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Peak industry suppliers' association, Visual Connections held its AGM and end-of-year member gathering last week, at a trendy Sydney winery. It's been a full year of post-pandemic recovery for the industry and will be a vibrant 2024 with events, sponsorships and training initiatives.
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"Amendments to the 'Closing Loopholes' Bill that the Government has reportedly agreed upon with the Greens would deliver even more unfairness to employers negotiating enterprise agreements," says Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association, Ai Group.
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The UK's top competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority, says that Adobe’s proposed USD$20 billion acquisition of Figma Inc. could harm the nation's digital design sector, findings that could mean a major setback for the merger first announced a year ago.
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Recently spun-out of EFI, Fiery, LLC is the print industry's largest independent provider of digital front ends (DFEs) and workflow software. The company is now transforming the automotive wrap market with its vehicle wrap template service and quote application.
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ISPO - the world's largest expo for the Sports Industry opens today in Munich, Germany. Sports apparel is of course a major feature and DTG & Industrial sewing giant Brother industries is and exhibitor.
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Vastex’s new PTF-100 DTF Powder-To-Film system uniformly coats DTF films with adhesive powder, improving DTF printing performance and operator safety by reducing inhaled powder.
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The term 'Spaghetti Junction' was originally applied to the Gravelly Hill interchange near Birmingham UK , which opened in 1972. British comedian Ken Dodd called it 'the eighth wonder of the world' - because once you were on it, you wondered how you could get off! The term has now been applied to the new WestConnex Rozelle interchange in Sydney, which opened this week amid chaos - including near-misses as cars slowed and even reversed to avoid going the wrong way. Poor signage has been blamed.
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It is with great regret and sadness that we report on the appointment of a liquidator to Peter Wagener's group of companies. We have been aware of the voluntary administration since September - and the herculean effort by Wagener and his team to restructure and exit VA. However, the cancellation of a commercial lease has been a burden too far and the Wagener group of companies is in liquidation.
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The ASGA Sign & Graphics Awards are back for 2024, with the Association reminding sign, display, wide-format and graphics businesses to start gathering their best work ready to enter the industry's premier Awards competition.
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The Minutes of the November Board Meeting of the Reserve Bank released this week and comments by RBA Governor Michelle Bullock are stark reminders of the risks to the inflation outlook. Comments are by Australian Industry Group's Innes Willox.
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The FESPA Global Print Expo returns to Amsterdam, the Netherlands 19th - 22nd March 2024 and registrations are open now. The association's local Australian Geneal Manager Nigel Davies has announced a special Australia & New Zealand Day on 20th March.
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If you are at a loose end tonight and haven't yet booked, Queensland's Print & Prosecco Event is on this evening, Thursday 23rd November, with FREE tickets for all-comers! This is an unmissable occasion for all Queensland women in the printing and associated industries. Hosted and sponsored at QLM Labelmakers premises in Berrinba, this gathering provides a unique opportunity for professionals to connect, network, and celebrate their contributions to a dynamic and diverse sector.
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EasyCut Studio, a developer of sign-making software solutions, has launched a new enhancement to its vinyl cutting software, Easy Cut Studio, which now includes true shape nesting. The company claims this enhancement tool takes sign making to a whole new level, efficiently nesting all objects, saving on time and material.
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In countries such as Australia and New Zealand, agriculture is big business and increasingly automated with huge farm machinery ploughing, picking, reaping and processing. This presents OH&S challenges even greater than in mining. Orafol has just completed exhibiting its reflective products at the Agritechnica trade fair in Hanover, Germany - with excellent results. This represents exciting new business for regional sign shops.
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Transforming a cold, grey concrete showroom into a dazzling showroom within two weeks is quite and achievement but that’s just what the Currie Group team – with a little help from partners – did recently, hosting 3 days of customer demos, followed by a media night.
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Melbourne’s Tiger Corp needed to improve competitiveness and production – particularly for Braille and wayfinding signage – they turned to Total Image Supplies who had previously installed there smaller Mutoh XpertJet 661UF UV-LED Flatbed device. Upon the release of Mutoh’s new XpertJet 1462UF UV-LED Flatbed Printer, the company could see it would be perfect for its growth plans, and ordered it immediately, becoming Australia’s first user of the technology.
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Drupa's 9th Global Trends Report indicates that 2024 will be a good recovery year for the printing industry in almost all regions including Australia/Oceania, despite challenging economic headwinds. Wide format investments are number one priorities, with 33% of commercial respondents saying this is where they will plan for capital expenditure going forward.
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New Ai Group Research on how businesses are managing cyber security risks has identified 20-200 employee busineses as at most risk due to lower capacity to invest in cyber protection. Wide Format Online has recently learned of one Australian industry operator who was extorted of $100,000 in a ransomeware attack.
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Founded in 2007 Signarama Tuggerah is one of the larger Print Service Providers operating on the Central Coast of NSW. Since introducing the HP Latex 800W to its business, a 25% revenue increase has been experienced.
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Founded by Michael and Lucy Tarrant in 2005, Frame Today has a vision to help its customers capture and preserve the important moments in their lives. Since then, the company has helped thousands of people produce stunning wall decor through inspirational picture framing design and quality workmanship. Their main photo printer of choice is the Epson SureColor P5070.
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As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate our lives, its impact is felt across industries, from healthcare to finance to entertainment. While AI has undoubtedly brought about significant advancements, there is also a growing unease and distrust of this powerful technology. For some, AI represents a threat to humanity, a potential harbinger of our downfall.
- ORAFOL announces dates & states for 2024 wrap courses - book ahead!
- Are you in Nowra/Shoalhaven region of NSW? Ball & Doggett roadshow in on next week!
- New DTF system from Xante ready for 2024 release.
- Kodak installs world's fastest inkjet press - Prosper 7000 Turbo
- Packaging print to grow at 3.9% annually to 2028 - Smithers report
- CalderaRIP - Version 17 now available
- Mary Leishman named as FESPA Future Leaders winner
- FESPA Conference Wows with great content
- Drupa essential article - The evolving Label market
- Fiery updates Digital Factory suite
- Winners Announced in swissQprint Creative Challenge
- Screen's double-install of of latest web-fed inkjet in France
- Epson releases SureColor P5360 17" (432mm) professional photographic printer
- AI can co-exist with humans, says Epson
- Ball & Doggett to hold Nowra, NSW South Coast regional roadshow
- Jet Technologies adds X-Rite colour management range to portfolio
- Caldera launches a Subscription-based RIP package for large format printing
- Epson Wins 2023 Good Design Awards for printers
- Eurolaser partners with Starleaton to expand in Australia and New Zealand
- Agfa Tauro gains 3M Performace Guarantee
