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The new 162.5cm Océ Colorado 1650 production printer builds on the breakthrough productivity, output quality and media versatility of the Océ Colorado 1640, while delivering optimal performance for print service providers producing high volumes of applications such as self-adhesive vinyls, wall coverings, canvasses and soft signage.
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After a slight decline over the past five years, the global printed signage market is forecast to reach $US43.7 billion ($A63 bn) by 2024, with a total of 10.8 billion square metres square of signage and point-of-sale media printed, according to new research data.
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SCREEN GP Australia has announced availability of its PlateRite Ultima 24000N series of thermal plate recorders capable of up to 24 x A4 pages on a 1632mm x 1325mm plate.
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Paper company and wide format supplier Spicers has won approval from the Federal Court of Australia to call a meeting of its shareholders next month to vote on the proposed takeover of the business, formerly PaperlinX, by Kokusai Pulp & Paper (KPP).
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“We were primarily offset but there’s a big move towards digital and that was not a strength of the business,” says David Kugel, managing director of Komori house Network Printing Studios at Alexandria in Sydney’s inner west, which has gone into liquidation after 17 years.
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Australia’s biggest printer Ovato, formerly PMP, went into a trading halt on Monday as it launched a $15.5 million equity raising to strengthen its balance sheet and accelerate work on the Warwick Farm ‘Super Site’ in Sydney. The company confirmed early on Wednesday that its shares were expected to be back on the market at the opening after institutional investors raised $11m of the offer and retail investors took up $4.5m.
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A Federal Court judge in Perth has called a case management hearing next month as lawyers continue to look for a solution to the dispute between the ATO and Perth printer Picton Press over an unpaid $1.3m tax bill.
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FESPA has been forced to add another hall with an extra 5,000 square metres of space to cope with heavy demand from companies eager to take part in FESPA 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
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Ricoh is shifting some production of its multifunctional printers from China to Thailand to avoid tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump in his escalating trade war with China.
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Epson is making PrecisionCore printheads available to third-party developers and will begin selling the inkjet printheads globally in the first half of the 2019 fiscal year. Wide Format Online publisher Andy McCourt says the move is very good news.
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Auckland printer Permark Industries has won the gold medal for Functional Printing at this year’s FESPA Awards presented in Munich during the Global Print Expo. Melbourne’s Massivit 3D house Seen Technology won two silvers and Cactus Imaging of Sydney was awarded a bronze medal and a distinction award for its Amex Building Wrap at Sydney Airport.
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The Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) has called a meeting of its members in Brisbane next week to address new federal building code legislation relating to Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. The breakfast meeting follows well-attended ASGA events in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
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Epson has launched two new SureColor SC-S signage printers, the SC-S60600L and the SCS80600L at FESPA. The 64-inch printers are an extension of the award-winning SureColor SC-S Series printer range.
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Agfa’s Jeti Tauro H3300 LED inkjet printer adds another award to its impressive track record, receiving the European Digital Press Association (EDP) Award at FESPA in the ‘Large & Wide Format Printing Systems’ category for ‘Best Flatbed/Hybrid Printer >250m²/h’.
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The Renault Formula One Team has chosen Roland DG’s new TrueVIS VG2, the second-generation eco-solvent print-and-cut device, to produce prints for its Grand Prix cars.
- Fuji Xerox NZ MD opens up on ‘the scandal’: ‘a very surreal time’
- Eckersley buys Cross + Hamilton and 'we won’t stop here’
- Mesh Direct creates breath-taking scaffold shroud on Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building
- FESPA: upgrade for superwide Fujifilm Acuity Ultra
- FESPA: watch Day 1 highlights of the World Wrap Masters
- FESPA: swissQprint's Karibu roll to roll wide format printer
- FESPA: EFI rolls out wide format and signage innovations
- FESPA: Mactac showcases new ColourWrap Series
- More FESPA highlights: Printers get first look at HP's super wide dye sub Stitch; Durst’s hybrid printers for large format; New metallic colours from Avery Dennison; Adobe unveils Textile Designer Plugin; ONYX 19 showcase; HEXIS celebrates
- Newsbrief: HP’s new high volume 3D printer; Women in Print dates; Sydney printer allegedly paid workers $13 an hour
- Epson joins council focused on cutting greenhouse gas
- Up to $1,000 back in Roland’s vinyl cutter trade-in offer
- Thousands arrive in Munich for FESPA 2019
- Late rush of entries for NZ sign and display awards
- New dates added for Roland VersaWorks software training
