Government print tenders rise in FY14

The value of federal government tenders rose in the 2014 financial year by some 15 per cent, despite directives for departments to spend more money on digital advertising.

29 September, 2014

Anitech bought by Neopost

French-owned mail and finishing kit maker Neopost is buying Australian print supplier Anitech, snapping up most of its assets and product range.

29 September, 2014

Vistaprint starts trade printing service

Vistaprint is starting a new programme, TradeAdvantage, to offer trade services to print and copy shops, opening access to a large range of 120 print and promotional products at a competitive price Vistaprint says the new TradeAdvantage programme aims to hit the sweet spot for printers ordering quantities of one right up to 20,000 in everything from business cards to flyers, to t-shirts and mugs. Paul Heath, vice president for Vistaprint Australia, New Zealand and Japan says, “We are not known for supplying the trade in Australia but we have global systems that enable us to do this around the world – we have a great heritage internationally of supplying resellers.

28 September, 2014

Book printers may lose first publish buffer

A draft Competition Policy Review report is recommending that parallel book import restrictions be abolished and no longer protect Australian printers from overseas competitors.

26 September, 2014

Screen pitches HD inkjet

Dainippon Screen is pitching for the high quality market with a new digital web inkjet press coming to Australia and New Zealand in January next year.

26 September, 2014

Visy tops Ibis Top 500

Visy has surged to take first place in this year’s IBISWorld Top 500 Private Companies list, ahead of retailer 7 Eleven and dairy group Murray Goulburn.

25 September, 2014

Police stop anti-G20 print

A police warning saw Officeworks cease printing collateral for anti-G20 protestors ahead of this weekend’s financial summit in Cairns.

24 September, 2014

Kwik Kopy Bondi offers 3D print

Kwik Kopy Bondi Junction has become the first Australian franchise print shop to offer 3D printing, feeding a growing local demand for 3D architectural and medical models.

23 September, 2014

Graphic Effects takes on Kiwi wrappers

Melbourne wide format outfit Graphic Effects has won the 2014 national ASGA Wrap Masters Challenge at Visual Impact, but fell to the Kiwis in the Trans Tasman final.

22 September, 2014

Currie books biggest-ever PrintEx stand

Currie Group has booked the largest stand in PrintEx history for next year’s show, at more than twice the size of the next largest exhibit.

22 September, 2014