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“We’ve been very lucky and it could have been much worse,” says Wal Robinson, co-owner of Queensland Signage Solutions (QSS), one of Townsville’s biggest signage firms that has been forced to stand down staff after record flooding that has claimed two lives and forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes.
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“We’ve been experiencing considerable growth and we needed to increase our capacity to keep up with demand,” says Ewen Donaldson, MD of Melbourne wide format specialist Vivad, which installed its second Durst 5-metre printer in the first week of January.
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A Federal Court hearing in Perth has been adjourned for four weeks in the hope that lawyers can find “middle ground” in the protracted legal fight between the Australian Taxation Office and Perth printer Picton Press over a $1.3 million tax bill.
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Global outdoor advertising leader JCDecaux recorded a 5.2% jump in revenue for 2018, which included a two month boost from its Australian business following the $1.2 billion takeover of APN Outdoor.
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The newest addition to the Acuity flatbed range offers added flexibility, increased sustainability and enhanced print quality. It’s the first time that LED-curing printers have been made available within the Acuity flatbed range.
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A week after signing its new partnership with Océ Australia in Queensland, wide format industry supplier Charti has named former Océ executive Richard Townsend as its new business development manager for Queensland operations.
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Sign Essentials is hosting a Mimaki Open Day at its Geebung facility in Brisbane this Thursday, 7th February, to introduce the UCJV300-160 printer/cutter and a range of other Mimaki technologies.
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Epson has again been recognised as one of the 2018-19 Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators, one of only 35 organisations to have been recognised for the eighth year in a row since the inception of the program in 2011.
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Industry veteran Brett Burns has been appointed the new print media sales manager at Sydney-based textiles and print media supplier Ricky Richards.
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Brisbane-based out-of-home advertiser GOA has added another billboard to its digitally-advanced Iconic range. The Spring Hill digital billboard is the first wall-mounted Iconic to be erected by GOA.
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Tickets are still available for Wednesday’s rescheduled open house at Cactus Imaging in Sydney which will feature the Australian launch of Fujifilm’s superwide Acuity Ultra.
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning taxpayers to be on alert for scammers impersonating the ATO, as scammers change tactics in 2019. “This scam is not just targeting your money but is after your personal information in an attempt to steal your identity."
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New not-for-profit industry group the Vehicle Wrapping Association of Australia (VWAA) is gathering momentum as wrappers respond to its unique no-fee business model and its aim “to separate industry professionals from the amateurs.”
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Océ Australia has appointed Melbourne-based wide format industry supplier Charti as an Océ Partner in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, in a move it says “expands the sales and supply options available to its customers in Queensland.”
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Hexis Australia has announced a new round of its comprehensive signage and wrap courses to be held in March at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek.
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- Mutoh offers two major promotional deals
- Alfex Laser to host marketing workshop next month
- New ink ‘resets standard’ for dye-sub printing in wide format