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Grafico and Canon Colorado meet ‘The Block’ challenge again

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Currently enjoying its 11th season as the official wallpaper product sponsor for popular Channel 9 reality TV show ‘The Block’, renowned design and printing company Grafico has once again helped the contestants deliver against a seemingly impossible challenge. This time the brief was to capture artwork designed by each of the 5 pairs of contestants using Canon imaging technology, digitise and print it as custom wallpaper using a Canon Colorado, all in one ‘mega-day’.

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FIMI Landa acquisition now confirmed

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Having followed the story through from when Landa Corporation’s financial struggles started to surface, to a stay of execution granted by the court to enable them to raise more funds to keep the company afloat…the increasingly inevitable conclusion has now been reached and FIMI Opportunity Funds has been successful in acquiring the debt-ridden digital printing company in a relatively complex USD$80m debt restructuring plan.

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Opal ‘Open Days’ showcase colour and engineering capabilities in packaging

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One of Australasia’s leading paper and packaging companies, Opal (a member of NIPPON Paper Group), opened the doors to its Melbourne facility recently for a self-styled Innovation Expo, which enabled the company to show customers its application of new digital printing and cutting technologies, ‘creating a wonderland awash with vibrant colours, show-stopping design and clever engineering’.

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Durst announces fully-integrated colour management through GMG solution

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Durst Group has announced the full integration of GMG’s spectral colour management technology into its proprietary Durst Workflow software as well as into the open Smart Factory portfolio of its Open Software Initiative. Michael Deflorian, Director Business Unit Software & Solutions at Durst Group, says: “This will enable us to deliver new levels of colour consistency: fully automated and highly scalable.”

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Orafol takes flight in NZ from new Orbit Drive (Auckland) address

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Headquartered out of a facility at 10, Orbit Drive in Rosedale, Auckland, a dedicated Orafol NZ operation has now been officially launched and welcomed into the broader ANZ fold, marking a major milestone in the company’s expansion and further commitment to its local presence across Australasia.

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Pozitive confirms local availability of two new swissQprint Generation 5 flatbed printers

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swissQprint has officially unveiled the last two new flatbed printer models in its award-winning Generation 5 line-up – the Topi 5 and Oryx 5 - and exclusive Australian swissQprint distributor, Pozitive Sign & Graphic Supplies, has confirmed that all five Generation 5 printers (including the Nyala 5, Impala 5 and Kudu 5 can be ordered locally from today.

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Industry reports that Starleaton has re-commenced trading

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Industry reports that Starleaton has recently re-commenced trading as Starleaton Pty Ltd, using the same website and branding of the business that was recently placed into liquidation. are likely to be met with a mixed reception with many employers, suppliers and even customers presumably still significantly impacted by the crash of the company earlier this year.

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Landa purchase ‘no walk in the park’ says FIMI

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FIMI’s proposed USD$80m acquisition of Landa Digital Printing has hit a potential speed-hump, midst claims that the administrators - Sigal Rosen-Rechav and Shlomi Filiba – have inserted ‘unauthorized costs’ and ‘an unacceptable and unauthorized deviation’ on FIMI’s original offer. Representing FIMI, partner Gillon Beck acknowledged: “This is a very complex deal. It’s not a walk in the park, it’s very, very difficult, but if we didn’t believe there was a chance of success, we wouldn’t be here.”

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Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 400 Digital Press certified by Color-Logic

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Color-Logic is widely recognised as the benchmark in metallic and special effect design technology, so receipt of formal certification that the Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 400 Digital Press is compatible with the Color-Logic process, offers an industry-recognised assurance of the press’ capacity to produce high-impact, vibrant colour, metallic labels.

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Screen to preview water-based inkjet label press at Labelexpo

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A technology preview model of Screen’s new Truepress LABEL 520AQ water-based inkjet label press, will be shown on the Screen stand D55 in Hall 5 at the upcoming Labelexpo Europe later this month (16th-19th September, Fira Barcelona Gran Via exhibition centre). This is in addition to previously released news (see here) that Screen’s Truepress LABEL 350UV SAI-S digital press will be printing live and continuously throughout all four days of the show.

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Stora Enso €1.7bn investment in carbon-neutral specs for Finnish production site

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Widely recognised as one of the world’s leading providers of renewable packaging, biomaterials, and wooden construction products, the latest investment in Stora Enso’s Oulu (Finland) mill and production unit, tips its investment scales to just over €1.7bn between 2019 and 2025.

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Ball & Doggett launches competition to expand awareness of Metamark product range

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As the dust starts to settle on the GBP£146m acquisition of Metamark by UPM Raflatac, Ball & Doggett is poised to expand the Metamark product portfolio locally and has launched the Metamark Passport Competition to showcase the versatility and creativity of the Metamark product range.

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Konica Minolta Australia powers new e-waste recycling initiative

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Konica Minolta Australia, Macquarie University, and the Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform’s (ANZRP) TechCollect have partnered to launch the ‘Rethink e-recycling Drive’: a community initiative aimed at reducing landfill and giving unwanted technology a second life.

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Avery Dennison set to acquire Meridian’s flooring adhesives business

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Avery Dennison has signed an agreement to acquire the U.S.-based flooring adhesives business of Meridian Adhesives Group – which includes Taylor Adhesives, Polycom and Frontier Products brands – at a purchase price of USD$390m. Upon completion of the transaction, the flooring adhesives business will become part of the Avery Dennison Materials Group business.

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Ricoh Australia funds six-year scholarship for Indigenous Education

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In line with its Reconciliation Action pledge, Ricoh Australia has partnered with not-for-profit organisation, Yalari, to fully fund a six-year scholarship for one indigenous student’s secondary education from Year 7-12. Waverley Stanley AM, Founding Director of Yalari says: “This scholarship is creating pathways that will ripple through families and communities for generations to come.”

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  1. Epson's ‘Net-Zero by 2050’ target officially acknowledged as ‘Science Based’
  2. Four Women in Print ‘2025 HP Indigo Scholarships winners announced
  3. FIMI poised to give Landa Digital Printing its lifeline
  4. Agfa’s Speedset Orca successfully field-tested at 11,000 B1 sheets an hour
  5. Canon Production Printing brings new label and packing print presses on line for Australia and NZ
  6. Young appointment to support Celmac’s future strategy
  7. Historic opportunity through Penrith Museum of Printing
  8. ‘Un mes para irse’ (one month to go) until LabelExpo 2025
  9. More honours for Epson SureColor printers at 2025 iF Design Awards
  10. Ball & Doggett further strengthens NSW Sign & Display team
  11. Vale Tony Coniglio: an industry pioneer
  12. Success of inaugural leadership program informs 2026 Women in Print calendar
  13. New industry reports offer searching insights into future of wide format printing
  14. V49 software update set to deliver ‘immediate impact’ to printIQ customers
  15. Sign China 2025 promises four-in-one

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Outdoor Graphics, solvent & UV Article Count:  10196

Offcuts Article Count:  18

3D Printing News Article Count:  1

Forum Rules Article Count:  27

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