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 Industry consumable supplier ORAFOL has introduced two new colours - Lightning Strike and Thunderous Blue Green – to its Premium Special Effect Cast series for car wrapping.

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“In an increasingly diverse market, it’s important for businesses to respond to a wide variety of customer demands – and we understand just how varied those can be when you start talking about signage, expos and retail point of sale,” says Peter Wagener, MD of textile print and display specialist Euro Poles.

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Former PVCA membership & communications manager Stephanie Gaddin has been named the new treasurer to the board of industry group Women in Print, replacing former treasurer Sarah Moore from Visual Connections.

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Hybrid Software Group, a leading developer of tools for the graphic arts industry, has acquired the iC3D software business from Creative Edge Software for $4 million in cash.

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EFI has launched its newest ultra-high-speed inkjet solution for the corrugated market – the EFI Nozomi 14000 LED press. The 1.4-metre-wide press runs at faster speeds up to 100 linear metres per minute.

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Long-delayed physical open houses are again being organised by suppliers of sign making technologies. Starleaton kicks off the season this Wednesday, March 16th for an open house in partnership with Epson at its Yennora NSW experience centre. This will cover the whole range of Epson roll, flatbed and DTG printers. Graphic Art Mart has teamed with Roland DG for an April 7th 'Demo Day' on Roland's new IU-1000F flatbed printer.

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Supplier Ball & Doggett has partnered with VistaPrint Australia’s campaign that's offering free posters and stickers to help “shine a light on the atrocities taking place in Ukraine.” Global online print giant VistaPrint has 450 employees who live in Ukraine.

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Textile printer Snuggle has installed two new Kornit Atlas MAX systems for its on-demand production operation - adding to five existing Kornit Digital textile printers - enabling the UK company to produce up to 12,000 units daily.

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Xaar will unveil its new Versatex ‘out-of-the-box’ print engine and the latest small drop Nitrox Elite GS3 printhead – ideal for label and graphic applications - at this year’s InPrint exhibition in Munich on 15-17^th March.

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‘The Colour Doctor’ David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services (and Idealliance Australasia) will host the first outing for a new range of colour management tools at Pacprint in Melbourne. 

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EFI says its new Fiery Prep-it software can reduce the time needed to manually nest jobs by up to 90%, providing a significant boost in profitability for cut jobs printed on wide- to superwide-format inkjet printers.

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The European federation for print and digital communication has warned that the war in the Ukraine will tighten supplies of wood and paper for paper makers, aggravating an already “unprecedented crisis.”

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The world's largest trade show organizer is building a first aid centre with emergency accommodation at its Frankfurt, Germany exhibition centre to assist refugees fleeing from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this week, Messe Frankfurt suspended all trade shows in Russia, joining a growing number of print industry companies taking action.

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced today (Thursday US time) that Easy Signs, Inc., a manufacturer of high quality digitally printed signage, will create 130 jobs in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, with the opening of its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Allentown, about 150km West of New York.

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For over two decades Ricky Richards has been building their wide format printable media and specialty graphics division into an extensive range suitable for dye sublimation, solvent, latex and UV curable inkjet printing. The Ricky Print Media portfolio includes products for both indoor and outdoor applications which are available in a variety of finishes, width options and features allowing printers and their customers to bring their ideas to life. 

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Colour Graphic Services, Australia-New Zealand dealer for PrintFlow systems, has completed a Covid-delayed installation at Foyer Printing on the Gold Coast - on Foyer’s two Komori 28 offset presses, bringing digital ink preset control to the machines and reducing make-ready by half, improving colour and reducing waste.

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As the atrocities in Ukraine continue to mount - the latest being the Russian bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol in the East of Ukarine; the rest of the civilized world (how can Russia be classified as 'civilized' after this and other outrages?), continued to show peaceful support for the people of Ukraine. The latest is Epson with a USD$1 million donation.

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As part of the AFL’s 2022 Festival of Footy season launch, outdoor media company QMS has unveiled Australia’s first use of its ‘3DOOH’ technology that provides advertisers with a new and innovative way to connect with audiences.

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Multicam is looking forward to showcasing its range of precision Multicam CNC Cutting machines at this year’s to PacPrint and co-located Visual Impact expo in Melbourne (28 June - 1 July, 2022). 

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Women in Print says its annual Breakfast Series will focus on learning how to think differently, with key note speaker Lisa Smith announced as the headliner for May 2022 events to be held in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney. 

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Epson’s new industrial 3D printer can use commonly available materials such as resin and metal pellets to produce strong industrial parts of various sizes and functions. "It is ideally suited to mass customisation," Epson said.