Holy Grail for press manufacturers. In the 1990s Indigo regularly brought a mock up of a future B2 format press to the different trade shows.

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In early December, members of NIPPA travelled to Auckland for their Eastern Branch Meeting hosted at Konica Minolta’s Auckland head office. Over two dozen New Zealand NIPPA members and three invited guests from Australia made the journey to participate in the meeting, sneaking a preview of three new Konica Minolta products, networking and sharing future roadmaps

PrintNZ Training will be acting on some key ideas put forward at its bi-annual Industry Review Workshop in Wellington last November. Alicia Lambert reports on progress made at the workshop

The organiser of Ipex - the world’s biggest English language print trade show gathered the world’s leading graphic arts media in London to outline its plans for this year’s show, slated to take place in Birmingham in just over three months time, May 18-25, reports APP editor, Wayne Robinson from the conference centre

Australian Printer is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of its first publication in 1950, and in last month's issue I wrote an article on the changes in printing over this time. This article while covering changes in printing is predominantly about the changes in prepress, as it was really developments in this area that brought about the major changes we have seen in the industry over the past sixty years.

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While some businesses slip into paralysis by worrying about the problems associated with upgrading their technology, others find themselves struggling to cope with new business coming from new machines. Solution Dynamics on Auckland’s North Shore has translated new equipment into new business by increasing capacity and productivity

The time for selling a business is always likely to be a stressful period. You have to face up to retirement, or a change in circumstances, and letting go of what has been a great interest in your life. It is also the time you find out if the market agrees with you as to the real worth of the business

Wide format printers and their suppliers are optimistic about the chances of business recovery to pre-recession levels within the next 12 months, according to a Fespa survey. Also, some 83 per cent of respondents believe themselves to be well positioned to take advantage of the conditions if the market rebounds.

Wide format printers and their suppliers are optimistic about the chances of business recovery to pre-recession levels within the next 12 months, according to a Fespa survey. Also, some 83 per cent of respondents believe themselves to be well positioned to take advantage of the conditions if the market rebounds.

Wide format printers and their suppliers are optimistic about the chances of business recovery to pre-recession levels within the next 12 months, according to a Fespa survey. Also, some 83 per cent of respondents believe themselves to be well positioned to take advantage of the conditions if the market rebounds.

Heidelberg has reported its package of cost cutting measures, which was initiated last year, is having a positive impact on the company who is aiming to achieve annual savings of around €400m by 2011. The announcement, during the company’s AGM, also outlined that Heidelberg had just experienced one of the worst financial years in its 150-year history.

Heidelberg has reported its package of cost cutting measures, which was initiated last year, is having a positive impact on the company which is aiming to achieve annual savings of around €400m by 2011. The announcement, during the company’s AGM, also outlined that Heidelberg had just experienced one of the worst financial years in its 150-year history.

Michael Hannan, managing director of Independent Print Media Group (IPMG) has disagreed with comments by Richard Allely, PMP chief executive, who claimed that some retailers were cutting the size and print runs of their catalogues.

Printers must embrace new technologies and harmonise with other mediums in order to survive, Andy McCourt, printing industry analyst told industry representatives at a Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA) briefing dinner in Sydney this week.

The giant bookseller is forcing the pace with e-reading devices, which may well impact on print

Joan Grace recently marked 10 years as chief executive of PrintNZ Training. She took time to consider on changes she has seen during that decade: changes in technology, changes in government policy for training, and changes in industry training in general

The Network of Print Professionals Australasia (NIPPA) says its annual conference to be held in Hobart, Australia during October will bring together a broad range of quality speakers who will focus on business, sales, environmental and technical issues, and it will continue to subsidise the conference for members, including airfare subsidies for New Zealand members.

The Network of Print Professionals Australasia (NIPPA) says its annual conference to be held in Hobart during October will bring together a broad range of quality speakers who will focus on business, sales, environmental and technical issues.

Establishing a sustainable competitive advantage by developing long-term trusting relationships with business partners, customers, suppliers and workers has become a key to success for Opus Print Group, Cliff Brigstocke, group CEO told the Printing Industries CEO forum in Sydney yesterday.

Digital output in the wide format market, which currently represents around 39 per cent of revenue, is set to reach 50 per cent within two years, according to a worldwide survey by Fespa. The survey also outlined that the worldwide market for printed graphics is worth more than €58bn.

Squeezing ourselves through each month of this current credit crunch, we find agreement on one point. Economists, employers, employees and financial pundits concur that uncertainty remains the constant feature of the new world economic order. According to one economist, however, that’s a good reason for us to prepare for the more predictable times ahead

Digital output in the wide format market, which currently represents around 39 per cent of revenue, is set to reach 50 per cent within two years, according to a worldwide survey by Fespa. The survey also outlined that the worldwide market for printed graphics is worth more than €58bn.

With the business pages and our customers telling us the country is currently in recession, businesses in the print industry are looking at ways to cut costs and survive in tough economic conditions

Printing businesses must focus on a range of strategies to cope with the prevailing economic environment, according to Printing Industries. Actions include reducing unnecessary costs and lifting productivity, maintaining cashflow, continued investment in key staff and in new technology with a potential to deliver improvements to the bottom line.