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More than 300 industry and academic leaders representing manufacturers including Fujifilm and Agfa, research institutes, print companies, suppliers, developers, engineers, chemists and brand owners are expected at the second US edition of The Inkjet Conference (TheIJC) that will showcase latest developments in inkjet technology.

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Mimaki’s largest FESPA booth in Munich, Germany in May this year will showcase its flagship UV LED and eco-solvent roll-to-roll printing systems for sign graphics. The Mimaki booth will encompass four key business areas – Sign Graphics; Industrial Products; Textiles and 3D.

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FESPA UK Association, representing wide format and screen print service providers, industrial and specialist printers, has partnered with the UK Sheet Plant Association to host the UK Corrugated and Print Show at The Exhibition Centre Liverpool in June 2019. "This is a great initiative and much needed as digital inkjet methods and die-cutting merge into corrugated production," says Wide Format Online's Andy McCourt.

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Summa has released the L1810 laser cutter, advanced laser technology aimed at sportswear, apparel, swimwear, dye sublimation garments and technical textile markets. “Summa’s cutting solutions…will perfectly serve the textile industry, similar as it has been serving the sign & digital market.”

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“This deal will pave the way for the establishment of WA’s largest, fully integrated signage and print business offering an extended range of services and products to the WA market.”

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Wide format specialist Cactus Imaging and its parent company oOh!media have developed ‘world-first’ recyclable billboard skins known as SmartSkins, which have been rolled out in a new advertising campaign for super fund Australian Ethical.

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Software company Enfocus, a global leader in PDF productivity and workflow automation for the graphic arts industry, has announced the upcoming April 2019 release of PitStop Pro 2019, PitStop Server 2019 and PitStop Library SDK 2019, the latest versions of its award-winning PDF Preflight, Editing and Correction applications.

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SAi, the leading provider of software solutions for the signmaking, digital printing and CNC machining industries, has added three new members to its board “to support strategic planning and decision-making.”  Dan Purjes, Edna Purjes and Rudy Baron will work alongside existing board members of the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company.

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More than 24,000 industry professionals were on hand as Sign China launched its annual exhibition series with a successful Signage and LED trade show in Shenzhen. The focus now shifts to the major Sign China exhibition to be held in Shanghai in September. 

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PrintNZ, the body that represents New Zealand’s printing, packaging and visual communication industries, says a government proposal to restructure the vocational education and training sector will “likely worsen the skill shortages faced by such key sectors as the print industry.”

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FESPA Global Print Expo 2019 is this year’s largest speciality print exhibition for signage, display, POS, screen and digital wide format print, textile printing and interior décor solutions. 

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Perth printer Label Image has invested in a Durst Tau 330 E UV inkjet press which has allowed the company to bring the majority of its outsourced jobs back inhouse. 

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Signage and display textiles business Ricky Richards has become the principal partner for this year’s Melanoma March organised by Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA).

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US-based Xerox plans to implement "a structure in which the existing company will become a wholly owned unit of a new holding company.”  The move comes after a US judge last month rejected the company's bid to dismiss a $1 billion lawsuit filed by Japan's Fujifilm over their failed merger deal.

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Roland DG’s 20-inch (50.8cm) LEF2-200 flatbed inherits the VersaUV LEF series’ ability to print full-colour graphics and unique textures onto a vast array of materials and objects up to 3.94 inches (100 mm) thick. 

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The new Ricoh Pro TF6250 Large Format UV Flatbed Printer is a 2.5m x 1.3m system designed to help sign and display, graphic arts and industrial sectors with decoration, packaging, screen printing and personalisation.

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This publication is in receipt of a Media Release issued by the Association of Accredited Certifiers (AAC), reproduced in full below. It concerns the growing issue of the use of combustible, sign-grade ACP (Aluminium Composite Panels) as cladding on high-rise buildings.

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It’s not all doom and gloom in the printing industry as 2019 progresses. Steve Hall’s SunPrint, based just outside Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, has logged two stunning results for January and February.

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Gary Kelly was in his early twenties in 1968 when he set up a small shed in Corunna Bay at the foot of Napier Hill and drove around town in his Morris Minor armed with sign brushes offering ‘signs of quality’ to clients. More than 50 years later, Gary is still on the job but has handed over the heavy lifting at the family-owned business to his three sons.

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FESPA’s design exhibit Printeriors will this year highlight both interior and exterior decor applications at the FESPA Global Print Expo in Munich, Germany from 14 to 17 May.

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Printers could be coffin makers of the future - LifeArt, an Australian-founded global business that produces environmentally friendly, personalised cardboard coffins is looking to partner with UK wide format printing companies wanting an opportunity to diversify into “a huge new market.”