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After gaining a Queen’s Enterprise Award in 2014 for Overseas Trade, and another in 2015 for Innovation, UK perforated window film manufacturer, Contra Vision, has been successful once again in winning a further Queen’s Award for Innovation - testament to the company’s continued investment into research and development.

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Organiser Messe Dusseldorf has opened registration for exhibitors and interested companies from the international printing industry for virtual.drupa (20-23 April 2021). The event was announced last year after the face-to-face format of the world's leading trade fair had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Hexis has announced a new high-opacity printable film range that uses clear adhesive but has the opacity of gray adhesives. Designated 'TOR' for Top Opacity Range, stocks are on the way and expected to dock around end of February. Also, Hexis' Pure Zone anti-microbial laminates are seing high uptake in the fight against Coronaviruses.

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Following the shock resignation of Alon Bar-Shany, general manager of HP Indigo last year, the industry has awaited his next move. The goods news is that his 25 years of experience will remain in the global digital printing and finishing sector, with his appointment as Chairman of Israeli digital finishing leader Highcon, whose board includes Benny Landa.

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For multiple reasons, redundancies and company insolvencies have become a fact of life in the printing industry. Shrinking demand, Covid and an uncertain recessionary environment have impacted high volume web printers most, while labels and packaging and, to some extent, sign and display have found alternative product offerings such as Covid health and wayfinding graphics. However, the way in which Ovato has handled its necessary redundancies has attracted criticism.

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Following the Boxing Day fire that destroyed virtually everything inside Big Image Graphics' Adelaide premises, ASGA and the industry has rallied around Carlo Capogreco's renowned company and he is back in production, to some extent at least.

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Cathy O’Connor has started 2021 in her role as CEO of Australia’s leading out of home media operator, becoming the first new leader of oOh!media since its founding more than 30 years ago. An influential leader in Australian media, Ms O’Connor takes the helm at oOh! after 12 successful years as CEO of Nova Entertainment Group, and five years prior to that as Managing Director of DMG Radio.

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The Government has made changes to our insolvency framework to better serve Australian small businesses, their creditors and their employees. The changes introduce new processes suitable for small businesses from 1 January 2021, reducing complexity, time and costs for small businesses.

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It is with great shock and sadness that we report a fire, started around 9pm on Boxing Day, December 26th has gutted one of South Australia's most respected wide format printers, Big Image of Hindmarsh, Adelaide. Wide format online visited Carlo and his son Deon Capogreco's new premises only 18 months ago, and previously in 2013 when Big Image installed Adelaide's first 5 metre UV printer from Fujifilm.

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Kyocera Corporation has announced the development of a next-generation inkjet printhead offering high-speed, high-resolution printing for a wide range of printing applications, with a focus on graphics. Kyocera’s Model KJ4B-EX 1200 is available now, features ink recirculation and an amazing 1.5picilitre minimum droplet size.

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Since the tragic Grenfell tower fire in London, and the Lacrosse and other fires in Australia and in other parts of the world such as the UAE; ACP (Aluminium Composite Panels) have been in the spotlight, mainly for their use as facade and cladding but, by implication, in the sign and shopfitting industry too. Now sensational news is emerging of 'rigged tests' to discredit non-flammable ACP (such as Fairview's Vitracore G2) - curiously linked to manufacturers of PE-cored ACP.

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The Imaging & Digital Entertainment Association (IDEA) has announced that it will wind up operations in June 2022 after more than 40 years as the 'peak industry body' (sic). Originally a Photographic Industry Association, it struggled to adequately deal with the digital revolution; thinking that solely digital image capture cameras were the answer, delaying the shift from silver-halide to inkjet, toner and other digital for hard copy, and blindsided by Smartphone image capture, facebook albums, instagram, pinterest and so forth. A fine association in its heyday; it is yet another salutory lesson in a 'Kodak moment.'

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The Ricky Richards team gets right into a far better 2021 with its Seasonal/New Year message - and the lyrics to the famous Scottish ode 'Auld Land Syne' - or should that be 'sign?' ;-)

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Hot on the heels of Mutoh's XpertJet 461/661UF object printers winning another EDP award, the company has so far raised $4,000 for the Fred Hollows Foundation. Mutoh allocates $500 on every order received by COB on December 24th, for 2021 delivery.

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Former imaging giant Kodak has partnered with Pigment.inc BV Europe to release EDTG ink targeting the growing DTG sector. The inks are made at Kodak's former photographic site in Rochester, New York state and even use the old Kodak photo film brand name 'Kodacolor.'

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