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Two new wide format printers have helped Fiona and Rod Johns, owners of Minuteman Press in Springvale, Victoria for 20 years, to achieve record monthly sales in May 2022 before completing an acquisition and relocating a kilometre north to their new facility in Mulgrave.
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Epson has thrown its support behind high-end fashion design at Paris Fashion week by using its Monna Lisa ML-8000 direct-to-textile printer to print silk textiles designed by Yuima Nakazato, a leading Japanese fashion designer.
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Roland DG Australia has announced a fourth round of 2022 training dates for the company’s successful Roland Academy Online courses - including two sessions for VersaSTUDIO BN-20/BN-20A users.
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Jacob McClenaghan, awarded Apprentice of the Year 2022 at the recent NZSDA Awards, says he’s interested in working in the Australian sign industry to increase his skills and knowledge.
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Meteor Inkjet Ltd, a leading supplier of electronics, software, tools and services for industrial inkjet, has developed a new electronics platform to avoid reliance on key computer chips that are in short supply globally. Meteor engineers in Cambridge, UK identified a suitable replacement chip that was freely available in high volume.
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Entries for the FESPA Awards, which last took place in person in 2019, are now open to global print service providers and sign-makers, with a new focus on sustainability. Presentations will be timed for FESPA Munich, May 2023.
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Label printing press manufacturer Gallus, a subsidiary of Heidelberg, has announced “a landmark pledge” to make its products carbon neutral by the end of 2022. “We recognize there really is no time to waste in bringing sustainability to the top of the agenda.”
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Messe Frankfurt, organiser of the DS Printech China trade shows, has announced it will merge the Shanghai and Guangzhou editions to support government efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Shanghai and other cities in China.
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ORAFOL says its new PVC-free films and laminates were specially developed to meet the increasing demand for sustainable solutions in the advertising and automotive sectors.
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Italian paper giant Fedrigoni Group has bought Unifol - an Istanbul, Turkey-based manufacturer of self-adhesive PVC films – to enter the global automotive cast vinyl wrap films market.
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Ball & Doggett has partnered with Avery Dennison on a Vehicle Application Techniques workshop to help raise skill levels in the car signage market. Two more workshops are scheduled for this year.
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ASX-listed outdoor advertiser oOh!media - owner of wide format business Cactus Imaging - has appointed Chris Roberts as its new chief financial officer to replace current CFO Sheila Lines, who’s stepping down.
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Epson has celebrated its global number one market share status in Continuous Ink Supply System home/office printers with its second TV, radio, VOD and digital campaign in A-NZ fronted by Irish comedian, now Australian resident, Jimeoin. EcoTank models now account for over 65% of all printers sold in the category in Australia. EcoTank for wide format anyone?
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Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has installed the 800th 5.2-metre wide EFI VUTEk Q5r roll-to-roll LED printer at Paris print business DécoAder. Melbourne’s Billboard Media last year installed two VUTEk Q5R printers at its facility in Oakleigh South.
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Avery Dennison has recently revealed 'Dusted Crystal' decorative architectural window film. The frosted media offers privacy and a translucent light effect for interior spaces, matte and luster finish options, and wet-apply quick-release adhesive that doesn’t stick to itself for simplified installation and removal.
- In Memorium - Peter Clark
- NZ Sign & Display Awards 2022 winners
- LED innovation driving large format display market
- Roland DG launches new Texart DTG & VersaUV LEC2 S flatbeds
- ‘Headwinds’ slow DTG printer orders: Kornit Digital
- PACPRINT - Andy McCourt's wrap-up & gallery
- Revolution Print adds KM AccurioLabel 230 & Grafisk finisher
- Out of Home revenue bounces back in Q2 2022
- Michael Palladino of Auto Artisan wins Hexis Wrap Battle
- Almost half a million job vacancies - double from 2020
- EFI Fiery acquires print & signage software developer CADlink
- Xerox buys UK-based marketing agency Go Inspire
- PacPrint closed on a high with approx. 7,000 visitors
- Matt Crawford named CEO of Onyx Graphics - Kevin Murphy to retire
- PacPrint - Jobs galore available in the industry - can they be filled?
