BRW’s annual Top 1000 Companies list also showed printing and publishing had the largest asset growth (30%) of any of the 31 sectors covered.
The biggest printer, PMP, was ranked Australia’s 278th largest company, while IPMG (656), McPherson’s (851) and Blue Star Group (989) also made the list. All lost revenue, although Blue Star recorded a 335% net profit increase.
It is believed Geon was not included on the list because it was formerly a New Zealand-owned company.
At 221st, $1.5 billion-turnover share registry giant Computershare was higher than rival Salmat, which was 398th on the list, although $865 million-turnover Salmat has a greater stake in print media.
The vendor community was well represented, with HP topping the table as the country’s 94th largest company, followed by Canon Australia (372), Fuji Xerox Australia (393), Ricoh Australia (946) and Fujifilm Holdings Australasia (958).
Two paper merchants made the list: $4.7 billion takeover target Paperlinx (53) and BJ Ball Group (917).
There were also three packaging manufacturers: $12.7 billion Amcor (21), Visy Industries (79) and Carter Holt Harvey (303).
Printing and publishing was the 27th largest of BRW’s 31 sectors. It ranked 19th in employment growth and 29th in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.
BRW said of the sector: “Media companies, particularly print, still face an indifferent operating environment. News Ltd, Fairfax Media and APN News & Media were mostly unchanged. Seven West Media’s strength was the result of a recent restructure.”
Rank, Company, Total Revenue ($m), Change
21, Amcor, 12,688.50, 27.5%
53, Paperlinx, 4665.9, -8.2%
79, Visy Industries, 3800, 8.6%
94, HP, 3331.7, 9.7%
105, News Australia, 2981.8, 2.6%
138, Fairfax Media, 2476.5, -0.6%
173, Nine Entertainment, 1960, -1.3%
221, Computershare, 1527.3, -5.7%
278, PMP, 1206, -1.3%
303, Carter Holt Harvey, 1117.9, 3.1%
332, APN News & Media, 1063.8, 1.1%
372, Canon Australia, 948.8, 0.3%
393, Fuji Xerox Australia, 878.7, 16.4%
398, Salmat, 865.1, -1.7%
441, Norske Skog Industries, 786, -10.5%
470, Seven West Media, 732.3, 78.8%
656, IPMG, 494.5, -3.7
718, Consolidated Press Holdings, 444.5, -5.8
851, McPherson’s, 352.1, -1.2
917, BJ Ball Group, 314.4, -16.1
946, Ricoh Australia, 295.1, 14.7
958, Fujifilm Holdings Australasia, 288.9, 7.8
989, Blue Star Group, 273.8, -6.7
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