Staff training has been lost in all the talk about global recessions, but it is now more important then ever, says Henry Mendelson.

Around 870 staff could be made redundant as part of plans by UPM to significantly restructure its timber and plywood businesses.

Ipex 2010 will host a record number of Chinese manufacturers and suppliers, with more than 35 already having confirmed their stand bookings for the ...

Transactional printers have been handed a pre-Christmas boost by a consumer omnibus survey that found 74% of consumers still receive printed statements from ...

Big press upgrade projects benefit.

Printing technology has increased the use of IT technology, and in doing so has changed the skill sets required by printing companies. Printing is not one ...

Gunns has released its 2008/09 financial year results in tandem with an announcement that it has acquired ITC's Timber division for an enterprise value of ...

Finnish paper giant UPM has posted a second-quarter pre-tax loss of €26 million ($A44m) and has said that temporary production curtailments will continue.

RR Donnelley has cited "significant declines in demand" after it recorded a fourth-quarter net loss of US$686.9m (A$1.06bn)) from continuing operations, ...

Ferag has used its annual media day to unveil its latest technology development: a folding system for newspapers that generates a third fold and does away ...

Self-publishing platform Blurb – which allows anyone to design, publish, market and sell “bookstore-quality books” – has enhanced its Australian service.

Screen has launched its second large-format UV-cured machine at Print 09 this week.

Senator Kim Carr, the federal minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, has released a paper outlining the strengths and weaknesses of the ...

Henry Mendelson rounds up all the movers, shakers, comings, goings, and everything else in the printing and related industries.

ProPrint editor Steve Crowe travelled to Océ's headquarters in Germany to witness the launch of a number of new colour presses to address the ...

Adobe has announced plans to cut 600 full-time jobs following "weaker-than-expected" demand for its recently released Creative Suite 4 (CS4) product family.

German paper producer Tecco has announced the development of what it claims to be the world's first PEFC-accredited proof paper, the EFI CertProof Paper ...

Agfa-Gevaert has turned to factoring to help reduce its net debt after it posted a €100 million ($A171m) drop in sales to €677m ($A1.16 billion), and a €9m ...

You're on a hiding to nothing if you think that a price rise will fix the revenue problem you've got at the moment. Try thinking about offering more instead.

Printing Industries has blasted the Productivity Commission’s recommendations to lift parallel important restrictions (PIRs) on books, saying such a ...