What a wonderful day... Sydney turned on the sunshine for us this year! Thanks to everyone who was able to break away from work for a few hours - you deserved it. 2009 has been a challenge for many, but fortunately the future is looking great! The team here at Planet Press wish you and your families a happy and safe holiday season and a highly successful new year.
Click HERE to enjoy a few photos from the day on board the Constellation in search of Gilligan’s Island, (sadly we didn’t get marooned, and it’s back to work...)
Help Save the Koala
Save the Koala Month was launched 1st September 2009 by David Tree (the fire fighter who rescued Sam the Koala) at Dreamworld.
Australia’s koalas need our help to survive. Planet Press & EnviroPrint are proud supporters of the Australian Koala Foundation and encourage you to help. Planet supplied the bumper stickers, whilst EnviroPrint donated the A4 posters and bookmarks to assist with this year’s campaign.
Go on, it costs nothing to help!
Planet Press Awarded Runner Up Sustainable Business
At the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Sustainable Cities Awards on 13th August 2009, Planet Press was awarded Runner Up in the new prestigious Sustainable Business category.
The award recognises the significant efforts that Planet Press and EnviroPrint have made in our work practices, commitment to recycling, positive environmental outcomes, plans, strategies and community links.
We congratulate all other award recipients and entrants and applaud their efforts to improve the planet we all share. [Read more...]
Planet Press Announce Shareholder Change
Following years of planning, mentoring and implementation, the succession plan for management change at Planet Press has been realised. On 15 July 2009, Syd Gould and family retired from the business, selling their shares to long term partner Colin Marsh, and Managing Director of 9 years, Russell Marsh who are now equal partners. This transition of ownership is seamless with no changes in key personnel. We thank the Gould family for their support over our many years together and look to the future with renewed vigour and a vision for continued success!
Direct Marketing Print & Online Technologies
The Planet Press Group together with Save The Bilby Fund continue our ground breaking campaign to help save Australia’s endangered species. The project aims to enhance public awareness, educate and inspire participation and fundraising.
To fulfill the project Planet Press have produced a printed media and online combined solution:
• Campaign design and project management
• Copywriting & original illustrations
• Website design and interaction
• Print, finishing & mailing fulfilment
• Direct marketing & email news
• EnviroPrint assistance
Planet Press Celebrates 50th Year in Business, 1958-2008
Since 1958, Planet Press has continued to provide high quality product to Australian businesses. Over the years we’ve demonstrated consistently strong growth to become one of Sydney’s most progressive, respected, diverse and reliable print manufacturers.
Industry change since inception has been nothing less than phenomenal. Syd Gould originally formed the basis of the company in 1958. The following year Col Marsh was hired, and as partners these men, with the help of many, many others have worked to develop Planet Press. Russell Marsh today heads the businesses as Managing Director.
Planet’s continuing success is due to the dedication, skill and love for the industry and the company, by teams of people who have worked here in the past, and those who are working here today. We thank everyone for their assistance in our progression.To celebrate, current employees, along with some important past employees and guests were invited to party!
Planet Press Feature on SCOPE -
Channel Ten’s Afternoon Science Show
Aired on television on Monday 23rd July 2007 at 4.00pm this episode of Scope featured Famous Inventors. Planet Press was lucky to be approached by Network Ten and Peter Marsh was volunteered to act as the presenter.
Explaining how the printing press works, the segment also highlighted the importance of printing as an invention. Filmed on site at Planet Press, various departments were displayed to demonstrate how offset printing works today, from design, to pre-press and the printing machine.
This was an unusual opportunity for our business, and we thank all of our staff who assisted in the filming, some of whom made their Australian television debut.
Planet Press Fighting Climate Change with Greening Australia
On Thursday 15 March 2007, Planet Press was represented by 9 people who took part in a hands on planting project in Western Sydney. The old grazing property has been selected as part of Greening Australia’s River Recovery project. Greening Australia works in partnership with landholders, the community, government and business to tackle environmental degradation in a practical, apolitical, scientific way.
Working with the other corporate volunteers and Greening Australia’s teams we numbered about 120 people, and in just one morning we planted over 6,000 trees! 20 trees can absorb the yearly emissions of a family car, with 50 trees absorbing the entire annual green house gas emission for an entire family!
