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Offset still produces the highest volumes of print of all the processes - digital is still not yet even five percent of total world volumes - but with just seven months to go to PrintEx, only Cyber with Ryobi/RMGT have reserved stand space to represent offset suppliers, writes Andy McCourt.

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FESPA's Asia Print Expo for screen, textile and digital wide format printing to be held next month in Bangkok, Thailand will feature new garment printing technologies and the World Wrap Masters Asia contest - entries still open. 

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The endorsement from global print research group FOGRA is “an important validation of the quality of our Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press and validates our choice of partnering with EFI,” says the Israel-based manufacturer.

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Renowned car designer Takumi Yamamoto has teamed with French company Marie 3D and its Massivit 3D printer to produce the world’s first 3D printed, full-scale concept car in tribute to David Bowie.

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Paper company and wide format supplier Spicers has signed a deal to sell its Singapore property for $10.3 million as part of a proposed $147 million ‘scheme of agreement’ to sell the company’s entire ANZ operations to Japan-based global paper company Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co (KPP). 

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The wide-format inkjet printers and cutting systems manufacturer says its new MUH-100-Si UV-curable metallic ink pushes the boundaries of graphic expression beyond that of ordinary UV flatbed inkjet printers.

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Japanese print technology manufacturer Ricoh has joined the exodus of companies moving some production facilities out of China in response to the ongoing US-China trade war, according to a US report.

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HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise will together pay $US25 million to settle a lengthy class-action lawsuit involving about 2,000 mostly California-based salespeople who were denied money they were owed by defective sales commission software.

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EFI’s new 126-inch (320cm) wide VUTEk h5 hybrid LED printer can run up to 109 boards per hour and offers eight-colour and optional four-colour printing modes plus white, as well as an up to nine-layer print capability.

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Mutoh Australia is running two new promotions between January 14 and February 14, 2019 - a cashback offer on the VJ-626UF and VJ-426UF models and 50% off a ValueJet printer/cutter solution.

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Laser specialist Alfex Laser is hosting a marketing workshop, specifically designed for the laser industry, at its headquarters in Melbourne next month.

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Sensient Imaging Technologies has released its ElvaJet Opal SB inks - a new range of high-performance digital dye sublimation inks for low-viscosity Epson printheads.

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Affordable digital label printing is now available to increasing numbers of converters and printers, says the Italian-based digital printing and production technologies manufacturer.

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This week’s EFI Connect annual worldwide user’s conference in Las Vegas will include a keynote session with 15-year-old fashion designer Ariel Swedroe, who uses her grandfather’s artwork in her fabric designs.

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Charmaine Moldrich, CEO of Australia’s Outdoor Media Association (OMA) and Dino Burbidge, director of Tech at London agency WCRS, have been added to the judging panel for global OOH association FEPE’s 2019 awards to be held in London. 

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Russian company StartRocket says it will use a formation of tiny cube satellites to create programmable displays in the night sky in a low-Earth orbit of 400 to 500 kilometres.

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Suppliers association Visual Connections has appointed Sarah Moore as its new business development officer and will add two more staff members in the lead up to its trade show PrintEx19 to be held in Sydney in August.

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Durst, an inkjet pioneer and manufacturer of digital print and production technologies, is expanding its large format printing (LFP) division under new dual leadership and shifting flatbed production to its new headquarters in Brixen, Italy.

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Paper company and wide format supplier Spicers, formerly PaperlinX, has signed a $A147.6 million 'Scheme of Implementation' agreement, leading to a 'Scheme of Arrangement' to sell its entire Australia and New Zealand operations to Japan-based global paper company Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co (KPP). The sorry history of PaperlinX/Spicers has seen the company reduced to a pale shadow of its former self, with shares that once traded above $6 ending Thursday 17th Jan at 5.3 cents.

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Two recent incidents involving signage and freedom of speech prove that Paul Keating's "fogeys" still breathe and walk among us.

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UK digital manufacturing company Fluxaxis used its Massivit 1800 3D Printer to print stunning life-size figures that feature in a ‘Make Blood Cancer Visible’ campaign for pharmaceutical company, Janssen.  Meanwhile, an increase in sales has led to Massivit opening a new European demo centre in Belgium.