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QMS Sport, a subsidiary of ASX-listed outdoor advertiser QMS Media, has signed a $32.7 million agreement to buy two leading sports talent agents and marketing groups, TLA and Stride Sports Management. High-profile TLA clients range from Australian test cricketers Aaron Finch and Matthew Wade to Olympic swimmers Mack Horton and Cate Campbell.
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Australians are set to lose a record amount to scams in 2019, with the ACCC projecting losses for the year will surpass half a billion dollars for the first time. The NBN Co has also reported a sharp increase in internet connection scams.
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California-based Electronics For Imaging (EFI) and Konica Minolta Australia have signed an agreement to bring EFI MarketDirect software to the Australian market, with the launch taking place this week at PrintEx.
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David Crowther, the Colour Doctor of Colour Graphic Services has attained G7 Expert status having recently attended the G7 Professional Training course held at Heidelberg USA’s Kennesaw, Georgia headquarters and organised by the Idealliance and hosted by industry colour legend Don Hutcheson.
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Graphic designer Indy Griffiths has been chosen as one of 15 young ‘Skillaroos’ to showcase their skills on the world stage this month at the 54th WorldSkills International Championships in Kazan, Russia.
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Epson Australia will launch "the largest number of new large format printers in the company’s history" at PrintEx, under the theme, We do Print. You do Business. There will also be a world-first showing of a new dye-sublimation printer.
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Konica Minolta Australia is extending its existing partnership with HP to include reselling its wide format printer range, the HP Latex Production Printers and Print and Cut solution up to 1.63 metre roll widths, in the Australian market.
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The Printing Industries Association of Australia is changing its name to the Print & Visual Communications Association (PVCA) to reflect the changing nature of the print industry.
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In an extension of their long-standing relationship, Graphic Art Mart will distribute Avery Dennison’s range of window films, including architectural solar and safety films and design films for interior and exterior commercial and residential applications.
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Clear Skies Corporation Pty Ltd, which trades as Skope Group Services Manufacturing, Scream Visual Wholesale Manufacturing Division and FM Engineering & Wholesale Sign Manufacturing, is in administration with insolvency firm PKF handling its affairs (Mr Simon Thorn).
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The Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA) has called a Special General Meeting of its members during PrintEx to consider changing its name and updating the constitution of the peak industry group.
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Latest industry consolidation move sees Jenrite NZ acquired by Aarque Group, a subsidiary of the BJ Ball organisation, which is a unit of Ball & Doggett Group – the A/NZ paper company and wide format supply business that was bought in 2017 by global paper giant Japan Pulp & Paper (JP). Jenrite MD Steven Kemp announced he’s retiring in September.
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The new Kornit Digital Avalanche Poly Pro system - the industry’s first digital, industrial process for high-quality printing on polyester – will be featured on the stand of local distributor Kissel + Wolf at PrintEx.
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Queensland’s largest billboard and signage company has opened submissions for its 2020 Community Partnership Program that offers $1 million in free billboard advertising for up to four community groups or charities.
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New Zealand signage businesses struggling to fill vacancies for qualified signwriting staff have begun interviewing a group of about a dozen signwriters from the Philippines who are hoping to migrate.
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