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September 2016 People Technology Business www.proprint.com.au September 2016 $8.00 FOCUS: TWO SIDES We believe in the power of print. Lobbying for print on multiple fronts Kellie Northwood on the Why Green & Gold Printing frontline for print industry integrated digital and offset with Ricoh. FOCUS: MIS W2P Opening the door to new customers MIS & W2P delivering beneficial customer relations for printers STAR BUSINESS: AVON New generation as Avon into new area Leading finishing house grows wide format trade printing ALSO INSIDE... Comment: Transformation $8.00 (inc GST) Comment: Sales downturn Tech Guide: Digital labels ProPrint FC 3 mm spine for 56 pages.indd 1 29/08/2016 4:30 pm
EDITOR’S LETTER WAYNE ROBINSON Political power Two Sides Australia has been doing a public agenda, which highlights the shambles it has been this time around great job highlighting the rort power of politicians. in its great online move, promoted as instigated by the big banks, telcos and Senator Dastyari's concern is not easier for all. Some people think that utility suppliers whereby they charge print itself of course, but his concern innovation and online are the same their customers to receive a printed is completely valid and highlights that thing, and that online is the panacea bill. Promoted by the corps as an in the new world print has its place. to all our problems, well the Census environmentally beneficial way to Let's get behind Two Sides in its clearly showed it is not. pay bills the reality is that those same endeavours. If you are not backing Quite apart from the fiasco of corporations are netting literally print then who will, because make no August 9 when the website had to be millions of dollars in extra revenue, taken down under apparently what and mainly from the people who can Netting literally millions in extra was a schoolboy attack, online data least afford it - the elderly and the vulnerable - a distinctly grubby revenue - a grubby exercise management is a massive issue, and many of us have serious qualms about exercise indeed. handing such personal data with our Now the lobbying is paying off, in mistake print is under attack on names attached to anyone, let alone a stage one anyway, with Labor many fronts, an often ill-informed government agency. The ABS says it heavyweight Senator Sam Dastyari attack, but as they say if a lie is is safe, which clearly cannot be true, getting on board and making some repeated often enough it becomes the if NASA can be hacked then an strong statements, telling the truth. Check out our feature on Two obscure government site obviously government that choice is all well and Sides in this issue of ProPrint, and see can be as well. good but they cannot allow the how you can be involved in one of Paper forms by stark contrast disenfranchised to be penalised by their trio of important campaigns. cannot be hacked, and will not be profiteering corporations. And that leads us nicely to that other shut down due to too much traffic - Having a Senator on board has great star of the online world - the unless of course they are being meant the message is suddenly on the national Census - and the absolute transported along Parramatta Road. CONTENTS PROFILE 30-32 Star Business: Avon 2-6 Update Trade finishing house Avon Graphics The monthly round-up of all the is now entering the wide format major news from the world of world, and going through a Australian print generational change 8-10 Monthly debrief FOCUS Recap of all the major developments published on proprint.com.au since 24-26 MIS & W2P the last issue of ProPrint MIS has been though warp speed improvement, and now with web- 12 Comment: Baden Kirgan to-print shold be a formidable part Kirgan confronts a print market that of any print business seems to have virtually stoopped since the new financial year started 32-33 Print 4.0 At drupa we saw the future and its 14 Comment: Transformation p 32-33 COVER STORY name is Print 4.0, Simon Eccles Sarah Leo at Openbook Howden unwraps the mega trend shares the journey the business is 18-19 Integration: Ricoh going through The Ricoh TotalFlow solutions TECHNOLOGY GUIDE seamlessly integrates offset 14 Comment: 11th drupa and digital print production 24-26 Digital Label Presses Romano shares his thoughts on The options for digital label printing drupa 2016, the 11th he has attended FOCUS: BUSINESS are multiplying along with the since 1972 opportunities, Proprint checks out 22-23 Two sides and three ten of the best new releases 15 Reader Reaction: Factoring campaigns Hot topic, following Kirgan's vampire ProPrint talks to Kellie Northwood POSTSCRIPT attack last month three readers about TSA and the trio of campaigns share their thoughts on factoring it is now running 50 Print's Past, Diary, Q&A www.proprint.com.au September 2016 ProPrint 1 Contents.indd 1 29/08/2016 4:38 pm
UPDATE IVE and PMP achieve differing results by April Glover Print giants PMP and IVE have released PMP Australia sales were down by December last year. The net profit after their annual figures, with PMP taking a $57.6m to $334.6m from $393m, tax was up by a strong 117.5 per cent to dive in print sales, while IVE exceeded although some $25m of that was due to $20.9m from $9.6m last year. forecasts across the board. a major customer buying its own paper. Pro-forma revenue was up strongly, by The country’s biggest printer PMP had It also included a major contract loss at 13.2 per cent to $382m over last year’s its new $77m distribution contract with $13m, the final end of the Directories $337.4m. Pro-forma earnings before Bauer Media to thank for keeping its business at $8m, the $6m Dick Smith interest, tax, depreciation and amortisa- sales figure at the same level as last year. bad debt. Australian EBIT was down tion (EBITDA) and pro-forma revenue However the print giant saw its $1.6m. Griffin Press was hit with lower were also above prospectus forecast. 2015/16 profit all but wiped out by the heatset sales and higher costs although The company’s pro-forma EBITDA of Dick Smith collapse and the termina- it says these were mainly offset by $42.8m was 38.7 per cent above pro- tion of an old bond, Dick Smith cost the tighter cost controls. Griffin will be an forma EBITDA of $30.9m in FY2015. company around $4m, the end of the entirely digital business from 2017 on Its customer base expanded by 12 per bond $4m, eliminating its $8m profit the back of its $3.2m a year lease deal for cent over the year, with the Group now from last year, and giving the business a HP web and sheetfed printers. providing services to some 2260 clients, razor thin margin of $185,000. Distribution business Gordon & Gotch the biggest of which represents four per The company described FY16 as saw sales rise strongly to $345.8m, up by cent of revenue, with the top 20 respon- ‘another year of patchy markets’ and a quarter with the revenues from Bauer sible for 32 per cent of total revenue. said there had been a ‘higher than nor- offsetting lower sales from existing cus- The company says its high cash genera- mal level of customer disruption / churn tomers as magazines circulations con- tion reflects its strong operating perfor- of contracts’. Patchy year: PMP CEO tinue to fall. EBIT was down by 22 per mance with a continued focus on Sales revenue was up by half a per cent Peter George (top) cent falling by $700,000 to $2.3m on working capital. Executive chairman to $816m with total revenue up by a the impact of those lower sales. Geoff Selig told ProPrint, “The results third of a per cent to $820m. EBIT Continued evolution: In contrast, in its first public results are pleasing, and are through a combi- excluding significant items was down IVE exec chairman report, Blue Star parent IVE revealed it nation of factors, reflecting the contin- by 11 per cent or $3.1m to $23.2m while Geoff Selig has achieved an increase against fore- ued evolution of the group.” EBIT including significant items was casts across the board, with profits, IVE does not provide segmented fig- down by 46 per cent to $11m. EBITDA sales and customer numbers all on the ures but Selig told ProPrint, “The Blue at $51.2m was down by $6.9m with the rise, and all up against forecast figures. Star division is a good business, it is decline coming from PMP Australia and The IVE after tax profit at $20.9m was market leader in most of its areas, and PMP New Zealand, which was partially proforma 2.9 per cent above its prospec- w ill continue to receive strong offset by lower corporate costs. tus forecast, given when it listed in investment.” MADE AN IMPRESSION OOH EARNINGS The out of home advertising industry continues to surge, up 18 per cent on last year HANNANPRINT Wins job to print new 250,000 run David J0nes glossy mag LOTSA PRINT There are plenty of distressed print business sales, but up-for- sale Lotsa Print is in rude health UPS & DOWNS THE PRINTCENTRE Directors under fire as company closes without warning, staff arrive to locked gates NATIONAL CENSUS The muggles at Griffin Press produced the latest Harry Potter blockbuster in the usual top secret conditions, Online shambles as paper-free with books under heavy security during the printing and dispatch. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was Census teeters on edge not actually a novel, and not actually written by JK Rowling, it was the script of a stage play based on the following big night fiasco teenage magician’s adventures, but that did not stop fans engaging in a buying frenzy the night it went on sale, the first three days saw some 170,000 copies fly out of the door of the nation’s grateful booksellers. Griffin Press is in the middle of a transition to digital print production, with the first tranche of a multi- million dollar HP web and sheetfed investment through Currie Group to be commissioned on September 7. 2 ProPrint September 2016 www.proprint.com.au Update-NEWS.indd 2 30/08/2016 4:16 pm
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UPDATE PRINT BY NUMBERS Census disaster highlights power of print $1.85m by April Glover The country’s first online census - which cut out millions of copies from the print The asking price for Peter Martin’s FNQ print business run - has proved an unmitigated disas- Lotsa Printing p6 ter, with the website crashing and remaining offline while the majority of 14% people were trying to upload their details. Thanks to the website fail - which is variously being blamed on international hackers or public overload - only two The out-of-home (OOH) million of the estimated 10 million industry’s July revenue increase online forms were completed on census compared to the previous year night, and what was suppposed to be a p8 triumph of online technology has Debacle: online census incident, with 14.5 million forms – turned into a national debacle. form printed by IPMG - completed. This time 250,000 The ABS is blaming an overseas around only around a third of that num- attack, while the government minister ber were produced – printed by Print responsible is flatly contradicting this Media Group, distributed by IVE - with and blaming an overloaded system. If it some 10 million forms set to be filled in is a hack it highlights the serious con- online, which did not happen. At least The print run of the new David cerns expressed by many Australians half a million Aussies that did not Jones quarterly magazine about online data breaches, which of receive a paper form have already printed by Hannanprint p9 course are not possible with paper cen- requested one, with that figure now set 28% sus forms which have served the census to skyrocket. since 1911. Kellie Northwood from lobby groups In the latest development, the Keep Me Posted and Two Sides Australia Australian Privacy Commissioner has says, “Paper should have been the pri- weighed in, commencing an investiga- mary media, with an opt-in for online. tion into the ABS and the census, aimed We lobby for whatever is easier for the The jump in packaging giant at ensuring personal data is being consumer. Orora’s full year revenue p10 protected. “Clearly paper census forms are eas- $2.8m The last census in 2011 used print as ier on every level, as last night conclu- its only form, and passed off without sively proved.” The amount 3D printer Aurora Labs raised through IPO before Fuji Xerox opens new Perth print hub listing on the ASX p10 by April Glover 26.8% Fuji Xerox Australia is spreading its print tendrils further across the country with the opening of a new print centre in Western Australia, and revealed plans to open two more shops in another The jump in readership 4X4 two locations. magazine has experienced, The supplier giant’s print centre – according to Roy Morgan p10 called Luminate – marks part of a com- pany rebrand of its existing PrintWorks 30 businesses in WA. Fuji Xerox says the print hub will pro- vide document management, print and copy services firstly to students at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth. The age of Star Business, Promotional material rolled out for Luminate: rebrand of “ECU and Fuji Xerox have come to an Avon Graphics p32 the service states, “Luminate by Fuji Fuji Xerox print hubs agreement that student printing prices Xerox facilitates creation, whether that’s will massively reduce from the com- 4.0 through print or something else entirely. mencement of Semester 2.” Luminate’s services are the gateway to The cutthroat price drop has seen a design, fresh thinking and document 50-page colour thesis that would nor- production.” mally cost $45 reduced to $11. The Fuji Xerox branded centre at one The Fuji Xerox parent company also Print 4.0 was pronounced as of Western Australia’s biggest universi- owns its separate print division called one of the ‘mega trends’ at ties represents a partnership between Fuji Xerox Document Management drupa p30 the supplier and the school. Solutions (FXDMS), an operation that In an internal communication sent Go to proprint.com.au competes in an open market – often out to students, the university stated, for news as it happens against Fuji Xerox customers. 4 ProPrint September 2016 www.proprint.com.au Update-NEWS.indd 4 29/08/2016 5:00 pm
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UPDATE Victorian industry suffers buffeting in Aug Print director quits to become policeman by April Glover The Victorian print industry has been Hi-Mark describes itself as five decade buffeted for the past month with a suc- old family-owned and run print and cession of businesses large and small design business specialising in bro- being forced to close their doors. chures, stationary and promotional Highest profile collapse is large for- material printing. mat trade outfit PrintCentre. It shut The Williamstown business collapsed down operations and left its employees into liquidation with Roger Grant and in the dark, they turned up for work as Shane Deane from Dye & Co appointed usual on the Monday morning only to John Doyle, to wind it up. Craig Mulligan: printer turned policeman find the doors padlocked and no sign of Printcentre Dandenong South based digital diretcors John Doyle or Darren Soppi. printer Pax Printers also collapsed into Queensland print identity Craig Disgruntled employees told ProPrint liquidation under mounting debt owed Mulligan has stepped down from his The Printcentre owner Darren Soppi by the business. role as joint director of GT Print to pur- had been on stress leave for some time The 35 year old printer was taken over sue a career as a policeman. before semi-retired co-owner John by new owners in recent years and Mulligan was managing director of Doyle returned to patch up a ‘failing’ according to LinkedIn, is currently GT Print for six years before departing company. headed up by managing director Alan the company, leaving the print dream Soppi and Doyle have not contacted Stewart. It provided digital, offset and behind to chase the police vocation. their employees since Grant Thornton large format printing services to the A spokesperson from GT Print told entered the building – leaving its Darren Soppi, Dandenong South area. ProPrint Mulligan left the business for a twenty-strong workforce mystified. Printcentre The Pax customer list was bought by ‘change of scenery’ after his established ProPrint understands that super has Steven Todisco’s Affinity Printing. career in the print industry. not been paid to employees for some Michael Wu’s On Demand and GT Print is now headed by Mulligan’s time – with some employees allegedly Longbeach Printing business are also in co-director Graham Hart who has been owed a backlog of entitlements. liquidation, with the on again off again with the business since its inception in The Printcentre moved into its saga at Longbeach now at an end and 1990. Melbourne facility in March last year, the business set to close. Wu only bought The Sunshine Coast based printer has after pulling production including its the business from longtime owner Josh since shortened its name from GT Onset printer out of Sydney. de Groot in January, and his son John de Printing Services Australia to simply GT Alsio falling over is Melbourne com- Groot has been general manager ever Print following Mulligan’s departure. mercial printer, Hi-Mark Press which is Michael Wu, since. installed. Wu’s other Victorian Mulligan was an essential cog in the in liquidation after 50 years in the print Longbeach and business, On Demand, which he bought GT Print wheel during his tenure, which industry. On Demand from administration in November last encompassed a move to Maroochydore. Tassie printer Pearce leaves PIAA Board Martin to sell Lotsa after 21 years by April Glover Far North Queensland printer Lotsa Printing is on the market after long- time owner Peter Martin looks to pack up his inks and retire after 21 years in the industry. Martin is aiming to sell the business for $1.85m. It boasts a workforce of 33, and a suite of pre-press, offset, digital, Craig Pearce: resigned from PIAA Board wide format, and finishing equipment. Tasmanian PIAA Board member Craig Lotsa operates two main production Pearce put forward his immediate resig- plants - one in Port Douglas which nation to the Association after the focuses on digital and offset, and a sig- Lotsa Printing: on sale going,” Martin explains to ProPrint. demands of his print business Flying nage facility in sunny Cairns. as Peter Martin retires “The strength of the business is Colours forced his retirement. Martin says the possibility of a sale relentless. We have a loyal client base Pe a r c e , w h o w a s a p p o i nt e d and subsequent retirement has been on and the presses are ready to start pump- Association Secretary to the PIAA last the cards for six months. ing out the work immediately.” year, says his resignation comes as Lotsa has carved out a strong niche in Martin also says a major perk for any Flying Colours faces increased growth, its region over the years. “The key to the potential buyer is Lotsa’s strong ISO cer- demanding his full attention as manag- businesses success is delivery speed tification, coupled with the printer’s ing director. with local supply and not from down accomplishment as the first print busi- “While I accepted the appointments south, Lotsa is very well known in the ness in the world to achieve 100 per cent with relish, the reality of balancing the area,” says Martin. on its six-monthly audit certificate ear- demands of my business and the com- The veteran printer moved from lier this year. mitment to the industry has proven too Sydney to Far North Queensland some “Lotsa Printing is furious on colour great,” says Pearce. 25 years ago, and says the print industry and quality, and the support network of “I am faced with focusing on the very in regional Queensland is tight, helped the industry in regional Queensland is a real growth opportunities at Flying by the ironclad support of the locals. major asset for any buyer,” adds Martin. Colours or allowing my love of the “Regional Queensland is full of locals Martin asks that interested parties industry to dictate the success of my supporting locals, and the spirit of the Go to proprint.com.au contact Richard Rasmussen of agent business.” industry will keep Lotsa Printing for news as it happens Ascent Partners on 0402 021 101. 6 ProPrint September 2016 www.proprint.com.au Update-NEWS.indd 6 29/08/2016 5:00 pm
UPDATE JULY - AUGUST TIMELINE 29 july 04 august Monthly debrief REAL ESTATE SIGNAGE GOING DIGITAL The high turnover industry for printed Recapping the major 27 july real estate signage developments since your has been disrupted $6.1m VISTAPRINT PARENT TRIALS PRINTER by a major shift to last issue. Stories are CO-OPERATION electronic signboards breaking every day at Web to print giant Cimpress – the parent of Vistaprint – has a new tool in beta as Aussie realty agencies demand www.proprint.com.au testing, Cimpress Open, which could deliver digital advertising. OPUS SELLS CACTUS TO OOH! FOR huge benefits to other print businesses. Touch screen $6.1M If successful Cimpress Open will enable digital displays are Opus has sold its outdoor media printer printers to embed the entire Vistaprint replacing many Cactus Imaging to out of home giant oOh! product range within their own websites paper board signs for Media for $6.1m and will concentrate and apps. It will also enable speciality major Australian real entirely on its publishing division. Cactus is printers to sell their own products through estate outfits such one of the largest if not the largest outdoor the Vistaprint website, opening up a as Ray White and printer in the country. It saw an 18 per massive new market for most printers. LJ Hooker in a bid 4 august cent boost in sales in the 2015 financial Cimpress Open is in the early stages of beta to keep pace with year. It runs both HP Scitex and Fujifilm testing, which is expected to continue well technology trends. WW20_ProPrint-Cover_160726_vC08.pdf 1 26/07/2016 5:03 pm grand format printers. Brendon Cook, CEO into next year. The twin track of enabling August 2016 of oOh! says classic printers to sell Vistaprint products directly print-based out of from their own websites and enabling People Technology Business www.proprint.com.au August 2016 $8.00 home advertising is printers to sell their products through the 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS an integral part of Vistaprint website comes as part of the 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS the sector. new strategy. 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 01 august 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS 20YEARS OOH INDUSTRY REVENUE SKYROCKETS Celebrating 20 Years Out-of-home (OOH) industry figures servicing the print industry 20YEARS 20YEARS 28 july are maintaining consecutive surges in Beware the Vampires Factoring companies Star Business: Minuteman Melbourne franchisee Focus: Digital Label print ProPrint looks at the revenue after its July earnings trumped bad news for shows how to grow in pros and cons of digital WALL NEW VISUAL CONNECTIONS the previous year’s by 14 per cent. Net $8.00 (inc GST) printers: Kirgan tough times label printing ProPrint FC template new V2.indd 1 2/08/2016 1:15 pm PRESIDENT revenue for OOH in the month of July John Wall, president hit a resounding target of $57.2m, a and director significant jump from the same period last of Roland DG year’s $50m. Year-to-date earnings for It has been Australia is the new the booming industry reached $418.5m, a rewarding president of Visual Connections, the tracking up by 18 per cent from last year’s $354m. Whilst static print media maintains year and I major suppliers’ its place as the highest earning category would like to association. He was formerly vice president and succeeds Bottcher CEO Mitch Mulligan, against digital, electronic billboard revenue managed to make up 37.8 per cent, a 13 per thank my under a planned move agreed when cent increase from last year. The figures fellow Board commercial print suppliers association GAMAA and wide format suppliers group are on track to smash last year’s record breaking total revenue of $677.8m, which members for Visual Industries merged a year ago. bulldozed 2014’s yearly revenue by almost their hard Outgoing president Mulligan says, “It has been a rewarding year and I would like $100m. Category breakdowns see roadside billboards delivering majority revenue for work to thank my fellow Board members for the month at $21.8m, followed by street their hard work. We are proud that Visual furniture, taxis, bus and tram externals Connections has united major suppliers at $17.1m. Several of the OOH industry’s across the print, graphic and signage biggest players are gearing up for a stellar industries and continued to contribute 2016 with multiple acquisitions. to the sustainability of the industry.” Incoming president Wall is looking forward to taking on the role and for the year News happens every day at ahead. He says, “What a great first year proprint.com.au for Visual Connections. I am proud to take the helm at this juncture and to further the Sign up for our free daily news bulletin. work of the association.” Registered users get access to premium content 8 ProPrint September 2016 www.proprint.com.au Debrief.indd 8 29/08/2016 3:54 pm
UPDATE 15 august 09 august BJ BALL TO BUY WEST GRAPHICS BJ Ball is acquiring West Australian graphics distributor West Graphics Print Supplies, in a move that will propel the paper giant News Corp into the Perth inks and consumables booked market. The deal comes into effect late August, and will see the paper merchant 17 august US$684m offer distribution to the WA market for its total PRINT STINGS NEWS CORP EARNINGS through West Graphics of the Huber Group PERTH NEWSPAPER PRINTER GOES fourth The newspaper industry is the thorn in range of inks, and a suite of coatings, UNDER News Corp’s side after its global earnings varnishes, press chemistry, blankets and Western Australian newspaper printer quarter were pushed down 28 per cent by print other specialty products. BJ Ball says the Sun City Publishing has closed its doors global publishing, despite best efforts to revive acquisition will drive increased technical and appointed liquidators, following a earnings, a the declining sector. News Corp booked support and sales across its operations in domino effect of print publishing collapses 28 per cent US$684m for its total fourth quarter global earnings, a 28 per cent plunge compared Australia – which now includes Perth and wider WA. It also makes BJ Ball a complete across the country. Sun City Publishing, which is based in Yanchep, WA published plunge to US$945m the prior year. Its overall national distributor. The value of the two local newspapers The Sun City compared advertising revenue also dropped by five acquisition has not been disclosed, and it News and Yanchep Times, and offered to US$945m per cent, which the group attributes to is unknown whether West Graphics will graphic design and printing services to ‘weakness in the print advertising market’. leave its facility in Osborne Park, WA. the region. Its mastheads were published the prior A breakdown of figures saw the Murdoch fortnightly to the local Yanchep region on year empire’s news operations swing a loss of the coast of Perth, and it also operated almost US$400m from US$603 to US$213m online news websites. Liquidators from in the full financial year, while its saving Mackay Goodwin were appointed to Sun grace digital real estate earnings jumped City Publishing, and calls to its Yanchep from US$201m to US$344m. “While global location are going unanswered. The print ad trends remain challenging at our business had been advertised for sale in News and Information Services segment, July for $220,000. we are continuing aggressive growth.” 16 august The world is moving HANNANPRINT ROLLS OUT NEW DJS forward, and for print MAGAZINE JONES businesses standing still A new quarterly magazine for David Jones printed by IPMG-owned Hannanprint is simply not an option has rolled out across the country, with 08 august a print run rivalling the highest read 10 august fashion mags in Australia. Hannanprint CIVIC MEDIA PRINT PARTNER FOR won the David Jones mag contract in May BRISBANE BULLETS EFI BOSS APPLAUDS ONLINE following a short tender process held by Brisbane digital printer Civic Media has EFI CEO Guy Gecht publisher Medium Rare, and has finalised entered into a partnership with Australian says the rapid printing of the first edition. The 180-page National Basketball League (NBL) team the move to the online magazine, which is titled Jones, has a Brisbane Bullets as its official print partner. world represents print run of 250,000, with copies mailed Civic Media specialises in producing banner good news for through direct mail firm Adsend to select mesh, shade cloth, vehicle graphics, print business customers and David Jones stores across banners, billboards, building wrap and POS owners, who can the country. Its print run more than triples signage, and has already printed signage use digital print to exploit a myriad of Australia’s highest read fashion magazine at the Bullets’ training base and banners new opportunities. Speaking to ProPrint Marie Claire’s monthly circulation which for club events. The partnership is also as part of a round of global media phone sits at around 80,000. A large portion being consummated by a large format calls from California Gecht says that of the issue is set to be distributed sign sitting at the Royal Queensland Show, printers who recognise the opportunity through David Jones’ 40 Aussie stores as known as the Ekka this year. “We believe and move with the times can provide a gift with purchase, and the rest sold the Brisbane Bullets’ new look and core a compelling service to the market. He over the counter in-store and through values of Respect, Inspire and Family align says, “The rapid move to the online world newsagents for $9.95. Jones’ inaugural with our business values,” says Civic Media means printers’ customers are demanding issue also features managing director Adam Middleton. “Civic short run, personalised, on demand work 71 full pages Media will not only be providing signage, with no waste and no lead time. Digital of advertising but also contribute to the family friendly print is perfectly positioned to capitalise from glamorous feeling at Bullets home games. We are on this, especially in fast growing areas brands such as excited to be part of the Bullets’ journey such as signage, packaging, textiles and Dior and Gucci. back to the NBL.” decoration, along with more traditional Hannanprint also but still growing print areas such as direct prints Woolworths mail. The world is moving forward, and for Fresh Magazine. print businesses standing still is simply not an option.” www.proprint.com.au September 2016 ProPrint 9 Debrief.indd 9 29/08/2016 3:54 pm
UPDATE AUGUST TIMELINE 18 august 19 august ORORA BOOSTS REVENUE AND SALES 23 august DESPITE DEBT GROWTH AEC TO RUN PIAA VOTE Global packaging giant Orora has booked The Printing Industries Association of PERTH 3D OUTFIT FLOATS ON ASX a 28 per cent jump for its full year revenue, Australia’s (PIAA) upcoming election Perth-based 3D printer Aurora Labs has with a net profit of $168m, propelled by US will be coordinated by the Australian successfully floated on the Australian Stock acquisitions and its land sale in Australia. Electoral Commission (AEC) following a Exchange after raising $2.8m through The group also posted significant sales lengthy application process. Historically its IPO in an Australian first. Aurora Labs revenue growth, up 13 per cent from the the association has run its Board elections debuted its first day of trading at 54 cents same period last year spiking at $3.8bn. internally, and this year will be the first per share, rising strongly by almost 25 After revealing its profitable year, Orora’s time the Board has requested the AEC. per cent to close in the afternoon at 70 shares surged by 10 per cent to an ordinary According to PIAA chief executive Andrew cents. The 3D printing start up managed to dividend of 5 cents per share, rising by 26.7 Macaulay, the industry body spent the last raise $2.8m since launching its prospectus per cent. Despite soaring growth from all several months liaising with the AEC after in June, offering 14 million shares at 20 angles, Orora still carries net debt, which applying through WorkChoices in a bid to cents each. Aurora began two years ago climbed three per cent from $607m to put its elections at ‘arms length’. “Using as a small start-up and is now headed by $630m for the financial year. Orora chief the AEC for the election in October is part of co-founder and managing director David executive Nigel Garrard says the group’s the Board’s desire for a new direction with Budge and executive director Nathan generally strong result was bolstered the association,” says Macaulay. “It shows Henry. The printers it has developed are by a blend of organic growth, its fierce us as an industry association that operates now at the production stage following an acquisition model and the sale of its land with transparency as staff and PIAA extended beta testing phase. in Queensland. “The 2016 financial year members are completely removed from the saw a continuation of strong execution election process. Any other elections held of the Orora Way operating model, which by the PIAA will require a reapplication to delivered higher earnings and cash flows the AEC.” and increased returns,” says Garrard. 18 august PRESS SUPPLIERS CREDIT DRUPA TO We are market leader, STELLAR RESULTS but we can improve our 24 august KBA posted The financial results season is upon us, order and global press suppliers are attributing a market share AUSSIE MAGS SHOW SORRY FIGURES booming drupa to strong earnings for 2016, Australia’s magazine industry is facing figures to with sales and orders representing a huge 22 august similar mass circulation drops as the tune of portion of revenue. Press manufacturers Heidelberg and Koenig & Bauer Group SPANDEX APPOINTS NEW BOSS newspapers, with our highest selling women’s mags crashing to its worst €352.5m – (KBA) have credited a highly profitable Spandex has appointed ever figures. However Roy Morgan which it drupa 2016 to their strong results, booking millions of euros worth of orders from the former Arlon Graphics VP David Neidell as research has found titles with growing year-on-year circulation tend to be says only tradeshow. KBA posted order figures to its new Asia Pacific niche market magazines – such as 4WD represents the tune of €352.5m – which it says only represents around a third of orders actually vice president, which includes running the Australian operation mag 4x4 Australia with a 26.8 per cent jump in readership, and food and wine around a taken at drupa. Its half year revenue from its Sydney base. He replaces former title Selector Magazine which rose by third of also jumped by 30 per cent to €553.9m. The press giant says the flow on effect of boss Alex McLelland who left when the company – headquartered in Switzerland 48.5 per cent, but their overall numbers are a fraction of the mass market orders fulfilling its €639.8m backlog of orders - was bought by a French private equity women’s magazines. Glossy mags such actually taken at the international tradeshow will reap significant benefits for future group. Neidell has moved from Europe to take on the role at the company which as Cosmopolitan, Womens Weekly and Marie Claire circulation figures all sunk taken at earnings. is Australia’s biggest supplier of vinyl. by significant amounts this year, Cosmo drupa Commenting on Spandex’s position in the wide format supplies industry, he feeling the biggest burn with readership plunging by 44 per cent in only one year. says, “We are market leader, but we The Australian Women’s Weekly’s print run can improve our market share.” He was fell below 400,000 issues per month. previously vice president international for Arlon Graphics in Holland, which was a supplier to Spandex, who he was with for five years, and spent 13 years as vice News happens every day at president corporate development at Fellers, proprint.com.au which became the biggest vinyl supplier in the USA. Sign up for our free daily news bulletin. 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ONLINE UPDATE THE PROPRINT ONLINE POLL I prefer paper so I'm Is it fair for social media I only happy to pay 4% businesses to receive charge for online LinkedIn paper bills? bills www.proprint.com.au/LinkedIn » Members 2,629 10% NOTABLE POSTS: » Marketing Deconstructed - Yes, No, it Communications: The Death of the Traditional/ Digital Divide - Kieran paper makes May costs no sense money 63% Twitter 23% www.twitter.com/proprint » Followers 3,306 NOTABLE MENTIONS AND RETWEETS » Ciconi - Fantastic article, simply proving #print matters. RE: Census disaster highlights power of print @ proprint Total votes: 52 » Yvonne Parkinson - Still takes 2-4 days for local letter delivery -funny that RE: Aus Post spends $100m on international deal @proprint Both can Do you be trusted think Facebook 19% people will www.facebook.com/ProPrintAustralia » Likes 1,210 Yes 32% always TOP POSTS » Fuji Xerox opens Luminate in Perth trust print And they wondered why I went Both have over with a different brand and not another Xerox when I replaced my disadvantages online? machine when they are only down 22% No, online is the street. They don’t see that there is any conflict being a supplier and a competitor! They have undercut the future me on a number of jobs. - Graham 27% Martindale » Real estate signage going digital Total votes: 37 Matt was interviewed today by ProPrint Magazine about the increase in digital signage use in the real Not sure how I would balance it estate industry! Enjoy the read......- Would you with running a business 12% Aria Digital Signs ever be interested in Web comments becoming a www.proprint.com.au » The real story is that a huge PIAA Board number of Australians are CHOOSING director? I would paper because they intend to submit the forms without their names on. consider it No 41% The whole thing has become a farce, 17% a dangerous expensive farce. - Commenter Scottmac on Census print run slashed » I sympathise with the employees, however I have no sympathy for Yes 29% suppliers that continue to support the poison in our industry. Suppliers need to grow up - Commenter PJE on Chaos at Printcentre Total votes: 41 » I am lucky to be in the position where I can just get rid of customers who don’t pay on time –Commenter Get involved. Have your say. Join the debate. Vote now. SeeWhyI’mOkay on Factoring This week’s poll is up on the proprint.com.au homepage. vampires www.proprint.com.au September 2016 ProPrint 11 Update - Poll, Social Media.indd 11 29/08/2016 3:58 pm
UPDATE COMMENT Tricky business Kirgan says you cannot ignore a sales downturn and hope things turnaround, better to get out there spruiking new sales Kirgan confronts a print market that seems to have virtually stopped since the new financial year started BADEN KIRGAN And it does not look like it is just years looking for overflow. Sydney. I do not have any connection to And then the financial year ended the Melbourne market, but the number and our own sales dropped off a cliff. I A re the bad times back? Last of collapses going on down there brings had two to three weeks of the slackest month I mentioned in passing to mind the tough times of a few years sales I have ever had, coming off three that there seemed to be a mini- ago, when it seemed like every week months of being the busiest I ever had. recession going on in our trade, another printer fell over, whether they The doldrums did not worry me – the at least in the Sydney market. So many were good or bad. time has allowed us to finally get to people I know seem to be struggling at I cannot complain though, and I kind work on our Xmpie installation. But the moment, with low sales, slow of feel guilty about that. The year just knowing what I knew about how my payments and a weird general malaise. done was a record for us, coming off competitors were travelling, I did not I have seen several businesses that another record in 2015. We had the want to take any chances, so I dusted have been around for a while slip biggest quarter we have ever had in the off my suit and started doing sales calls. quietly onto the market. A few have dag end of 2016. I have managed to avoid spruiking been genuine sales with good books, It was during this busy period that I for new sales for two years now – but more have been last ditch efforts to started to really notice the decline things have been going well organically get out before they either have to shut around me. Paper reps would come in and frankly I just did not need to the doors or call in the receivers. and tell me a lot of other shops were expend the effort. But this weakness in Some of the owners I have known for struggling, or complain about the lack the market and the disasters in a long time and could talk frankly to of quotes they were getting. This is Melbourne have got me very nervous them. For the ones who are jumping nothing new – I have long thought and my new-financial-year resolution is before they are pushed, there are all the when you are busy and a rep tells you new clients, new sales. If I am right usual reasons. A bad piece of gear here, everyone else is slow, it is just them about where we are heading, and I a lost client there, and every once in a trying to flatter a sale out of you. hope I am not, I would advise you all to while a dodgy partner. But for all of But I keep in good contact with lots do the same. them the final straw seems to be this of other printers and a lot of them were downturn that is going on in the very slow. I was getting phone calls Baden Kirgan is managing director Sydney market. from printers I had not heard from in of Jeffries Printing Services 12 ProPrint September 2016 www.proprint.com.au Kirgan page.indd 12 29/08/2016 3:59 pm
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UPDATE COMMENT Transforming our business Sarah Leo, general manager at printer Openbook Howden shares the transformation journey the company has been through from printer to services provider SARAH LEO Our market has shifted quite opportunity to remind themselves of dramatically over the past couple of the fundamentals, learn new ideas and years, and the pace of change is approaches, and to refocus on the really “L ike many companies in the accelerating all the time. It is a constant important things, like communication graphic communications challenge to manage the practical skills and time management. The sphere, Openbook Howden aspects of meeting the market, and benefits of the training are also being is faced with the constant challenge of finding new resources to help us was felt more widely than the student coping with change. Purposeful the reason we first became involved in cohort itself. training like that offered through the Future Print. As is so often the case with training, Future Print Business Transformation We have always been happy to invest we are seeing flow-on benefits for the Project has become a key part of our in professional development, but whole team. People bring their new response. Over the years Openbook opportunities for subsidised training ideas and energy back into the business Howden has seen market demand are rare – so when we found the right and it reminds us all of critical issues – change dramatically. In response, the kind of training courses, offered by like the need to set aside time to company has grown into much more quality providers, under the Future properly plan and manage change. than a print service provider, today Print scheme, we grabbed them with When things are changing so rapidly, offering a suite of print, design, both hands. In the past, we have everyone is consumed with what is interactive and e-comms solutions, as focused mainly on reskilling and happening at the coal face – whether well as stock management, distribution upskilling production staff, but this was that is bringing business through the and mail services. the perfect opportunity for us to extend door, keeping the figures straight or This customer-driven progress can that opportunity to our sales and planning production schedules. It is be challenging to manage successfully, management teams. easy to put off change until another so accessing the right resources and Already, eight staff have completed day, but in today’s market, that just training to ensure staff are properly the Sales course and three of the does not cut it. equipped is a key to success. Leadership cohort are about to You have to make the time to remain Purposeful training is a key part of graduate. Two more have recently responsive and agile, because if you are our company’s response and, recently, started the Leadership Management not forging ahead, you are falling 13 sales and management staff course. All have been exceptionally behind. Future Print is right on the undertook courses with Leadership well received. Even though many of our mark with its focus on helping Management Australia (LMA), team were already familiar with some businesses assess their performance, accessed under the Future Print of the material covered, without identify areas that need change and Business Transformation project. exception they appreciated the providing the training required.” Thoughts from an eleventh drupa T he show is over. The exhibitors have logistics, and, of course, their exhibits. groups for which I made left the buildings. The pundits have Put a value on the public relations. presentations if any were going to the chimed in. The drupa 2016 is now Graphic communication media from all show. Most of the hands went up. history. The every-three-year cycle idea over the world were there — plus analysts The US Print show does not get that level was quashed and we are back to the four- and consultants and other industry of international attendance. It does not year cycle. I remember when it was every hangers-on. I attended 31 press get the media attendance. Few exhibitors five years. So, we will all meet in 2020. conferences, nine briefings, and 12 one- bring their really big iron. And dealing Well, maybe all of you. I may be 79. on-one meetings. Sure, some of the with McCormick Place personnel is like Sales statistics were impressive — big smaller exhibitors got lost in the crowd, dealing with the Taliban, even though orders, big bucks. Every exhibitor sold but the PR exposure was tremendous. I there were negotiations a few years ago to something. No one does a total, but my was in an exclusive group of six journalists lessen the burden. guess is that there was over half a billion who had attended 10 or more drupas. Plus, Print comes close to drupa dollars in business. Add it all up and I think it puts the drupa timewise so many exhibitors feel that they Add in the cost of just being there. value closer to a billion dollars. have already gotten the exposure from Dusseldorf hotels jack the price to usurious The billion dollar drupa, if you will. media and major buyers so they downplay levels. My hotel (Holiday Inn Express) went Why is drupa so big? (Even though it was their presence. Printing shows in China from 60 Euros to 350 Euros. But AirBnB and smaller than the last one). First, there is its and all of Asia are growing. This will other websites found lots of less expensive immediate market: Germany and the impact all other international shows, housing. My hotel was not filled, nor were European Union. Plus Russia and the UK. It including drupa and Print. many of the others. Exhibitors spent a is a gigantic printing market. When I was All in all, drupa 2016 was a most exciting fortune on housing, transportation, in Australia, Brazil, and India, I asked the event. I said that about drupa 1972 as well. 14 ProPrint September 2016 www.proprint.com.au Romano page.indd 14 29/08/2016 4:02 pm
COMMENT UPDATE reader reaction LEON GETTLER Would you use a factoring company for Working websites your invoicing? If so, why, and if not, why not? Sharon Sewell Director Varsity Graphics Leon Gettler says attention to detail will make your website a winner with customers “Considering we are a small business it would A be highly unlikely we would use a website can increase sales by There are several questions you factoring company. We are very lucky giving the business a need to ask when assessing your that we have systems in place so our presence. By boosting traffic website: Does your website make it debtors and payments to suppliers to the website, the printer is immediately clear what your are under control. We find this quite gathering information, generating company does and whom it serves? important to have a sustainable leads and turning visitors into clients Does your website quickly business, especially on the Gold and customers. But printers have to communicate your company’s unique Coast. I feel if a business like ours know how to turn their website into selling proposition? Is it easy for your needed to use a factoring company an income generator. prospects and customers to find their we would be on a downward slope.” First, it is important to place way around your website? Does your contact info and phone number at website back up its claims? Does your the top, right corner of the page, website explain the additional Ewen Donaldson where it is expected. Also, make sure resources you can provide to Managing Director to include your phone number as a prospects and customers? Does your Vivad HTML, not an image. That way, a website contain lots of offers mobile user can tap the phone designed to engage prospects and “We wouldn’t consider number link and launch into a call start sales-winning relationships? using factoring at immediately. Does your website make it easy for Vivad. Our business is built on It is important to have a prospects and customers to take the relationships. Inviting a factoring responsive design that works on next steps in their consideration or company to a new relationship is like tablet or smart phone. If it does not buying process? Does your website taking a chaperone on a date. Every work on a mobile device, it is not make it easy to place an order? Are business relationship is different, but worth having. That might take some there multiple ways for prospective once you factor you lose the ability to work because it is difficult to create customers to request assistance or negotiate debtor days with your a single website design that works additional information about your clients’ debt now the debt is owed by for every device out there. It is not company and its products or the factor company. For example: plug and play. But it’s important to services? Do you have processes in let’s say you invoice $100K worth of have it. place to trigger immediate follow-up work on 30 day terms to a good client If you count your cost in time, to these requests? of 15 years who always pays on time. responsive design is a little more The search box should be designed The factoring company gives you expensive. If you count your cost in so that it is different from other $80,000 straight away. Then for the customers, it is cheaper. With a forms or boxes on the website’s first time your client has trouble responsive design, you can home page. It should look nothing getting paid by his client. He knows automatically approach customers like, for example, the newsletter that it is coming but he has asked an from all kinds of places, on all kinds subscribe box. The bottom line is that extension of credit. But since you of devices. If you target the desktop site visitors expect to easily find the have factored this invoice then they user only, you will be focusing on less search box so they are likely to won’t be negotiating that with you, it than 50 per cent of potential abandon your site if they cannot find will be with the factoring company.“ customers. So it might cost extra but Company website: it. That means you should highlight then make a lot more later on. crucial for business the search box prominently on every webpage. Another good way to get people to Anonymous pay more attention to the search box is to “I cannot answer the name the button that question with just 80 begins the search words, as we have set process something like up our business to not Search, Find, or Go – or have many customers over 7-14 days. use an icon such as a We would not consider a factoring magnifying glass, which company at all, as the margins are far is clearly recognisable to too low to use them. We are very visitors. Also make blog strict with payments and liken it to posts, community an account customer getting free forum posts, and videos credit. They cannot buy a Big Mac searchable. from McDonalds on 30 days’ credit. A website is a Most print is commodity, as significant investment. customers keep pushing (price, price, But these days, no price), so pay up front or at business can afford collection.” to be without one. www.proprint.com.au September 2016 ProPrint 15 RR and Comment.indd 15 29/08/2016 4:03 pm
UPDATE DOWNTIME WE WANT YOUR STORIES Galley Club drupa event Any special dates coming up? Are you celebrating any milestones? Planning an industry function? Anyone raising money for a charity? The printing and publishing members’ organisation Galley Club gathered at Sydney’s Occidental Hotel to hear presentations on If you have something that fits the the latest trends shown at drupa. bill, please email in to make sure it gets a write-up on ‘Downtime’. Email wayne@proprint.com.au 1 or call (02) 9806 9344 2 3 1. Rayne Simpson, Currie Group with Owen Mostert, HP, Phillip Rennell, Currie Group and 4 Anthony Parnemann, EFI 2. Roy Chen with Jon MacDonald, XOU Creative 3. Carrick Wilkie, Opus Group with David Henley, Xoum 4. Michael Schultz, SOS Printing Asian Pulp & Paper journos tour The world’s biggest papermaker invited leading journalists to assess its Indonesian operations, April Glover went for ProPrint. 27 1 1. How big! Journalists check out rolls coming of one of the papermaking machines 2. Aida Greenbury, managing director Sustainability at APP (centre) hosts April Glover (fourth from left) and the rest of the reporters 3. Papermaking at APP begins in the lab, with each seed planted by hand in optimum growing conditions before going to the nursery and then 37 onto be planted in the forest 4 4. Glover gets a birds eye view of the plantations 16 ProPrint September 2016 www.proprint.com.au PP Downtime September 2016.indd 16 29/08/2016 4:03 pm
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