March

Computershare keeps quiet over the departure of Communication Services managing director Peter Milburn

March

STI Lilyfield hires Graham Trickey as its new managing director following the departure of Ian Kingham

April

Former Ferag India chairman Daniel Faesser replaces Thomas Klumpp as the vendor's local managing director

April

PMP points to cost-cutting not performance as the reason for sacking print and distribution head Andrew Williams

May

Kodak's local sales and strategic products group director, Steve Ford, resigns after 16 months in the job

May

Geon's head of sustainability, Kellie Northwood, is named national manager of Two Sides Australia

June

AIW founding director Peter Clark retires after a 50-year career

June

Ferrostaal Australia and Komori specialist Gerald Wintle part ways as industry-wide printing press sales remain in the doldrums

June

Consultant John Stewart takes the top job at SEMA after leading a management buyout of the distressed firm

July

Paperlinx farewells embattled chief executive Toby Marchant as the restructuring continues

July

Simon Lane announces plans to position Fuji Xerox as a "thought leader" after being promoted to the new role of chief marketing officer

August

Paperlinx welcomes renegade Andrew Price on to its board just months after questioning his competence

August

Jennifer Baile leaves her role as chief executive of Bowden Group to become Fuji Xerox's executive sales manager

August

One of the region's biggest independent print groups, Kalamazoo, hires the former New Zealand heads of Blue Star and Stream Solutions

September

Former Heidelberg sales and marketing director Alastair Hadley joins online print buying start-up PeoplePrint

September

Paperlinx chairman Harry Boon resigns after a 49% fall in the share price during his tenure

September

PMP chief executive Richard Allely resigns after three-and-a-half years in the job

October

STI Lilyfield's new boss makes three key appointments as he bids to make the company more competitive and innovative

October

Heidelberg's Australia & New Zealand managing director, Andy Vels Jensen, resigns after a 36-year involvement with the manufacturer

October

PMP names Peter George as its new boss after paying out former chief executive Richard Allely 11 months ahead of schedule

November

Geon cuts New Zealand head Andrew Durrans after 18 years

December

Muller Martini's Australian managing director, Livio Barbagallo, is made redundant as part of a global restructure

December

Bowden Group appoints Damien Burchell as chief executive, 19 years after he joined the firm as an admin clerk

December

IPMG chief executive Stephen Anstice resigns after nearly 20 years in the industry

December

Geon senior executives Glen Draper and Kim Lykissas resign to move together to a new company, expected to be Blue Star