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Kornit Digital has signed an agreement to acquire Lichtenau, Germany-based Tesoma, a manufacturer of textile dryers and industrial machines. The financial terms were not disclosed.
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Print giant Xerox reported $US1.78 billion of revenue in the fourth quarter, down 7.9% or $US153 million year-over-year. Full year 2021 revenue was up 0.2% year over year (down 1.4% in constant currency) to $US7.04 billion.
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It's good news for sign and print shops using Apple computers for their design workstations. The leading software for sign and print applications - SAi FlexiDESIGN - is now available in both Windows and macOS versions.
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Details have been announced for the Australian Sign & Graphics Industry Association’s (ASGA) upcoming webinar on LED Signage, the second in the series.
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Wide format Online was treated to a sneak preview of the first XpertJet 1341SR Pro 54" (1325mm) printer to land in Australia. A full review will appear next week but we can say with confidence that, for a low-cost 54" eco-solvent printer, the results are outstanding thanks to new printhead, screening, ripping and drop placement technologies. It's also considerably faster than the previous generation.
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The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) next month will be a hybrid event for those unable to attend the live meeting to be held in South Australia.
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Out of Home (OOH) peak body the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) has welcomed three new members: Scentre Group, Hivestack and the Tonic Media Network. Scentre and Tonic have also joined OMA’s audience measurement system, MOVE.
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Ink manufacturer DuPont – distributed in Australia by Impression Technology – has introduced the new series for its Pigment Inks portfolio, DuPont Artistri Brite P5500, at the Impressions Expo printed apparel show in Long Beach, California.
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Along with several other suppliers, Graphic Art Mart says it has no option but to raise prices, faced with skyrocketing PVS and freight costs. The Graphic Art Mart team would like to thank customers for continued support through 2021 which was challenging on many fronts.
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“We had over 40 printers in multiple stores [including Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth] each of whom used to spend tens of thousands of dollars in signage printing,” says WHSmith Australia’s head of IT support, Saurav Chand.
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Bookings close on February 4 for the Packaging & Label Association’s rescheduled two-day Technical Forum and Awards event in Melbourne on February 24-25. The event was postponed from September 2021 because of Covid.
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The 22nd annual EFI Connect conference in Las Vegas this week showcased the newly launched 126-inch-wide EFI Pro 30h UV LED printer and EFI’s advanced class of superwide-format inkjet printers. Connect also featured the first live demonstration of the new EFI Fiery FS500 Pro digital front end and the debut of EFI Fiery Prep-it software - an innovative prepress product for display graphics businesses.
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FESPA has launched the promotional campaign for its FESPA Global Print Expo 2022 and European Sign Expo 2022 events, scheduled to take place from 31 May – 3 June 2022 at Messe Berlin, Germany. The campaign strapline ‘Experience Print in Motion’ highlights how, despite the challenges of the past two years, the speciality print market and the technology that supports it continue to evolve and progress.
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For Sign & Display printers familiar with inkjet technology, offering full-colour labels is a natural path to new markets and profits. Of course, many already do this with print & cut wide format printers but, as the niche short-run label market grows, there may be the need to add a dedicated label printer to the network. Enter Epson with its all-new ColorWorks C4000. The compact ColorWorks C4000 offers expanded connectivity and compatibility, improved image quality, remote management tools, and increased ink capacity.
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The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has called on employers to upgrade masks, improve ventilation and provide free rapid antigen tests (RATs) in response to what it calls “the government’s failure to keep working people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic."
- Heimtextil rescheduled as Summer Special show in June
- Entries open for 2022 state PICAs – and a call for judges
- New printable PVC textiles from Ricky Richards
- ASGA/HP 2022 National Sign & Graphics Awards open for entries
- Inkjet goes huge with Koenig & Bauer-Durst SPC130 at Royal Group USA
- JCDecaux’s first carbon neutral advertising product in Australia
- Kavalan PVC-free banners win fire safety nod
- 3M says its N95 masks maximise protection against COVID
- RATS! $250 for a RAT: ACCC slams “outrageous” price gouging as test shortages prevent employees from returning to work
- Spandex increases prices by 6%-10% on most products
- A Sign Design delivers a lesson in quality with Drytac ViziPrint
- Epson sweeps 2022 BLI Wide Format Awards for Signage
- 'Microfactories’ are changing the face of fashion: Mimaki
- Vale Simon Rowbottom
- Fujifilm accelerates climate action to reduce CO2 emissions
