Melbourne-based wide format industry supplier Charti has extended its national network with the acquisition of Stanton Media, a Brisbane cut-sheet and large format media supplier.

Corporate regulator the ACCC has forced Visy Recycling, part of cardboard packaging giant Visy Industries, and two other major recycling businesses to change what it calls unfair waste management contracts that allowed for price increases and penalties.

ASX-listed out-of-home advertiser QMS Media will merge its New Zealand outdoor business with radio, TV and digital company MediaWorks to create "the largest multi-media group in New Zealand."

R. Wagner Prestige Labels says the Epson SurePress L-4033AW inkjet digital label press stood “head and shoulders above the competition” when the Sydney-based labels manufacturer recently decided it needed to upgrade its technology.

German manufacturer Rotocontrol has signed Melbourne-based Maxteq as the Australia and New Zealand representative for its suite of finishing machines providing label inspection, slitting, rewinding, die cutting, overprinting, digital and booklet printed labels.

Textiles and print media supplier Ricky Richards is continuing its Christmas tradition of raising funds for a worthy cause, this year lending its support to the Sydney Children’s Hospital.

The newest member of Mutoh's popular ValueJet wide format digital printer family is a 162cm (64”) wide hybrid printer featuring a hot air knife media drying system and resin-based inks enabling direct printing on both rigid and roll substrates.

UK large format print business Andesign has used its Massivit 1800 3D printer to produce a stunning 3.5m-high x 2m-long (11.5ft x 6.56ft) African elephant that's been installed on the front of its building in Birmingham.

Wednesday 21st November saw the culmination of a complete refurbishment, a starring role in the 50s period Australian film 'Ladies in Black' and overall skyrocketing support and interest in the Penrith Museum of Printing, Australia's only fully-operational Letterpress and Linotype museum.

Supplier HVG Graphics Media says the acquisition of its US-based finishing partner MCT Digital by global sign & graphics software pioneer Gerber Technology is already generating excitement in the local market.

After a turbulent year in which PMP’s results fell “very significantly short of original expectations,” Australasia's largest commercial printing company is changing its name to Ovato - from the word Ovation - as part of a new strategy to “reposition the company for the future.”

ASX-listed outdoor advertiser QMS Media has completed its majority buyout of global sports media businesses TGI US, TGI Europe and Stellavista and gained access to their signage portfolios that include 1,750 international sporting events and leading sports associations.

Roland DG Australia has released a free 40+ page guide to UV Direct printing that focuses on VersaUV LEF benchtop UV printers and product personalisation.

The ACCC’s Scamwatch unit has issued an alert over hackers who are targeting business emails in a “sophisticated” scam that has already cost Australian businesses $2.8 million this year, with one company hit for $300,000.

More than 14,000 media profiles are now available for OKI ColorPainter users, after OKI rolled out a new database that provides free access to accurate media and colour management settings.