Visy Glama – an amalgamation of six Visy specialty print, packaging and supply chain businesses – has commissioned what it claims to be the largest sheet fed offset press in the southern hemisphere. Carlos Martinez met with Geoff Laing, sales and business development manager for Visy Glama to find out what benefits accompanied the giant press

At its new facility in Revesby NSW, Visy Glama has commissioned what it claims to be the largest offset press ever installed in Australasia. The company adds that the KBA Rapida 205 - is equally capable of printing on plastic as it is on board and paper.

At its new facility in Revesby NSW, Visy Glama has commissioned what it claims to be the largest offset press ever installed in Australasia. The company adds that the KBA Rapida 205 - is equally capable of printing on plastic as it is on board and paper.

At its new facility in Revesby NSW, Visy Glama has commissioned what it claims to be the largest offset press ever installed in Australasia. The company adds that the KBA Rapida 205 - is equally capable of printing on plastic as it is on board and paper.

Richard Pratt, who built the vast packaging empire Visy Industries has died at 74 after succumbing to prostate cancer. His death came a day after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) announced it would not pursue criminal charges against him for allegedly giving false and misleading evidence to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Richard Pratt, who built the vast packaging empire Visy Industries has died at 74 after succumbing to prostate cancer. His death came a day after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) announced it would not pursue criminal charges against him for allegedly giving false and misleading evidence to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Richard Pratt, who built the vast packaging empire Visy Industries has died at 74 after succumbing to prostate cancer. His death came a day after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) announced it would not pursue criminal charges against him for allegedly giving false and misleading evidence to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Richard Pratt, who built the vast packaging empire Visy Industries has died at 74 after succumbing to prostate cancer. His death came a day after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) announced it would not pursue criminal charges against him for allegedly giving false and misleading evidence to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Richard Pratt, boss of packaging giant Visy is close to death, with a number of media outlets reporting the 74 year-old billionaire businessman is gravely ill with prostate cancer and may only have weeks or possibly days to live.

Richard Pratt, boss of packaging giant Visy is close to death, with a number of media outlets reporting the 74 year-old billionaire businessman is gravely ill with prostate cancer and may only have weeks or possibly days to live.

Richard Pratt, boss of packaging giant Visy is close to death, with a number of media outlets reporting the 74 year-old billionaire businessman is gravely ill with prostate cancer and may only have weeks or possibly days to live.

Visy has appointed a new group environment and sustainability manager, Ros Dent replacing the group environment manager Nick Harford. Reporting to Tony Gray, director of sustainability at Visy, Dent will be responsible for the company’s internal management system as well as helping customers to achieve their goals.

Lawyers for Visy boss Richard Pratt have suggested that Graeme Samuel, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman, conducted a vendetta by pushing for Pratt to be criminally prosecuted.

Lawyers for Visy boss Richard Pratt have suggested that Graeme Samuel, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman, conducted a vendetta by pushing for Pratt to be criminally prosecuted.

A pumping mistake at Visy’s board factory in North Melbourne led to an evacuation of five hundred people last week, closing two schools and emptying nearby homes.

Visy has developed a new box lid for fresh produce that does away with tape and stapling as well as reducing manufacturing costs, which can be passed on to customers, according to the company.

The new Visy Glama package print factory being built in Sydney will house the country’s biggest sheetfed press when a new KBA Rapida 205 arrives at the end of the year

Packaging giant Visy has hit out at the Federal Government’s draft carbon reduction scheme saying based on the proposed model, at a carbon cost of $20 per tonne Visy would be forced to immediately close two paper remanufacturing and recycling facilities in Australia, resulting in the loss of 160 direct jobs.

Visy has launched Visy Green Office, a new environmental programme to give staff knowledge and skills in order to improve environmental performance.

Robert Richter, barrister for Visy boss Richard Pratt has said packaging giant Amcor was part of a conspiracy with consumer watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to prosecute his client, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

A company’s first rule of sustainability should be to sustain its profits, followed by waste reduction and energy savings within its own business, according to Tony Gray, director of sustainability at Visy. He says some companies have been slow to realise that there are financial benefits from taking sustainable action

Visy has opened a $6.5m recycling facility, which the company says will recover 98 per cent of all plastics entering the Brisbane, Maroochydore and Gold Coast kerbside recycling systems. Meanwhile the company is set to raise prices in order to offset increased energy, transport and labour costs.

Visy has developed a proprietary tool called the Visy Packaging Model (VPM), which the company says reviews primary and secondary packaging’s total life cycle, considering at each step how the packaging fulfils a value-adding role.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has begun criminal proceedings in the Federal Court in Melbourne against Richard Pratt, owner of Visy for allegedly providing false or misleading evidence in the course of an investigation.

To coincide with World Environment Day 2008, Visy has announced its Eco-Coach, a programme designed to educate the community on ways to reduce their energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas emissions.

Packaging giant Visy has established a new position of director of sustainability, which the company claims will enhance its current positions on recycling and environmental management.