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Nessan Cleary reports directly from FESPA: Fujifilm has used the Fespa show in Munich, Germany, to introduce a new wide format printer, the Acuity Prime Hybrid, which is essentially a roll-to-roll hybrid version of its existing flatbed models complete with a four-zone vacuum platen.

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Award winners included outdoor media companies oOh!media, JCDecaux, QMS, Tonic, Val Morgan and Gawk. There were a record 80 nominations for the Outdoor Media Association’s (OMA) annual Industry Awards presented at the Crown Sydney.

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JCDecaux Australia announced a seven-year partnership with Westpac and unveiled the Westpac Walk at Sydney Trains’ walk-through tunnel between Wynyard station and Barangaroo. It’s the first time the walk-through, completed in 2018, has been used for OOH advertising.

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Franchise owners Jag Khairjani and Durga Murjani celebrated three years at Minuteman Press in Footscray, Victoria by winning the Top Overall Performance Award from franchisor Minuteman Press International.

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Avery Dennison expanded its digital overlaminate (DOL) line with the launch* of the new DOL Max Series - including DOL 1060 Max and DOL 1360 Max - along with DOL 6470, a new PVC-free lustre finish overlaminate.

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Elda Choucair, CEO of Omnicom Media Group MENA, will be the Day 1 keynote speaker for the World Out of Home Organization’s first in-person MENA Forum taking place from February 15-17, 2023 in Dubai UAE.

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ASX-listed print business Ovato has appointed voluntary administrators, advising that “ongoing volatile market conditions, the increased cost of raw materials, and legacy cost issues have continued to impact Ovato, leading to the difficult decision to appoint Administrators.”

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Screen has announced the launch of the SC+ Chroma Package for the Truepress Jet 520HD series of 520mm web width presses. The comprehensive new solution includes upgraded press hardware and software, a wider colour gamut, and SC+ ink – an enhanced version of the current SC inks.

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Entries are flowing in for this year’s HP National Sign & Graphics awards, with submissions set to close on Monday, 7 March 2022. “Don't wait for the final days to enter,” says ASGA.

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Israel-headquartered Kornit Digital Inc., a worldwide market leader in sustainable, on-demand, digital fashion and textile production technologies, has officially opened its new scalable, state-of-the-art ink manufacturing facility in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

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FESPA has outlined extensive Covid-safe requirements for visitors, exhibitors, staff and contractors at the upcoming FESPA Global Print Expo and European Sign Expo (12-15 October 2021) at the RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Printing Industry Creativity Awards (PICAs) events around the country have been rescheduled yet again to cater for changing Covid restrictions. The Melbourne event has been postponed with a new date yet to be announced.

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Industry researcher Smithers says the coronavirus crisis will act to accelerate trends already evident in the print market – a diminishing importance of publications and graphics work pushing print businesses towards packaging print, and the implementation of smarter, more digitised, short-run printing. “The economic shock of the pandemic will lead to a significant fall in the number of sites in operation with bankruptcies, acquisitions and mergers,” it said.

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As Melbourne business owners decide their next move under Stage 4 lockdown restrictions, the Australian Sign and Graphics Association (ASGA) has been inundated with calls from members seeking clarity about the measures they need to have in place if they choose to remain open.