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Award-winning Wolli Creek-based design studio and signage production facility, Factory One, visited PacPrint with the primary goal of purchasing a second HP Latex R-Series 2000 printer.
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Graphic media supplier Orafol hand-picked two of its niche product ranges to present at PacPrint: the Oralite Eco Traffic road signage printer and adhesive tape range (including reflectives) and its Flexo plate mounting tape.
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The trains were up the spout for much of the show and the heavens opened with a torrential daily downpour, but this did little to dampen the spirits of the thousands who attended the four-day event, where colour explosion, sustainable solutions, DTF and DTG options were all upstaged by the rush to see, source and buy new finishing solutions.
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For those of us who rely heavily on the pull-up poster banners seen at every trade show and every one-person speaker presentation, SAS (Signage Accessories Suppliers) showcased an innovative new opportunity in that space at PacPrint with its 'portable' digital LED equivalent.
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Currie Group showcased a stand-alone concept stand, dominated by the imposing Canon Colorado M-series a fully modular, scalable 1.6m UVgel roll-to-roll printer for large-format graphics, in this case running white ink as an option to demonstrate its versatility. With full remote control over all elements of the press a reality, Currie Group and Canon Production Printing let the kit do the talking in their Business in a Box strategy for the show.
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The on-going saga of Reacon companies (Group, Holdings, Australia) and subsidiary Mail Marketing Works took an about-face on May 23rd, as PacPrint was coming to a close. Reacon Australia (in Liquidation) is now back into Administration, with a DOCA to be proposed while Mail Marketing Works Pty Ltd will be liquidated.
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The giant digital clock was still ticking over on the final day of PacPrint, but the results had already been counted by then and Day Two winner, Jordan Amos had just pipped Sam Saqqaf (winner Day One) and Ryan Wilson (winner Day Three) to the post as Avery Dennison Wrap Battle Champion 2025.
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It's sad that there were no offset presses at PacPrint 2025 but wait, there WAS heavy metal and how wonderful it was too. Over on the Penrith Museum of Printing stand you could find a stunning example of a mid-1800s Columbian Letterpress - an Arab - with lots of metal type and early copies of 'The Land', 'Sydney Morning Herald' and other newspapers.
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On several PacPrint stands there were visitors for manufacturing principals from Japan, Europe, UK, United States and elsewhere in Asia. It's great to see these people visiting Australia and our show. Oh, we must not forget our cousins from across the ditch - a big party of Kiwis came across too!
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Melbourne-based Red Exhibitions & Displays were the first company to snap up one of the new Neschen Coldlam 1650 SW Laminators being shown on the Stick On Signs Stand E68 at PacPrint 2025, with the two new swing-out shafts allow for easier and safer loading and unloading of rolls a real selling point.
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The veil of secrecy behind a closed-off room on the Celmac stand was lifted midway through the PacPrint show as the doors opened to reveal the next generation Roland DG DA-640 Dimense printer, surrounded by a wide range of different 'wallpapers' reflecting the various substartes the 3D-effect Dimense -technology can be applied to, delivering outstanding textured print results.
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The Mimaki Australia team and its growing number of partner companies took time out from a busy PacPrint to recognise and celebrate their 2024/25 achievements, with newly appointed Mimaki Australia Managing Director Kohei Kobayashi handing out some deserved awards.
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Wide Format Online’s editor of the past seven years, and former editor of Labels Plus and Print 21, Andy McCourt, is moving on to new challenges and leaves colleague, Nige Cottingham at the helm.
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With Sydney’s annual Vivid light festival just around the corner, a more humble but equally bright light shone in one corner of the busy Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia (FBAU) Stand B62 on Day Two of PacPrint 2025, when representatives from Officeworks swooped in to purchase 3 new Vivid ‘VeloBlade Volta’ solutions.
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One clear trend percolating through PacPrint 2025 is the explosion of ready-to-press Direct-to-Film (DTF) transfers. In what the company says might be its only investment off the stands of PacPrint 2025, the Nankervis brothers (CEO Dayne and brother Shannon) came to the Kissel + Wolf Australia stand C76 to purchase an AGP DTF-T653, in a first ‘bold’ step to expand its specialty print capabilities by being able to offer ready-to-press Direct-to-Film (DTF) transfer.
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- Australian Fashion Council and Epson Australia to develop smart factory blueprint
- The road to administration and liquidation - Reacon
- Cimpress (Vistaprint) impress with landmark HP Indigo order
- Late flurry of new exhibitors bolsters PacPrint 2025 in lead-up to show
- Mimaki confirms Ball & Doggett as new partner
- The Power of PacPrint: let the ‘wrap battles’ commence
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