Label Power is bringing its Melbourne operation Action Labels & Nameplates under its own branding from 1 October, four years after it acquired the business.

QLM Label Makers is one of the few Australian print businesses to establish operations overseas. PKN's Wayne Robinson visited MD Simon Pugh at the new factory in Ho Chi Minh City.

Jet Technologies is launching its new Jet iQ range of finishing solutions for the label and packaging markets, which it will link with Screen digital label presses for an end-to-end solution.

Australian printing and converting specialist Immij has continued to expand its packaging print portfolio, with a focus on providing flexibility and fast turnaround to its growing SME customer base.

Kirsten Taylor, creative print director at Taylor’d Press, is the new chair of the PacPrint 2025 board, comprised of representatives from both the print and supplier sides of the industry.

Networkpak has installed a new Screen L350UV SAI S digital printer, supplied by Jet Technologies, in a significant step forward for the company, taking it into the labels market for the first time.

IVE says its new twin-site folding carton operation is progressing, and will reach $90m in annual revenue once its Sydney facility is up and running, with a five year target of $150m a year in sales.

Epson has launched its newest on-demand colour inkjet label printer – the ColorWorks C8010 to meet the high-volume label production needs of businesses in several markets.

eProductivity Software's Connect 2024 is showing how AI and intuitive interfaces are dealing with the deskilling and diversification of the print industry.

Recognising the convergence between labels and packaging, Labelexpo Americas next month will feature a dedicated flexible packaging zone, with technology and workshops.

Ferdinand (Ferdi) Rüesch IV is this year’s winner of the prestigious Label Industry Global Awards R Stanton Avery Special Recognition Award, sponsored by Avery Dennison.

During Labelexpo Americas next month, Omet will provide a free shuttle to the new Omet Americas Innovation Center, for live demos of the Omet KFlex 17. Omet is represented by Currie Group in ANZ.

Label printers will receive an ‘HP Indigo First and Flexo-second’ mantra, at Labelexpo Americas next month, with the message that customers can use digital print for any job, regardless of its length.

Online sign and display business Easy Signs is making a major move into label printing, signing up for a new HP Indigo 6K and ABG DigiLase converting system supplied by Currie Group.

Schur Star Systems Australia has installed and commissioned a new Windmoeller & Holscher Miraflex 10-colour flexographic press, the first of its kind in Australia, to meet growing demand for the company’s flexible packaging solutions.

Mastery of a job so complicated that other label converters turned away from it, has seen MCC Albany named Supreme Award winner at this year’s 2024 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards.