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The following article, quoted in full here, appeared in the Print 21 newsletter dated Tuesday 18 June 2013. Printing Industries and Media Super are joining forces to host a series of nation-wide free,...
View ArticleGeon duds employees out of $18 million
I have already posted a blog on the demise of Geon, six months ago Australasia’s largest printer, now consigned to history. Click here for this most illuminating blog. A report from the administrators...
View ArticleDrupa to be held every three years
The massive international printing industry trade fair, Drupa, held in Dusseldorf, Germany, is to be held every three years. Not so long ago, it was every five years, then every four, and it has just...
View ArticleAdobe Photoshop turns 25 years old
Adobe Photoshop Turns Twenty-Five Thursday, February 19, 2015 Press release from the issuing company A Cultural Icon, Photoshop Shapes the Way We View the World SAN JOSE, Calif. – Adobe Photoshop, the...
View ArticleThe sad tale of the demise of a successful print business
Boom to bust: What really happened to Sumo Visual The following article appeared in ProPrint magazine in February 2015. It illustrates what can happen when bad management gets its hands on previously...
View ArticleIpex not ‘dead’ says exhibition owner Informa.
“Ipex is not dead and Informa has every intention of running it again and is committed to working with the industry to ensure the next Ipex is both relevant and successful.” – Peter Hall, Managing...
View ArticleAnd then there were none . . . paper manufacturing in Australia in danger of...
The following article appeared in the ProPrint daily newsletter on 26th February 2015. The article warns that unless things improve, we may soon have no paper manufacturing plant in Australia....
View ArticleGreenpeace pressures Spanish bank to withdraw funding for Indonesian paper...
Bank turns its back on April The fourth-biggest lender to Asia Pacific Resources International has cut off the giant paper manufacturer’s line of credit, citing destruction of Indonesian rainforests as...
View ArticleThe practice of “greenwashing”— making environmental claims that don’t stack up
‘Two Sides’ goes on attack against greenwashing Two Sides Australia is going on the offensive this year against companies breaking rules with deceptive claims encouraging consumers to ditch paper for...
View ArticleCompetition Review could devastate Australian publishing industry
An article in Trade Newsletter Print 21 claims that the the Australian book publishing industry could suffer ‘massive and devastating’ consequences under ‘ideologically driven’ recommendations in the...
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