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The Visual Impact expo held last month at Homebush, Sydney Olympic Park, may seem done and dusted but, as with all professionally organised expos, it takes a few week to gather, disect and audit the results. The report reproduced below is very encouraging for the industry's adoption of new technologies and directions, and bodes well for the next event to be held in another Olympic city - Brisbane, during July 2024.
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Spandex Australia has announced the launch of the European-produced automotive film solutions - Omega Skinz, manufactured by Grafityp Self-adhesive Products N.V and SOTT International B.V. in Belgium. Stocks will become available from July 3rd 2023.
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Orafol films and laminates can soar to new heights with specialised aircraft wrapping films that can also be used of vehicles. Needless to say, the properties of adhesion and freedom from bubbles have to be of the highest priority.
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Currie Group has installed another EFI FabriVU 340i+ printer, this time at Visual Solutions of Moorabbin, Victoria. Established in 2006 Visual Solutions has earned a brand client list including Hertz, Nikon, Guess, DeLonghi, Renault and M&Ms.
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Total Image Supplies has announced the addition of two new sustainable papers for wide format printing, with stocks on the way and available very soon. Most photo papers for aqueous printing are coated containing Polyethylene – a plastic, but not Sihl’s new GreenGrafX. Also new is a 100% cotton rag paper.
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When and what were the first ‘wide format’ prints in the world? Many would look towards the early 1990 and the Encad Novajet 1. Some would point to the Versatec and Raster Graphics electroststic large format devices of the 1980s, or even the Iris Graphics 44” printer from 1985, a proofer but much used as a fine art reproduction machine. Andy McCourt reckons we can go back 150 years earlier to the boxwood engravers!
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Epson’s sales of its award-winning EcoTank high-capacity ink tank inkjet printers recently topped 80 million units worldwide. The printers have become one of the company’s biggest selling products with the ET-4850 EcoTank all-rounder one of its top five selling products in Australia and New Zealand.
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The Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) says successful meetings this month with Federal Government advisors have provided key Ministers with important information about the sign, display and wider graphics industry, and set strong foundations for future discussions on industry recognition, training and qualifications.
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LIA Graduate of the Year, Angus McGrath, has had a few weeks now to consider the impact of his win in the industry’s biennial graduate awards, and has revealed his plans for the $10,000 Visual Connections LIA National Graduate Scholarship Prize.
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Te Henga Sunset, an original screen print creation described by judges as "a genuine labour of love” has earned Onehunga-based Artrite Screen Printing the coveted 2023 Pride In Print Supreme Award in New Zealand. Catriona Mellows was named the BJ Ball Papers Print Apprentice of the Year.
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Following an exciting ASGA / HEXIS Australia Wrap Battle at Visual Impact Sydney, the two Australian champions are about to head off to New Zealand, to do battle for the Trans-Tasman championship.
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Despite the recent closure of two paper lines, the Maryvale Opal Australian mill, in conjunction with Veolia and Masdar, has won a $48.2 million grant from the Australian government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI). The state-of-the-art EfW facility will be constructed at Opal Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill in the Latrobe Valley.
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The first three weeks of Vivid Sydney 2023 produced a sharp jump in the number of people visiting the City of Sydney to be part of the unique celebration, according to new data from digital outdoor media company QMS.
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Epson’s new Expression 13000XL large-format scanner engineered for photo archiving and graphic arts delivers large-format scanning up to 12.2" [30.9cm] x 17.2" [43.6cm] with “exceptional” 2400 x 4800 dpi resolution.
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Outdoor advertiser oOh!media has introduced Australia’s largest full motion 3D Anamorphic offering with new sites in Sydney and Brisbane, extending oOh!’s full motion 3DA coverage across the eastern seaboard.
- EOFY Sales Galore! Get in before June 30th to save
- Epson SureLab printer wins Red Dot Best of Best award
- Epson's new DTG/DTF hybrid garment printer
- ASGA reminder: careers expo this week in Sydney
- Record ITMA Textile expo23 ‘surpassed all expectations’
- Avery Dennison releases guide for fire-rated products
- Roland Academy adds online training dates
- Ball & Doggett to hold 1-Day only EOFY sale
- Orafol & Agfa celebrate 10 years co-op in Traffic Signs & Guidance systems
- Opal to close another paper machine at Maryvale
- Fairview expands with new Melbourne warehouse
- Tom Sullivan joins QLM Group as CEO
- Another Screen Truepress Jet L350 SAI label press goes in, at Label Plus Qld
- Automotive Stripes adds 2nd Roland DG resin printer
- Entry call for $40k Epson Pano Photography Awards 2023
