Below you will find the latest issue of the PrintNZ Members E-Letter. Happy reading!

• PrintNZ E Letter Today's News:  4 November 2019
                              Power 50 Thurs 7th November
                             Scholarships for Women and Leadership New Zealand 

Heather Letfus has left PrintNZ after almost 14 years service.

Welcome to Susan Johnston

drupa 2020 will kick off at 10.00 am in Dusseldorf, Germany. 
Here are the details.

SALES TRAINING Level 3 Qualification

Your business results rely upon the performance of your sales people. 
Having skilled sales people in your team will lead to:
• Improved business results
• Highly motivated and skilled sales staff
• Increased customer satisfaction
• High standards of professionalism in the industry

This is a 12 month training programme the next course commences 13 June 2019 and includes three workshops.

Contact info@printnz.co.nz  phone 09 265 2090

Click here to download full details

The 2020/21 Sales Training Course are dated now:
Workshop 1: 21 May 2020
Workshop 2: 06 Aug 2020
Workshop 2: 11 Feb 2021
Please be in touch with Ruth or Pam for further information info@printnz.co.nz

A Cheque For St John Ambulance

Stuff Petone press operator Josh Crawford has been named the overall PrintNZ Apprentice of the Year with Jenkins Freshpac Systems production manager Ross Craig winning the Trainer of the Year and Ovato the Training Company of the Year.

Your Voice Is Critical

Proposed Changes to Print Industry Training
Please make a submission to the Ministry of Education on the Review of Vocational Education

Draft letter attached
Submissions close Friday 5 April

The Australasian Catalogue Association (ACA) hosted its 27^th Annual ACA Awards last Friday night highlighting a strong focus on effective marketing with the addition of new categories – Point of Sale, Customer Insights and Corporate Social Responsibility.

New Zealand retailers entered in the open categories and taking on their Australian colleagues. 

Kathmandu and Duffy Books in Homes were recognised on the night for their outstanding entries.

To read the full press release click here

“After two years of including New Zealand centric categories, we thought it was time to blur the lines and let our Kiwi friends compete against Australia’s finest. We are delighted to continue to showcase their brilliant content and the creative work coming out of New Zealand this year did not disappoint,” commented Kellie Northwood, Chief Executive Officer, ACA.

Interesting read

Oct 2018 E-Letter

PrintNZ advocates on behalf of our industry to ensure our voice is heard.

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PrintNZ advocates on behalf of our industry to ensure our voice is heard.

Click here to download full details

PRINT APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR WINNER

Dilanka Attale, Kiwi Labels, Christchurch

Dilanka Attale of Kiwi Labels in Christchurch was named this year’s Print Apprentice of the Year.

In Dilanka’s words “find your passion, never give up and make your success”.

‘Promote print!” – that is the message being given to everyone in the print industry as PrintNZ seeks to make buyers of print and the general public aware of how much print is a trusted, innovative and effective commercial medium, and the degree to which print is also a “green” environmentally-friendly choice.

Apprentice of the Year

Myra Anderson of printing.com was named this year’s PrintNZ Apprentice of the Year, with the Training Company of the Year being awarded to Soar Print Group and the Trainer of the Year bestowed on PMP Print print manager Tony Reid.

Interviewed immediately after receiving her award on stage in a glittering Pride In Print Awards Night at Christchurch’s Air Force Museum on May 12, Ms Anderson says she has “reached a goal”.

PrintNZ's annual Industry Forum, recently hosted in Christchurch, was again a success and continues to deliver uniquely insightful presentations on various topics affecting our industry now and in the future.

Ruth Cobb, general manager of PrintNZ welcomed delegates to the Industry Forum 2017 and expressed much delight in hosting the event back in Christchurch. "It's great to be back in such a great city, the first time our Industry Forum has been held here since the earthquakes in 2011."

Warren Leslie became a life member of PrintNZ last week at the Auckland PrintNZ Industry Training Graduation. Ruth Cobb, general manager PrintNZ says, “This was a very special event being only the fourth life membership awarded in the last 17 years.

Freedom New Zealand, World of Wearable Art, Nutrimetrics, Kathmandu, Harvey Norman and Countdown made history as being the first brands to be crowned in the recently added New Zealand categories on Friday night at the 25th Annual ACA Awards.

PrintNZ is to bid farewell to immediate past-president John Boyle at this September’s AGM, but is already preparing for the future with the recent board appointment of Images Unlimited managing director Jonathan Lewis.

Stratex Group’s Sione Taueli Tonga was bestowed with the coveted PrintNZ Apprentice of the Year Award, Oji Fibre Solutions Hamilton facility manager Tony Antoniadis was named Trainer of the Year and NZME took out the Training Company of the Year Award in a gala celebration at SkyCity on May 13.