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FIMI’s proposed USD$80m acquisition of Landa Digital Printing has hit a potential speed-hump, midst claims that the administrators - Sigal Rosen-Rechav and Shlomi Filiba – have inserted ‘unauthorized costs’ and ‘an unacceptable and unauthorized deviation’ on FIMI’s original offer. Representing FIMI, partner Gillon Beck acknowledged: “This is a very complex deal. It’s not a walk in the park, it’s very, very difficult, but if we didn’t believe there was a chance of success, we wouldn’t be here.”

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Color-Logic is widely recognised as the benchmark in metallic and special effect design technology, so receipt of formal certification that the Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 400 Digital Press is compatible with the Color-Logic process, offers an industry-recognised assurance of the press’ capacity to produce high-impact, vibrant colour, metallic labels.

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A technology preview model of Screen’s new Truepress LABEL 520AQ water-based inkjet label press, will be shown on the Screen stand D55 in Hall 5 at the upcoming Labelexpo Europe later this month (16^th-19^th September, Fira Barcelona Gran Via exhibition centre). This is in addition to previously released news (see here) that Screen’s Truepress LABEL 350UV SAI-S digital press will be printing live and continuously throughout all four days of the show.

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Widely recognised as one of the world’s leading providers of renewable packaging, biomaterials, and wooden construction products, the latest investment in Stora Enso’s Oulu (Finland) mill and production unit, tips its investment scales to just over €1.7bn between 2019 and 2025.

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As the dust starts to settle on the GBP£146m acquisition of Metamark by UPM Raflatac, Ball & Doggett is poised to expand the Metamark product portfolio locally and has launched the Metamark Passport Competition to showcase the versatility and creativity of the Metamark product range.

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Konica Minolta Australia, Macquarie University, and the Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform’s (ANZRP) TechCollect have partnered to launch the ‘Rethink e-recycling Drive’: a community initiative aimed at reducing landfill and giving unwanted technology a second life.

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Avery Dennison has signed an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based flooring adhesives business of Meridian Adhesives Group – which includes Taylor Adhesives, Polycom and Frontier Products brands – at a purchase price of USD$390m. Upon completion of the transaction, the flooring adhesives business will become part of the Avery Dennison Materials Group business.

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In line with its Reconciliation Action pledge, Ricoh Australia has partnered with not-for-profit organisation, Yalari, to fully fund a six-year scholarship for one indigenous student’s secondary education from Year 7-12. Waverley Stanley AM, Founding Director of Yalari says: “This scholarship is creating pathways that will ripple through families and communities for generations to come.”

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Driving an ambitious agenda towards the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 50% by 2030 and reaching ‘net-zero’ by 2050, Epson’s targets have now been formally approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. SBTi is a corporate climate action organization that has developed standards, tools and guidance to enable companies ‘to set GHG emissions reductions targets in line with what is needed to keep global heating below catastrophic levels and reach net-zero by 2050 at latest’.

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Jane Jackson (Ball & Doggett), Arlo-Cyrus Bruhn (NEO/Valiant Press), Chisato Moriguchi (Advance Press) and Annabelle Radford (working in a private technical college in Sydney) have officially been named as the winning candidates for the ‘2025 HP Indigo Scholarships’ (sponsored by Currie Group), which will see them complete their Level 1 HP Indigo Certification Training at the Currie Group Training Centre in Hawthorn, Victoria.

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Following a report (here) that suggested HP and Israel’s biggest private equity fund, FIMI Opportunity Funds, were the front runners to acquire Landa Digital Printing, FIMI has now emerged with an USD$80m ‘offer’ for the beleaguered company. But the move, which seems predicated on the fact that Landa has been backed into a corner, still requires approval from a creditors' meeting and court approval.

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Laying claims to a new era in high-speed digital inkjet printing for print and packaging converters, Agfa is celebrating a major innovation milestone as its customer The Delta Group completed beta testing of the new SpeedSet Orca – a versatile single-pass water-based digital press that is capable of speeds up to 11,000 B1 sheet an hour.

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Canon Production Printing Oceania has announced that the company’s complete range of market-leading industrial label and packaging solutions will now be supplied locally. Australian and New Zealand print service providers and converters will now be able to access all Canon high-volume digital production inkjet systems locally through CPP including the sale, installation and servicing of Edale (a Canon company since 2022) flexographic label and carton converting systems, as well as the upcoming Canon LabelStream LS2000 digital label press.

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Ian Young has joined Celmac as General Manager Finance & Administration, to oversee a transformation of the company’s operations support platforms, through the planned introduction of new business intelligence tools and e-commerce capabilities, as Celmac gears itself up for further growth and expansion. Wayne McIntyre, founder of Celmac, says: “Our focus on systems and technology will increase capacity and efficiency, as well as create a platform for future growth.”

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As part of the multiple-site events of the State Library’s Rare Book Week 2025, the Penrith Museum of Printing is staging a free 2-hour session on Tuesday 21st October (1.30-3.30pm) - N.B. date yet to be 100% confirmed but firm date to be announced in September - where it has invited three expert speakers to explain how fonts were created, the impact of the Linotype machine and the evolution of book structures.

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With over 650 exhibitors filling four halls and spread over approximately 1.3 million sq.ft. of exhibition space at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, and over 35,000 visitors expected to attend, next month’s LabelExpo Europe (16^th to 19^th September) enjoys its’ own label as the largest label and package printing industry event in the world.

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Having previously secured Pinnacle and Red Dot awards, the Epson SureColor printer series is back on the podium, scooping more industry honours at the 2025 iF Design Awards. The SureColor S9100 eco-solvent and F9500/9500H dye sublimation wide format printers were both recognised for iF Design awards, along with the 64” SureColor P20500 series, which services the professional photography, graphic and fine art markets.

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James Merhab has been promoted to lead Ball & Doggett’s NSW & ACT Sign, Display & Digital sales team, in a move aimed at further strengthening the company’s partnerships with current and potential signage and display customers across NSW and ACT.

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The Australian signage community is mourning the loss of industry pioneer Tony Coniglio, founder of Conect Enterprises, who passed away on August 6th at the age of 70. His son, Paul Coniglio, states: “Dad left an enduring legacy across hundreds, if not thousands, of sign industry professionals.”

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Following the success of its inaugural Executive Leadership Program event, expertly delivered through Master Certified Executive Coach, Jo Wise, the Women in Print Board is looking to include a broader series of similar events across the country in 2026. Stephanie Gaddin, Chair of Women in Print Australia, says: “We set out to create a program for leaders already in motion. To see them connect, share, and grow has been a powerful reminder of what we can achieve when we come together.”

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Two insightful US industry reports have recently been launched which offer some data-driven insights and observations that may well be echoed in the Australian and New Zealand wide-format printing sector. The Printing United Alliance’s State of the Industry Report 2025, highlights more global industry trends and their current impact, whilst Keypoint Intelligence’s latest study, Beyond the Big Shops, uncovers how small and mid-sized print service providers are quietly reshaping wide-format printing.