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From the Editor
Industry Profiles
16 Big shoes to fill – Bill Muir
The new CEO of the near billion dollar EFI company has big shoes to fill. In an exclusive interview Print21 editor Wayne Robinson asks him how he intends to walk.
18 In safe hands – Graeme Russell
At the Royal Commission the not-for-profit industry super funds shone like a beacon. Graeme Russell CEO of print’s own Media Super explains why that is.
22 From the label front – Roger Kirwan
Roger Kirwan launched trade label printer Foxcil six years ago, and has added to his group since. Patrick Howard talks to the main man.
Installations
40 Digital train pulls into Print Station
Sydney printer Print Station has invested in a trio of digital machines supplied by Currie Group. Jake Nelson went along to see how the business has transformed.
42 CMP takes Australia’s first Nyala 35
Full service Sydney printer Clarke Murphy Print steps up for its fifth swissQprint flatbed machine, with another to come. Patrick Howard reports.
48 Digital delivering at Miller Street
Kwik Kopy franchisee Daniel McKenzie is seeing strong business coming from investing in a Roland DG 640 XR print and cut wide format system, reports Wayne Robinson.
49 Contra Vision at the Tate
When Tate Liverpool needed a one-way window film for a new installation, it turned to Contra Vision Performance HD, which offered vibrant imagery to the outside and maximum visibility from within.
Columns, News, Views, Diary
24 Scott Telfer
Customer experience consultant Scott Telfer discusses how best to handle situations when the customer is not right.
54 Andrew Macaulay
PIAA CEO explains what it means to be part of the peak industry association, and what the year has in store.
56 Ruth Cobb
The year ahead in New Zealand is looking packed with valuable activities, says the PrintNZ CEO.
58 Doris Prodanovic
The changing nature of print journalism is assessed in conversation with industry legend Ita Buttrose.
64 People in Print
The people making news in the print industry.
70 Print Diary
The essential guide to the best upcoming industry events here and overseas for print professionals.
Print moving in digital direction – the editor (l) at Heidelberg
The Digital Issue
his issue of Print21 – the country’s highest circulating print business title – is the Digital Issue. Inside you will find pages packed with features illuminating digital print; the business, the technology, the markets.
One of the most influential businesses in digital print is EFI, thanks initially to its Fiery rip. I have just come back from its annual user group Connect; check out the report and exclusive interview with its new CEO on pages 14-16. I also had the opportunity to engage with press giant Heidelberg in Germany, which itself is engaged on a pathway to digitalisation, that’s me with Heidelberg’s senior vice president digital print in front of its digital B1 packaging press, above. It doesn’t mean all its presses becoming digital, it means a digitalisation of the printing process, the feature is on pages 28-29.
Printers have the choice of toner and inkjet for digital, and in the case of HP Indigo, liquid toner. Print21’s industrial and labels editor Jake Nelson has an extensive report on the benefits of each of the different solutions, his report is pages 32-39.
As part of our Digital Issue we have a plethora of features on print businesses which have implemented digital technology. These include trade label printer Foxcil on pages 22-23, Imagination Graphics on page 30, which has both toner-based cut-sheet systems and inkjet wide format. Print Station, on page 40, has just installed a whole new digital production line including digital embellishment, Clark Murphy Print on page 42 is now on its fifth flatbed printer. Kwik Kopy in North Sydney on page 48, has put in a roll-to-roll print and cut wide-format solution to complement its digital cutsheet engines.
The Low Countries of Holland and Belgium are digital print technology pioneers; Print21 was able to visit the head offices of Agfa, Esko, Océ and Xeikon for the latest news, see pages 44-46.
On a different note, much mainstream media attention has been on the Royal Commission on Finance. Not-for-profit industry super funds were one of the few sectors that came out with their reputation intact, Media Super included. Its CEO Graeme Russell tells me why that is, on pages 18-20.
This month’s issue also has PIAA CEO Andrew Macaulay on pages 54-55 outlining the year ahead for the association, while Ruth Cobb for PrintNZ does the same on page 56. And there are all the Print21 regulars, including Scott Telfer on page 24 discussing how to handle situations when the customer is not always right.
Enjoy the read,
Wayne Robinson
– Editor
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