Ligare gets private equity partner
Ligare, which is the third-largest book-printing company in Australia, has announced that it has secured a private equity partner, with New Zealand-based Knox Partners taking a majority shareholding in the Sydney-based...
ACCC investigates Griffin/McPherson’s joint venture
Further to the announcement in last week's WBN that Australia's two largest book printers, PMP-owned Griffin Press and McPherson's Printing are planning to merge, subject to 'relevant approvals,' the Australian Competition...
Griffin Press and McPherson’s to merge
Griffin Press and McPherson's Printing--the two main book printers in Australia--have announced a merger plan.Griffin Press' owner PMP and McPherson's will each own 50% of the merged group, creating ‘a...
Changes at Egan Reid
New Zealand-based publishing and printing services company Egan Reid has been acquired by the UK-based printer and publishing technology group Pindar.‘What started out as an agency arrangement evolved into an...
Printer awarded for limited-edition book
Printer Ducor Group has been announced as the winner of the 2006 Heidelberg Australia Award for Marsupials of Australia, volume 3: Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-kangaroos (Tim Flannery & John Calaby,...
Booksurge Australia closes, but welcome BookPOD
Print-on-demand (PoD) company BookSurge Australia has now ceased trading, but its former business development manager Michael Blair has established a new business called BookPOD.‘BookPOD will provide digital short-run printing and...


