As a member of Adobe’s ‘service provider’ programme, we receive regular emails with helpful trip and tricks, amongst other things. This morning I received a particularly helpful email with a number of tips and tricks I was only vaguely aware of, or not aware of at all, in PhotoShop. Tips include dealing with distortions in […]
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Greenpeace pressures Spanish bank to withdraw funding for Indonesian paper mill accused of deforestation
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 the reason. Spanish-based bank Santander says it has decided to ‘not renew the current funding to April, and will not be extending further funding at […]
And then there were none . . . paper manufacturing in Australia in danger of ceasing altogether
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. Australian Paper says unless it lifts performance, and soon, the business may not survive, following four straight years of losses. Chief operating officer Peter Williams […]
Ipex 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 Director Informa Exhibitions. Following the trade-show turmoil created by drupa’s announcement that it will switch to a three-year frequency cycle, Peter […]
The 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 a previously successful business. Of the three high-profile eight-figure printing collapses of 2014, Sumo Visual Group, which was Australia’s biggest display graphics printer, […]
Adobe 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 imaging software that continues to redefine creativity in the digital age, turns 25 today. Photoshop touches virtually all the inspirational imagery that surrounds […]
Drupa 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 been announced, now every three years. Just two years ago, major exhibitors were questioned about a move to every three […]
Geon 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 / liquidators for a creditors’ meeting on 26th June 2013 provides details of the company’s financial position, and it makes ugly reading. […]
Learn more about the NBN and its potential benefits for the printing and related industries
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, early evening networking events in July, which will shine the spotlight on the Future of print and the impact of the National Broadband […]
Printing sector tops nation’s economic growth
Amidst the doom and gloom often reflected by pundits who predict the demise of printing on paper in favour of electronic delivery of news, advertising, books and so on, comes the news that the printing industry is alive and well, and quite robust. Economic growth data shows that the printing industry was one of the […]