Accent Press in Southport, Qld, has installed the country’s first Corta PB.16 fully automatic programmable paper drilling solution, enabling it to produce wire-o-binding in a fraction of the time it previously required.

Organisers of PacPrint 09 say the show is expected Australasia’s largest ever graphic arts show, with more than 90 per cent of the available space already allocated to nearly 160 exhibitors.

Ricoh Australia has appointed Kathy Wilson to the position of general manager, business solutions and production. It is the first major appointment by Ricoh’s new managing director, Les Richardson, since he took the helm in September.

Book printer Ligare has opened a digital print facility featuring an Oce VarioStream 7450 digital web printer at its site in Riverwood, which the company claims will retain its competitiveness in the market. Ligare also says despite the current economic climate it is experiencing an increase in demand for short and medium run books.

Fuji Xerox is celebrating Christmas early, with the arrival of Australia’s first iGen4 and the announcement that its printers have just passed the 2.5 billion colour prints marker in Australia.

Full exposure to a carbon cost without appropriate transitional measures could jeopardise Australia's pulp and paper industry with many facilities either closing down or becoming unprofitable if the carbon cost reaches AU$50 per tonne, according to the Australian plantation products and paper industry council (A3P).

The 2008 ACT Page Awards were held recently with 14 winners in all taking away Canberra's highest creative industry awards.

Colorpak says it has become the first folding cartons business in Australia to receive chain of custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC).

Some 70 Australian printers were amongst the first in the world to see the new Muller Martini Primera saddlestitcher, which was launched at the company’s annual Open House in Sydney.

BtoB magazine has named Kodak’s Jeffrey Hayzlett Marketer of the Year for 2008, awarding him the title at a ceremony in New York.