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In excess of 50 industry notables attended the Fespa-Cactus-Durst open house at Cactus Imaging's expansive premises in Silverwater, Sydney. Apart from a tour of the battery of superwide Durst and Fujifilm roll-to-roll printers, a highlight was the handing over approx. $94,000 of legacy SGIAA trust funds to Fespa Australia to use exclusively for training purposes, as the now unified association for wide format and speciality printers in Australia and New Zealand.

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The National Anti-Scam Centre has issued a ‘Scam Alert’ warning, after receiving reports of scams targeting Matilda’s fans on social media - including fraudulent ticket sales and fake live-stream links to matches - ahead of Wednesday night’s FIFA Women’s World Cup semi-final between Australia and England.

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Eastman Kodak reported second quarter 2023 revenue of $US295 million, down 8% on Q2 2022, as gross profit jumped by 24% to $US63 million ($A97m).

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Epson and its subsidiary Epson X Investment Corporation (EXI) have made an additional investment in GITAI, a startup company that develops general-purpose space robots.

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ASGA’s latest online workshop – ‘Break through the barriers in your business’ - is “specifically designed for tradie business owners at all stages, to provide guidance in setting milestones, monitoring progress and achieving actual results for sustainable, ongoing growth.” It's free to ASGA members.

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Xerox Holdings Corporation - looking to focus on "print, IT and digital services" - has sold its Elem Additive Solutions 3D printing business to ADDiTEC, a leader in metal additive manufacturing solutions and applications.  Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Ball & Doggett's Conect Enterprises has signed an exclusive partnership with global heat transfer vinyl manufacturer POLI-TAPE and will launch the new POLI-FLEX range here in November.

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oOh!media’s latest campaign running on Australia’s largest outdoor billboard in Sydney is using new Ecobanner - "the only Australian-made, PVC-free flexible banner fabric" - developed by GALE Pacific in conjunction with the OOH industry.

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The Visual Connections association is again sponsoring sign industry apprentices competing in this week’s three-day WorldSkills Australia national championships in Melbourne.

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Digital textile production technology manufacturer Kornit Digital recorded revenue of $56.2 million for the second quarter of 2023, compared with $58.1 million in the prior year period, "due primarily to lower systems revenues." GAAP net loss was $14.3 million; non-GAAP net loss was $7.4 million.

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Fujifilm’s Q1 revenue increased by 5.6% to 660.8 billion yen [$A7 billion], "mainly due to strong sales in the Medical Systems and Imaging businesses and the impact of exchange rates." 

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The Flexible Packaging and Label Manufacturers Association (FPLMA) has opened entries for the 2024 FPLMA Print Awards to be presented at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne on August 31, 2024.

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As a leading graphic films manufacturer, Orafol offers a comprehensive range of self-adhesive digital printing films for image-based outdoor advertising in multiple different variants. The proven product ORAJET 3551RA now also features ProSlide technology, making it even easier to install.

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In a move that was held up by Covid, Roland DG now has a fully operational showroom and Creative Centre for the first time in 5 years. In attendance was Regional President and CEO Chi Hun (Charles) Seo and local management, plus dealers and customers from all over Australia.

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The global printed signage market will surge from $US42 billion [$A64 billion) in 2023 to $US45.8 billion [$A70 billion] by 2032, according to a new report by Market Research Future.

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“It's time to make some changes to the way Sign Making training is offered to our industry. We can do this by making the pathways to an apprenticeship, clearer, better and more achievable,” says the New Zealand Sign & Display Association (NZSDA), which is backing a NZ Government study into micro-credentials in signage.

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Ricoh recorded a robust year-on-year sales increase of 16.4% to ¥534.6 billion ($A5.7bn) in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 (April 1 – June 30, 2023), with gross profit up 13% to ¥190.1 billion ($A2bn).

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Out-of-Home media company JCDecaux is launching Australia’s first programmatic digital Out-of-Home award, with the winners to receive a luxury travel package worth $5,000.

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Leading photographic printer Pixel Perfect is retiring its Durst Lambda 131 large format digital printer as part of plans to relocate the business from its inner Sydney location.

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With a target of $5,000 to decommission and transport the 1939 Heidelberg Zylinder Automat from the Don Dorrigo Gazette newspaper, 575km to the Penrith Museum of Print, it is gratifying that 30% - AUD$1,500 - has already been raised in just 5 days. 'we have had donations from $5 to $250' says a spokesman 'and every one will receive a handsome certificate of appreciation once the press is restored and working again.'

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MUTOH has announced that it has added spot colors; orange, blue and green inks to its proprietary MP31 ink lineup for the ValueJet VJ-628MP and VJ-1628MH printers. Targeting mainly packaging proofing on original substrates, the extra OBG also offers benefits in the signage field when using SAi Flexi.