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Charges have been laid to three people over kickbacks from alleged inflated invoices sent by East Keilor print business F and M Printing The share prices of listed print and packaging companies have been largely unaffected by the current volatility affecting the stock market, instead they have been going in every direction possible. Sydney digital printer Citywide Print has boosted its production capacity with the addition of a second-hand Horizon SPF-20A saddle-stitcher and FC-20A trimmer, plus two VAC 100 towers, all supplied by Currie Group. Heidelberg says the new Innovation Center (IVC) for the graphic arts industry is now Open for Innovation, at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site. Printing is a tough game; a good industry but a hard place to make a quid, especially for large businesses. Startling statistics coming out EFI has launched a white ink for its Nozomi digital corrugated board press, and it launched new three print modes (versions) that it says trade colour gamut against ink usage according to application. The final press has rolled off the production line at the Durham manufacturing unit of Goss, which is now part of the new manroland Read all the latest printing news on Social Media here. Facebook, Twitter, YouTu*e, Instagram, LinkedIn: Australian and NZ graphic companies are updating printing posts every day. It’s information you need to keep up. Read and watch it here. Fresh off its move to a bigger premises, Sydney label and packaging printer Luminar, formerly Avonlea Labels, will bolster its move into flexible packaging with a new HP Indigo 20000 from Currie Group. Sign shop franchise operation Signwave has seen an 18 per cent jump in sales this year, helped by new stores opening in Perth and Adelaide. Graphic Packaging International has scored a contract to manufacture half a million environmentally-friendly KFC food buckets for the 2018 cricket Big Bash League in Australia, but the buckets are exclusively made at GPI’s plant in Winsford, UK.