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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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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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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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Neschen introduces a new version of its successful Easy Dot range of polypropylene films with the 'dot pattern' adhesive that eliminates trapped air bubbles and is very easy to apply and remove.
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Esko, a Danaher company and the global developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for the packaging, label and wide format sectors, has announced the planned sale of its Kongsberg digital finishing business to OpenGate Capital, subject to any applicable information and/or consultation with employee representative bodies under applicable local law.
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Melbourne-based artists Catherine Clover and Daniel Kotsimbos will share the $30,000 Fivex Art Prize: Billboard Art Reimagined - taking home $15,000 each in Australia’s first award dedicated to digital billboard art.
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“Cybersecurity predictions for 2021 show the ripple effect of COVID-19 is likely to continue, leading to a rise in thread hijacking, whaling and human-operated ransomware,” says HP in its preview of 2021. Konica Minolta says the past year led to an “irreversible shift” in the meaning of the workplace and in 2021 “we will be entering the era of the hybrid office.” Ricoh says after a year of “exceptionally high demand” for floor graphics, the formerly under-utilised floors of retail, commercial and public spaces are likely to receive a lot more attention.
- Epson joins CDP 'A List' for tackling climate change and protecting water security
- Lots of late model used wide-format equipment for sale!
- Durst wins EDP awards for Rho 2500 and best workflow
- "Significant revenue rebound in Q4" says oOh!media
- Canon’s new service program for Colorado wide format printers
- Global Graphics to buy HYBRID Software for €80m
- Donut be shy: entries open for NZ Pride in Print awards
- First look at Durst P5 350 HS wide format printer (video)
- HP fined €10 million for unfair practices in Italy
- ASGA & FESPA HP conference cancelled, Awards event postponed
- Holiday shut-down precaution advice from Roland DG
- Insurance market ‘a national crisis killing small businesses’
- FESPA 2021 postponed for third time
- Ovato creditors green-light plan to axe 300 jobs
- New December Labels Plus magazine online now!
