The Print Files

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review and analysis of the major developments, issues and trends emerging in the ANZ print industry during November. We start the episode with a discussion of COP26 and the world's intention to become carbon neutral and discuss a number of examples of the print industry already working to...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review and analysis of the major developments, issues and trends emerging in the ANZ print industry during October. We start by looking at the opportunities being offered to the print industry through relaxations of Covid restrictions in NSW and Victoria, then consider the sectors likely t...

In the second of the "Smarter Business" series, Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, talks with Richard Rasmussen, director at Ascent Partners, about the issues to consider when acquiring another company or considering selling your own. The episode starts with a discussion of the benefits that can be experienced through acquisition of another company and strategies to consider when assessing and pla...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review and analysis of the major developments, issues and trends emerging in the ANZ print industry during September. Covid is impacting the print industry and we look at which areas are hurting and which are doing well in Australia and New Zealand. Workplace vaccination will be the bigges...

Keeping and growing customers is key to business growth. Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, talks with Sean Crichton-Browne, head of global partnerships and customer engagement at MarketCulture, about the importance of customer engagement across the entire business. The discussion starts with the importance of developing a customer-focused culture across the whole of a business, and describing a c...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, talks with Malcolm Auld, principal of Malcolm Auld Direct, on how printers can benefit from the digital world. The episode starts with a review of physical print's role in the modern world, with an attitude of print being positive as opposed to "not dead yet," including the demise and return of QR codes. The discussion progresses towards understanding how print c...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review and analysis of the major developments, issues and trends emerging in the ANZ print industry during August. Covid continues to impact the economy and the print industry with businesses dealing with changing restrictions and falling demand, which has been further impacted by Clubs in...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review and analysis of the major developments, issues and trends emerging in the ANZ print industry during July. We start by acknowledging the impact the latest Covid outbreak and associated lockdowns is having on the print industry, and how that may play out, especially with JobKeeper no...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, joins XMPie's David Baldaro, marketing operations manager, and Enda Kavanagh, regional sales manager Asia Pacific, to discuss the opportunities XMPie is giving print businesses through personalisation, cross media marketing and digital integration. The discussion starts with a review of XMPie's capabilities as a platform for marketing and communications, that inc...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, discusses print leadership with Fred Soar, managing director of Soar Print. In the sixth episode in our Leading in Print series for The Print Files, Fred Soar, owner of successful print business Soar Print - which is celebrating its centenary this year - shares the lessons he has learned from 30 years of leading and growing a print business. He tells us how he go...

Wayne Robinson, Editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, Publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review and analysis of the major developments, issues and trends emerging in the ANZ print industry during June. The discussion starts with the big raises in staff and paper costs that will be difficult to absorb without increasing prices, and then moves on to Ovato's attempts to rapidly r...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, discusses print leadership with Wayne Finkelde, CEO of AAB Holdings which includes Pegasus Print, SOS Print & Media, F&M Supplies and AB Warehousing & Logistics. In the fifth episode in our Leading in Print series for The Print Files, Wayne Finkelde reviews his family's history in print and how he started working in the family business. Having attende...

Wayne Robinson, Editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, Publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review of the major developments in the ANZ print industry during May. The episode opens with a discussion of Amazon's new printing plant being established in Western Sydney, and its potential implications for the ANZ book printing industry. Thie focus then switches to newspapers, with ana...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, and Susan Heaney, managing director of Heaney's Performance in Print, discuss inspiration, management and surviving change, during the fourth episode in our Leading in Print series for The Print Files. The episode starts with Susan explaining her early roles in the family business and how she came to be running it. She highlights the importance of education to pr...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, and Tom Eckersley, managing director of Eckersley Print Group, discuss leadership, the importance of mentorship and running a family-owned business, during the third episode in our Leading in Print series for The Print Files. The episode starts with Tom discussing how he started working in the family business and quickly moves on to the importance of mentorship,...

Wayne Robinson, Editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, Publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review of the major developments in the ANZ print industry during April. The episode starts with an analysis of the potential impacts on mail and the print industry from the new CEO at Australia Post. This transitions into a review of Andrew Macaulay's achievements as CEO of the Print and...

Wayne Robinson, Editor of Print21, and Sandra Duarte, CEO of Centrum Group, discuss careers and leadership in the print industry during the second episode in our Leading in Print series for The Print Files. The discussion starts with a review of Sandra's career, focusing on her motivation and drive along with her transition from a tourism business to Centrum Print in 2008. We discuss the factors t...

Wayne Robinson, editor of Print21, talks to Debbie Burgess, joint managing director of Bright Print Group, on leadership in the evolving print industry. This is the first episode in The Print Files' series Leading in Print. We start with Debbie telling us about growing up with the family's print company, how she started working in the business, and the importance of education for her career, and f...

Wayne Robinson, Editor of Print21, and Lindy Hughson, Publisher of Print21 and PKN Packaging News, bring us a review of developments in the print industry during March. We start by discussing how two of the printing industry’s biggest players have been impacted by changes by the shift to online catalogues and magazines, yet they reported different results for the half year. The discussion then mov...