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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.

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Bill Muir, CEO of digital print leader Electronics For Imaging (EFI), says ongoing industry consolidation and customer concerns about weakening economic conditions were key factors in the company’s disappointing financial result for the three months ended December 31, 2018.

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Roland DG's new VersaSTUDIO BT-12 desktop direct-to-garment printer is designed for printing on-demand personalised products directly onto cotton-based products.

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Digital textile printing manufacturer Kornit Digital's all-new ‘super-industrial’ Kornit Atlas has been radically designed for high-volume production.

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French out-of-home giant JCDecaux dismissed reports that it’s close to signing a $300 million outdoor advertising deal with the City of Sydney - one of the most lucrative outdoor contracts in Australia.

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Fastsigns International, the US-based parent of signage and graphics franchise company Signwave Australia, has again been ranked the #1 franchise in its category in Entrepreneur magazine’s 40^th annual Franchise 500 list.

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67,000 visitors joined more than 3,000 exhibitors including leading digital inkjet manufacturers at the largest international trade fair for interior textiles held last week in Frankfurt, which organisers say set a new standard in terms of sustainability.