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Passionate industry advocate and recruiter James Cryer gave up a slice of his time to network with students at Forest High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches, about careers in Print and Signage. Here’s his report:
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Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions has opened submissions for its annual Wrap Like A King Challenge, with wrap installers from 53 countries invited to submit commercial, full print or colour change wrap projects for the chance to win thousands of dollars in prizes.
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“A major study like this will provide undeniable proof about how both traditional and digital signs impact on audiences,” says Peter Pynta, director of research firm Neuro-Insight which will conduct the study.
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Rising gas prices on Australia’s east coast are forcing companies out of business and the situation could get worse without immediate action, according Rod Sims, chairman of the Australia Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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Epson Australia will showcase latest technologies including laser projectors, PrecisionCore inkjet business printers and new smart glasses under its theme Future Technology for the Future Generation at this year’s EduTECH exhibition from 6-7 June at the ICC in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
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Over 100 guests were on hand to explore Océ Australia’s new Customer Experience Centre which opened this week at its head office in Clayton, Melbourne.
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The labelling industry’s first-ever facestock made from recycled polyethylene (rPE) has been introduced by Avery Dennison. The California-based company says successful print and dispensing trials are now complete and the breakthrough technology demonstrates its commitment to more sustainable solutions.
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Mimaki's new hybrid digital textile printer will make its global debut this month at the ITMA 2019 Textile & Garment Technology exhibition in Barcelona, Spain.
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Fiona McDonnell worked in her uncle’s print business as a child but it took a Minuteman Press training course in New York before she decided to commit fulltime to the Minuteman franchise in Footscray, Melbourne that she co-owns with her husband Ed McDonnell. Their clients include local AFL team The Western Bulldogs.
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Melbourne-based trade printer Whirlwind Print and sister company Whirlwind Print (NSW) have gone into liquidation just days after managing director Andrew Cester told staff in an email that he was selling the business. Separate ASIC notices posted on Wednesday said Whirlwind and its NSW branch had appointed Andrew Hewitt and Ahmed Bise from accounting firm Grant Thornton as joint liquidators. The move comes after weeks of speculation about the future of the leading trade printer. More to follow.
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Xerox shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to restructure the company under a new holding company. The reorganisation was first floated by the board in March, two weeks after a US judge rejected the company’s bid to dismiss a $US1 billion lawsuit filed by Fujifilm over the termination of the proposed $US6.1 billion merger between the joint-venture [Fuji Xerox] partners. Holding companies can make it easier to sell divisions and contain litigation.
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Perth-based Mills Sign & Painting Service, which has provided painting and sign writing services to oil companies throughout Western Australia for almost 60 years, has appointed joint administrators and called a meeting of creditors.
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Landa CEO Yishai Amir says three of its groundbreaking Landa S10 Nanographic printers are now in full production at sites in Europe and Asia, while a Landa S10P perfector press for commercial printing is up and running in the US. The first Landa W10 press for flexible packaging will be shipped later this year.
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Konica Minolta has introduced its Prokom production print user community program to Australian customers. Already operating in the US and Europe, Prokom offers market research, information and practical tools for commercial printers.
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IVE Group business Blue Star Direct says the new HP PageWide T370HD press is part of a $5.5m upgrade that will expand the company’s personalised direct mail offering.
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- SCREEN releases advanced VLF 24 Page CtP Systems – Ultima 24000N series
- Spicers warns shares ‘likely to fall’ if shareholders reject $147m takeover offer
- Offset printer Network Printing calls in liquidator after 17 years
- Ovato raises $15.5m after fall in newspaper volumes
- Judge sends ATO vs. Picton Press to case management
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- Epson to supply its PrecisionCore inkjet printheads
- FESPA Gold for Permark NZ; Melbourne’s Seen Technology takes two Silvers; Cactus wraps a Bronze
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- FESPA: Two new SureColor signage printers from Epson
