Columns & opinion

Overcapacity an understatement as PBL pushes on with heatset plant

Aug 20, 2009 at 01:43 am by Staff

With PMP shareholders licking their wounds after what the media has dubbed the 'year that saw credibility junked', worse may be to come for the catalogue and magazine printer..... Read More

Is it just about dead trees, and will pruning 'PANPA' bring it new life?

Aug 16, 2009 at 07:04 pm by Staff

It’s not just the traditional three-day PANPA conference that’s for the chop this year … the organisation’s name is also set for the surgeon’s knife, writes Peter Coleman..... Read More

When ‘druck’ comes to shove: Pressure for a Heidelberg-manroland merger

Jul 28, 2009 at 08:13 pm by Staff

The speculation emerged last Friday (July 24), significantly the day following Heidelberg’s annual meeting in Mannheim, Germany: First the ‘Platow’ stockmarket newsletter and.... Read More

Is a time-warped postie monopoly the biggest threat to print?

Jun 25, 2009 at 03:27 am by Staff

Australia Post is celebrating its 200th anniversary … but have mail users anything to celebrate, writes Peter Coleman. Indeed there are times when it seems the biggest thre.... Read More

PMP's 'pulp fiction' mess changes gear with ACCC admission

Jun 24, 2009 at 07:43 pm by Staff

What a mess! The PMP letterbox delivery fraud dubbed ‘pulp fiction’ by the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ when it broke the story earlier this year, has moved up a gear with the comp.... Read More