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The first meeting of creditors of the failed Reacon Australia Pty Ltd, incorporating Mail Marketing Works took place on Tuesday 22nd April at 1pm via MS teams. The 2nd meeting of creditors is due during May. It is customary at such meetings that a full report of indebtedness is presented, and the liklihood of any returns estimated, and over what time period. NOTE: The Administrator, Cathro Partners are acting for Reacon Australia Pty Ltd, not Reacon Group.

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FESPA, Berlin is almost upon us and Brother is set to unveil its latest DTG and DTF innovations at the show. Brother remains committed to delivering next-generation products and services to the textile and garment sector, with GJS representing its products in Australia and exhibiting at PacPrint.

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Sunshine West, Victoria, real estate signage specialist ABC Photosigns has installed a further two EFI 32r super-wide format printers, supplied and serviced by Currie Group. Acquired by Excel Group in July 2024, ABC Photosigns is on a growth trajectory that now includes vehicle wraps and general signage.

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Trade exhibitions and conferences do not happen overnight. Months, sometime years of planning are needed to ensure Insurances, OH&S and promotion is in place. Ricoh is the latest exhibitor to join in, on stand D06 in the Dome of Sydney Olympic Park's Showground halls. But time is running out!

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Following the Cyber Ransomware attack on one of Australia's (and Pacific region) leading print groups - TMA Group (as reported in WideFormatOnline here) the Visual Media Association (VMA) has released a warning to be ultra-vigilant.

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A long-standing favourite for applications with coloured films, Avery Dennison's 700 Premium Film range now offers a selection of 20 additional colours, including 6 new gloss and 14 new matt finishes.

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Epson is now accepting entries for the 16th edition of its landmark Epson International Pano Awards, which lays claims to being the world’s largest competition devoted to the craft and art of panoramic photography.

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Currie Group has been named the top-performing Canon Colorado partner in the Asia-Pacific region and has secured a position among the Top 10 globally, ranking 7th worldwide.

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The Out Of Home (OOH) industry has announced a net media revenue increase of 16.13 per cent for Q1 2025, reporting $334.1m, up from $287.7m for the same period in 2024.

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Following the success of its recent roadshow events across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, GJS is presenting the 'Discovering DTF' FREE webinar on Thursday May 1st, as a precursor to PacPrint.

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The need for ultra-vigilance in Cyber Security is highlighted by a Cyber Ransomware attack on one of Australia's (and Pacific region) leading print groups - TMA Group, who are themselves leading security printers, acquired by Anthony Karam in 2008.

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Another highlight of a busy PacPrint (20^th-23^rd May, Sydney Olympic Park), will be Australian-owned and developed M-Power, showcasing its ever-expanding product recipe approach aimed at simplifying a range of business processes for signage, wide-format and commercial printing, labels, and fabrication.

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A record 412 entries have already been received across the National Print Awards’ core categories, with a few days left to submit entries into the Major Award category. Ticket prices below.

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The Durst Group is merging with Aleph SrL and is in the final phase of a process that should complete by the end of 2025. Aleph will be fully integrated into the Durst Group, and Durst Como (in northern Italy) is planned to emerge as a new centre of excellence for digital textile printing.

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Targeted for a May launch, HP’s new PrintOS Production Hub large-format software will enable print businesses to move away from manual operations management for wide-format print, towards the automation of everything from order taking to production flow.

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Kayell, Canon, Epson and Canson will join Photo & Fine Art at PacPrint 2025. Following the successful gallery, technology display and workshop at Visual Impact 2023, Kayell Australia, supported by Canon, Epson and Canson (Infinity papers) will again participate in the Photo & Fine Art sector of the May 20-23^rd event.

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The tangled web of Reacon-linked companies controlled by Jahangir Khan and his wife is beginning to unravel. As per our story this issue – Cathro & Partners have been appointed Administrator of Reacon Australia Pty Ltd and Mail Marketing Works Pty Ltd but a last minute application to liquidate Reacon Australia will be made on Friday 11^th April, in the Federal Court.

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Whilst news of its recently re-designed flatbed printer range is already out there, the clear message from swissQprint is that the printers are ‘best experienced live’ with FESPA Global Print Expo 2025 in Berlin (3-6 May) presenting the first opportunity, followed by PacPrint.

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It is with much sadness that we learned the of the recent passing of Vivad's Angela Tadic, who will be well-remembered by her family, friends and peers, especially her Vivad work family.

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Konica Minolta’s successor to the C14000 series - the new AccurioPress C14010/S and C12010/S have just landed and are schedule for an Australian launch at PacPrint 2025 in May, Sydney.

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In March, this publication was the first to flag concern over the situation surrounding companies associated with Jahangir Khan's Reacon Holdings and Mail Marketing Works. Creditors and staff were not getting paid, or paid late under sufferage. Now, two of Mr Khan's companies are officially in administration, with two continuing to be in business.