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Photos: Industrial Printing Company 

Photos: Industrial Printing Company

20 May 2013 |  Comment now
Industrial Printing Company
A battle that should be lost 

A battle that should be lost

20 May 2013 |  Baden Kirgan  |   Comment now
Printing errors are a certainty. How you rectify them is a choice
Family friendly and ruthlessly efficient 

Family friendly and ruthlessly efficient

20 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Making a margin in the trade print sector is hard graft and this family-owned firm is broadening its outlook to new horizons
Regional NSW printer has best month ever thanks to agency win 

Regional NSW printer has best month ever thanks to agency win

15 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Evolve Printing has seen the best monthly sales in its four-year history after landing a major agency client.
Print needs to stop talking itself down says prominent marketing journo 

Print needs to stop talking itself down says prominent marketing journo

14 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Guests to a dinner event have heard that printing faces a self-made image problem but that the hype around online is dwindling and the budget deficit is a good sign for the industry.
Photos: Industry Review Night 

Photos: Industry Review Night

14 May 2013 |  Comment now
About 50 printers attended the annual Industry Review Night in Sydney on 13 May.
Pitney Bowes helps printers diversify into mailing 

Pitney Bowes helps printers diversify into mailing

13 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Pitney Bowes said its three-stop roadshow will show printers the benefit of diversifying into mailing.
Galley Club cancels 2013 awards due to lack of volunteer support 

Galley Club cancels 2013 awards due to lack of volunteer support

10 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
The Galley Club has cancelled the 2013 awards, citing a lack of resources and industry support.
Sydney firms merge, prepare to install multimillion-dollar Komori press 

Sydney firms merge, prepare to install multimillion-dollar Komori press

10 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Sydney printers Rawson Graphics and Artvue Printing will crown their merger with the arrival of a Komori H-UV press.
Hard work and bright ideas can help printers defy doom and gloom 

Hard work and bright ideas can help printers defy doom and gloom

8 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Data shows that conditions have continued to deteriorate but printers are pragmatic and even cautiously optimistic about the future.
Graham Trickey resigns from STI Lilyfield, company "growing rapidly" 

Graham Trickey resigns from STI Lilyfield, company "growing rapidly"

8 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
STI Lilyfield said it will replace outgoing managing director Graham Trickey with someone who will expand the firm's point-of-sale business and exploit its global partnerships.
CaxtonWeb moves to liquidate printer caught in political scandal 

CaxtonWeb moves to liquidate printer caught in political scandal

7 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
CaxtonWeb has launched legal action against the printer that became embroiled in the Craig Thomson affair.
Hally adds Indigo firepower in Australia and hits 250 staff with AC Labels deal 

Hally adds Indigo firepower in Australia and hits 250 staff with AC Labels deal

6 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Hally Labels Group has pushed into digital with an upsized Australian footprint after taking a majority stake in AC Labels.
Acquisition-hungry Pegasus buys first Memjet-powered Fuji Xerox machine 

Acquisition-hungry Pegasus buys first Memjet-powered Fuji Xerox machine

2 May 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Pegasus Print Group has invested in the first Memjet-powered wide-format machine in Australia – and is also on the acquisition trail.
Micro Sydney printer wins over US buyer with 'best catalogue we've ever seen' 

Micro Sydney printer wins over US buyer with 'best catalogue we've ever seen'

29 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A multinational client has credited Print2day with designing the best catalogue it has ever seen, said owner Arthur Heaps.
'Pioneering' Sydney printer liquidated in $115k collapse 

'Pioneering' Sydney printer liquidated in $115k collapse

26 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Sydney firm Spectrum Printing has gone into voluntary liquidation with debts of about $115,000.
Update: Major Geon machinery still up for sale 

Update: Major Geon machinery still up for sale

24 Apr 2013 |  Steven Kiernan, Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
The auctioneers for Geon's equipment have said many of the failed group's major assets are yet to be sold.
Dragon continues investing as platemaking comes in-house 

Dragon continues investing as platemaking comes in-house

23 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Dragon Printing has brought photopolymer platemaking in-house as it looks to "move up-market in both quality and productivity".
Evolve, Goldcraft and Horizon produce high-end charity sketchbook 

Evolve, Goldcraft and Horizon produce high-end charity sketchbook

22 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A trio of printers and finishers have donated their expertise to create a high-end sketchbook that will raise funds for children in need.
Kwik Kopy's franchise of the year "up to our eyeballs in work" 

Kwik Kopy's franchise of the year "up to our eyeballs in work"

18 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Kwik Kopy's top franchise is "up to its eyeballs with work" – so much so it may have to hire more staff and move premises.
Annual printing function to ask: 'Is print still relevant?' 

Annual printing function to ask: 'Is print still relevant?'

18 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A leading journalist and a famous economist will discuss print's future at a forthcoming industry function.
Small printers tell govt: 'you're killing us with taxes and red tape' 

Small printers tell govt: 'you're killing us with taxes and red tape'

17 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Rainbow Printing has voiced the concerns of many small print houses as it backs a nationwide campaign calling on the government to do more for small business.
Printer forecasts 200% growth in two years due to mining boom 

Printer forecasts 200% growth in two years due to mining boom

17 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Print Storm said it has grown 75% in the past year thanks to being based in a mining hotspot.
Million-dollar investment in Nexpresses leads to million-plus runs for Cojo 

Million-dollar investment in Nexpresses leads to million-plus runs for Cojo

16 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Cojo has capitalised on its second Kodak Nexpress SX3900 by winning million-run jobs.
Business Print Australia wins its second big drinks account of 2013 

Business Print Australia wins its second big drinks account of 2013

10 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Business Print Australia has won a distribution contract for the distiller of Glenfiddich and Grant's whiskies.
Melbourne 1, Sydney 0: PMG snatches $650k contract from Camerons 

Melbourne 1, Sydney 0: PMG snatches $650k contract from Camerons

9 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Melbourne firm Print Media Group has snatched a taxation contract from Sydney rival The Camerons Group.
Sydney printer produces reusable floor graphics for clients 

Sydney printer produces reusable floor graphics for clients

9 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Craftech has turned to a "cost-effective and long-lasting" substrate to provide retailers with transferable floor graphics.
Liquidator forced to work 'for free' to wind up Park Printing 

Liquidator forced to work 'for free' to wind up Park Printing

8 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A liquidator has practically been working for free to wind up Park Printing, which collapsed with almost no realisable assets.
Fairfax buys new Manroland web equipment amid $42m print relocation  

Fairfax buys new Manroland web equipment amid $42m print relocation

4 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Fairfax Media will install new Manroland equipment at its regional hubs, which are being upgraded to take over when Fairfax shuts down its Sydney and Melbourne supersites.
Vega Press to close on Friday after 53 years  

Vega Press to close on Friday after 53 years

3 Apr 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Vega Press will shut its doors this Friday after a last-chance acquisition by a Sydney printer failed to get off the ground.
Lamson Paragon acquires Direct Mail & Marketing's trade business  

Lamson Paragon acquires Direct Mail & Marketing's trade business

3 Apr 2013 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
Melbourne's Direct Mail & Marketing said things are going so well it has had to sell its Four Trade Only business to Sydney's Lamson Paragon to make room.
Printer hits on ideal business model: buy machine one day, win job the next 

Printer hits on ideal business model: buy machine one day, win job the next

26 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Industrial Printing Company installed its second Ricoh Pro C901 and immediately won a job worth 10% of the machine's price.
Good Impressions creditors approve repayment plan that protects director 

Good Impressions creditors approve repayment plan that protects director

25 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Employees have secured their entitlements but Good Impressions' creditors look set to miss out when all proceeds from a 5c-in-the-dollar payment plan go to the administrator.
Cheque-Mates: new Memjet kit 'says goodbye to waiting times on mailing jobs' 

Cheque-Mates: new Memjet kit 'says goodbye to waiting times on mailing jobs'

22 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Cheque-Mates has promised one-day turnarounds thanks to a Memjet-powered envelope printer that offers "a massive point of difference".
Canon pulls out the golden shovel to start work on its new Sydney HQ 

Canon pulls out the golden shovel to start work on its new Sydney HQ

22 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Canon has used a golden shovel to break ground as construction begins on its Oceania headquarters in Sydney.
Getting paid in advance instead of on credit boosts Sydney printer's sales 

Getting paid in advance instead of on credit boosts Sydney printer's sales

21 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A shift away from credit toward COD is a reality at a Sydney garment printer, which has praised the policy for record revenue.
Oxford Comms supports design competition for retail market 

Oxford Comms supports design competition for retail market

19 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Oxford Communications Group has joined Spicers and Lend Lease as a sponsor of the Big Shift, a $7,000 design competition for retail fit-out structures and pop-up stands.
KBA Rapida 105 

KBA Rapida 105

18 Mar 2013 |  Steve Crowe  |  
Evan Atkins, general manager of Labelcraft in Sydney, is confident this packaging press will open new markets and diverse substrates
Officeworks pushes into commercial print with 'lowest-prices guaranteed' strategy 

Officeworks pushes into commercial print with 'lowest-prices guaranteed' strategy

15 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Officeworks is muscling into commercial print with an online ordering service that could pit it against Vistaprint, franchise operators and independent printers for smaller customers.
Geon redundancies labelled disgraceful, unprofessional and cold-hearted 

Geon redundancies labelled disgraceful, unprofessional and cold-hearted

13 Mar 2013 |  Steven Kiernan, Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Ex-Geon workers have hit out at the way the collapse was handled, calling it "absolutely disgraceful", "very unprofessional" and "cold-hearted".
Blue Star buys Geon NSW and Vic, hires Graham Morgan 

Blue Star buys Geon NSW and Vic, hires Graham Morgan

6 Mar 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Australia's largest ever sheetfed firm has been born after Blue Star rolled up Geon's Sydney and Melbourne operations.
Geon exodus as salespeople look to Blue Star 

Geon exodus as salespeople look to Blue Star

28 Feb 2013 |  Steven Kiernan  |   Comment now
A number of Geon’s top salespeople are said to be switching from “the red team to the blue team”.
Advertisers and readers still love print, say publishers of new magazine 

Advertisers and readers still love print, say publishers of new magazine

21 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
The demise of print is a myth and advertisers and readers still love well-targeted magazines, said the publisher of a newly launched title.
Spicers finds new way to sell paper with 'warehouse on wheels' 

Spicers finds new way to sell paper with 'warehouse on wheels'

15 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Digital printers who need paper in a hurry should keep their eyes open for Spicers new "three-tonne warehouse on wheels".
Free service to check if you're charging clients the right postage rate 

Free service to check if you're charging clients the right postage rate

14 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Cheque-Mates has launched a free mailing 'health check' to help printers counter rising Australia Post rates.
Fairfax to slash debt with Chullora and Tullamarine sales 

Fairfax to slash debt with Chullora and Tullamarine sales

13 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Fairfax Media expects to raise up to $90 million from the sale of its Sydney and Melbourne printing facilities.
Momento Pro to host $25,000 photobook awards 

Momento Pro to host $25,000 photobook awards

13 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Entries have opened in Momento Pro's annual competition to promote excellence in photobook photography and design.
Digitalpress adds W2P system for automated ordering and online marketing  

Digitalpress adds W2P system for automated ordering and online marketing

11 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Digitalpress has forecast a 15% revenue boost within six months thanks to its new online ordering system.
Dark days are over for Centrum Printing 

Dark days are over for Centrum Printing

11 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
This Sydney printer staged an epic turnaround when it stopped focusing on sales and prioritised margins
Photos: Centrum Printing visit 

Photos: Centrum Printing visit

11 Feb 2013 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
This Sydney printer staged an epic turnaround when it stopped focusing on sales and prioritised margins. ProPrint visited the firm for the Star Business article in the February issue.
 
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