Spend some PrintEx time with Phil Taylor and Bob Lockley

Jun 19, 2019 at 08:29 am by Staff


Two of the most experienced leaders in Australia's high volume print segment are set to share their knowledge at masterclass sessions during the Printex forum series in August.

Speaking on Tuesday, August 13 are Phil Taylor - who helped build Franklin Web from a small family business to one of the country's leading catalogue printers - and Bob Lockley, who was Fairfax Media's print and logistics managing director until his retirement and its sale to Nine Entertainment last year.

The Masterclass session times are: Phil Taylor 11am, and Bob Lockley 1.45pm.

One of three brothers who - with their father - initially took roles in the rebuilding of Melbourne-based Franklin following a disastrous fire, Phil Taylor (left) built the high-volume heatset printer, managing a succession of re-equipment programmes, and finally selling the business into Ive Group in 2016.

Bob Lockley (right) started as a compositor with Cumberland Newspapers in Sydney, before joining Rural Press, progressing through it as a trusted lieutenant of chief executive Brian McCarthy, and then joining him to restructure production at Fairfax Media when the two companies were merged in 2006. His $42 million project - dubbed 'the little engines that could' by GXpress - saw production of The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald brought into former Rural print sites and the closure of Fairfax showcase print centres at Tullamarine (Melbourne) and Chullora (Sydney).

The PrintEx forum sessions also include:

August 13 (Tuesday):

8:00am: Transforming Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour with Dr Ross Honeywill, Director, Social Economics;

12:15pm: Australian Packaging Covenant and the sustainable packaging targets of 2025 with Meredith Epp, Industry Partnership Manager, APCO;

3:00pm: Big opportunities in wide format printing: What the FESPA census tells us and how to use it with Pat McGrew;

4:15: What print customers don't know... can kill your business with Deborah Corn;

August 14 (Wednesday);

8:00am: Global packaging trends with Rowena Curlewis - Denomination;

11:00am: Event Activation - Panel;

12:30pm: Session to be confirmed;

2:00pm: The Enduring Edge with Meqa Smith;

3:30pm: Session to be confirmed;

August 15 (Thursday):

8:00am: Innovation and future with Scott Browning, CEO, Quickar

11:00am: Innovation - Future proofing the industry - Industry leaders panel;

12:30pm: Energy Panel;

2:00pm: Signage industry innovators panel ;

3:30pm: Print - A step beyond... Panel

August 16 (Friday):

8:00am The busy shall inherit the future, the intentionally adaptable will shape it with Penny Locaso;

10:30am: Mail 101: Everything I need to know about mail products and services for my business and my customer - Australia Post with Mark Roberts, General Manager of Mail Products, Australia Post;

12:00pm: Developing a workflow mindset: Picking up money from the production floor, Speaker with Pat McGrew;

1:00pm: Three ways to create new print business in unexpected places with Deborah Corn;

2:00pm: How to create print samples that sell, with Pat McGrew.

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