The Australian book printing world has been shaken up with Protectaprint, the major supplier of laminate and foiling to PMP’s Griffin Press, sold to its main rival Opus. The sale comes as the long-time owners of the SA-based Protectaprint Richard and Steve Wilkinson looked to retire. They had offered the business to PMP, as they provided virtually all its embellishing, but PMP was not keen.

Conundrum: Kit to embellish Griffin printed books now owned by rival Opus

Opus then bought the assets, which include what Protectaprint claim was Australia’s biggest spend on laminating equipment, with two water based laminators, a pair of foilers, spot UV presses, and will ship all the equipment to its Maryborough book production plant. Protectaprint has been the major supplier to PMP’s book printing arm for almost 30 years, and PMP represented 100 per cent of it business. Griffin is now faced with looking at interstate options for their book cover embellishment.

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