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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.

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Roland DG Australia’s first new TrueVIS user video features wrap and signage business Black Flag Designs, vehicle wrap specialist Elite Wrappers and print, design and marketing agency, Brand Hero (video).

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Kyocera Document Solutions America has sued the New Jersey, USA Department of Treasury over economic sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. The NJ state law prevents government entities from contracting with a company whose parent has operations in Russia.

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The Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) is calling on all sign companies who are looking for new staff or apprentices to register their interest with the Careers section of the ASGA website.

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Xanita, a pioneer in sustainable fibreboard solutions, has launched Xanita Aspect, a paper-based rigid board designed exclusively for the wide format printing industry. 

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Ball & Doggett, Australia’s largest distributor of printable materials, press consumables and wide format printing equipment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Johnathan Meads as the new Sign, Display & Digital, Sales Executive at the New South Wales (NSW) branch.

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The Penrith Museum of Printing needs to raise around $5,000 to decommission and relocate a Heidelberg Cylinder letterpress machine it has acquired following the closure of the last letterpress newspaper in Australia, the Don Dorrigo Gazette, after 113 years. The Museum has set up a crowdfunding website via mycause.com.au and all donations, no matter how small, are welcomed and will receive a certificate of appreciation once the press is working again.

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Canon Production Printing and Computaleta have joined forces in a new partnership agreement aimed at expanding the reach of the award-winning Colorado M-series and Arizona  wide format printers within the New Zealand market.

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Participants in FESPA Australia's Future Leaders program will have “the unique opportunity to join a closely-knit cohort of like-minded professionals that will likely prove instrumental to their future professional development,” says FESPA Australia president Nigel Davies.

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Kyocera said a decline in demand and increased costs saw sales revenue for the first quarter decrease by 2.5% to 479,420 million yen, which “more than off-set a positive impact from the weaker yen.” Operating profit was down 38%.

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Ball & Doggett and Avery Dennison say limited spaces are available for their ‘Advance Vehicle Wrapping, Fleet and Auto Aftermarket Workshops’ in Sydney and Melbourne and an ‘Essential ‘Walls, Windows and Vehicle’ Application Technique’ workshop in Brisbane.

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In a new security alert to customers this week, Canon Inc. said it had uncovered a vulnerability in 196 of its inkjet printer models - including some wide format printers - where Wi-Fi connection settings are not deleted by the usual initialization process.

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“Some people have built their entire businesses on social media and digital platforms and having someone else access and control their account is devastating,” says Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) Bruce Billson.

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Roland DG Corporation has announced the acquisition of shares for UAB Dimense print, a subsidiary of UAB VEIKA, a manufacturer and vendor for wallpaper-related products headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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The World Out of Home Organization has expanded its Global Out of Home Media Spend Index to include first party data from 81 territories, accounting for 95% of the world's GDP. Global Market Index sources data from WOO's 200 members and others to give the most accurate view of OOH revenue and market share. An estimated 37% of the spend is from digital.

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MUTOH Industries Ltd.,  has announced the official release of the XpertJet 1462UF, first previewed at FESPA Munich in May. It is a flatbed DtO (Direst-to-object) UV-LED printer with a table size of 1,420 mm (55.9”) x 700 mm (27.5”), which combines high productivity and high image quality to meet diverse DtO needs (at FESPA, the pilot version was printing sunglasses). This now gives Mutoh UV DtO printers in A3, A2 and A1+ formats.