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In line with its Reconciliation Action pledge, Ricoh Australia has partnered with not-for-profit organisation, Yalari, to fully fund a six-year scholarship for one indigenous student’s secondary education from Year 7-12. Waverley Stanley AM, Founding Director of Yalari says: “This scholarship is creating pathways that will ripple through families and communities for generations to come.”
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Driving an ambitious agenda towards the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 50% by 2030 and reaching ‘net-zero’ by 2050, Epson’s targets have now been formally approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. SBTi is a corporate climate action organization that has developed standards, tools and guidance to enable companies ‘to set GHG emissions reductions targets in line with what is needed to keep global heating below catastrophic levels and reach net-zero by 2050 at latest’.
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Jane Jackson (Ball & Doggett), Arlo-Cyrus Bruhn (NEO/Valiant Press), Chisato Moriguchi (Advance Press) and Annabelle Radford (working in a private technical college in Sydney) have officially been named as the winning candidates for the ‘2025 HP Indigo Scholarships’ (sponsored by Currie Group), which will see them complete their Level 1 HP Indigo Certification Training at the Currie Group Training Centre in Hawthorn, Victoria.
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Following a report (here) that suggested HP and Israel’s biggest private equity fund, FIMI Opportunity Funds, were the front runners to acquire Landa Digital Printing, FIMI has now emerged with an USD$80m ‘offer’ for the beleaguered company. But the move, which seems predicated on the fact that Landa has been backed into a corner, still requires approval from a creditors' meeting and court approval.
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Laying claims to a new era in high-speed digital inkjet printing for print and packaging converters, Agfa is celebrating a major innovation milestone as its customer The Delta Group completed beta testing of the new SpeedSet Orca – a versatile single-pass water-based digital press that is capable of speeds up to 11,000 B1 sheet an hour.
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Canon Production Printing Oceania has announced that the company’s complete range of market-leading industrial label and packaging solutions will now be supplied locally. Australian and New Zealand print service providers and converters will now be able to access all Canon high-volume digital production inkjet systems locally through CPP including the sale, installation and servicing of Edale (a Canon company since 2022) flexographic label and carton converting systems, as well as the upcoming Canon LabelStream LS2000 digital label press.
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Ian Young has joined Celmac as General Manager Finance & Administration, to oversee a transformation of the company’s operations support platforms, through the planned introduction of new business intelligence tools and e-commerce capabilities, as Celmac gears itself up for further growth and expansion. Wayne McIntyre, founder of Celmac, says: “Our focus on systems and technology will increase capacity and efficiency, as well as create a platform for future growth.”
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As part of the multiple-site events of the State Library’s Rare Book Week 2025, the Penrith Museum of Printing is staging a free 2-hour session on Tuesday 21st October (1.30-3.30pm) - N.B. date yet to be 100% confirmed but firm date to be announced in September - where it has invited three expert speakers to explain how fonts were created, the impact of the Linotype machine and the evolution of book structures.
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With over 650 exhibitors filling four halls and spread over approximately 1.3 million sq.ft. of exhibition space at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, and over 35,000 visitors expected to attend, next month’s LabelExpo Europe (16th to 19th September) enjoys its’ own label as the largest label and package printing industry event in the world.
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Having previously secured Pinnacle and Red Dot awards, the Epson SureColor printer series is back on the podium, scooping more industry honours at the 2025 iF Design Awards. The SureColor S9100 eco-solvent and F9500/9500H dye sublimation wide format printers were both recognised for iF Design awards, along with the 64” SureColor P20500 series, which services the professional photography, graphic and fine art markets.
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James Merhab has been promoted to lead Ball & Doggett’s NSW & ACT Sign, Display & Digital sales team, in a move aimed at further strengthening the company’s partnerships with current and potential signage and display customers across NSW and ACT.
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The Australian signage community is mourning the loss of industry pioneer Tony Coniglio, founder of Conect Enterprises, who passed away on August 6th at the age of 70. His son, Paul Coniglio, states: “Dad left an enduring legacy across hundreds, if not thousands, of sign industry professionals.”
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Following the success of its inaugural Executive Leadership Program event, expertly delivered through Master Certified Executive Coach, Jo Wise, the Women in Print Board is looking to include a broader series of similar events across the country in 2026. Stephanie Gaddin, Chair of Women in Print Australia, says: “We set out to create a program for leaders already in motion. To see them connect, share, and grow has been a powerful reminder of what we can achieve when we come together.”
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Two insightful US industry reports have recently been launched which offer some data-driven insights and observations that may well be echoed in the Australian and New Zealand wide-format printing sector. The Printing United Alliance’s State of the Industry Report 2025, highlights more global industry trends and their current impact, whilst Keypoint Intelligence’s latest study, Beyond the Big Shops, uncovers how small and mid-sized print service providers are quietly reshaping wide-format printing.
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printIQ, renowned industry specialists in the provision of intelligent MIS solutions for the printing industry, has launched a ‘version 49’ software update to its print management information system, which the company is confident will have ‘an immediate impact on how efficiently customers can manage their operations and grow their businesses’.
- Sign China 2025 promises four-in-one
- Screen Truepress to print ‘live and non-stop’ from start to finish of Labelexpo 2025
- Kodak quick to allay ‘bumpy road’ fears
- Expanded capabilities for Fujifilm Revoria Press series
- Taylor moves from small screen to big picture to take reins of oOh!media
- More awards for SureColor as Epson scoops 6 inkjet and 3 projector Red Dot Design Awards
- VMA points to new ACFIPS report which confirms digital fluency not optional, but essential!
- Bumpy ride ahead still for Kodak?
- Print meets art with Mimaki and Metamo
- Sullivan’s crossing…to Jet Technologies
- Spicers brings new PVC-free media for large format printers, through Neschen
- Roland DG hits creative note with Paralym Art wrap
- Landa fate closing in with HP and FIMI emerging as front-runners to buy
- swissQprint 36-month warranty is huge ‘Pozitive’ for customers
- Durst sponsors school in Africa as first official FESPA Foundation partner
