Hits: 2748

“We are petitioning the UK government to follow the example of Germany, Austria, France and Spain and mandate that digital ad screens are switched off at night to save energy,” says UK lobby group Adfree Cities. Traditional paper billboards are a more sustainable alternative, it says.

Hits: 2368

Canon has stepped up its cyber security strategy by introducing the new global Canon PSIRT (Product Security Incident Response Team) site for reporting product vulnerabilities in Canon’s consumer and B2B products.

Hits: 2686

The Outdoor Media Association (OMA) welcomed digital out of home advertising platform LUMOS as its 49th member and its 12th new member for 2022 - the biggest annual growth for the association since inception in 1939.

Hits: 2905

Digital printer Revolution Print has joined with Ball & Doggett and Konica Minolta Australia to launch a Flood Fundraiser 2023 calendar to support front-line community groups helping victims of the devastating recent floods across Echuca and Rochester in northern Victoria. Ball & Doggett donated 250gsm (cover) and 170gsm satin (internal) paper, and Konica Minolta supplied the ink.

Hits: 2505

JCDecaux chief data officer François-Xavier Pierrel will deliver the keynote address on ‘the burgeoning role of data in OOH’ at the World Out of Organization (WOO) in-person MENA [Middle East and North Africa] Forum in Dubai from February 15-17, 2023. 

Hits: 2323

The capping of prices for Australia's gas became Law today. Its significance can not be overstated. If energy supply runs out by being sold to the highest bidder, Australian business grinds to a halt, or becomes unviable. Households too suffer at every level. Energy and electricity created modern economies and the restriction of it can equally bring them down. That a resource-rich country like Australia can be faced with such an energy crisis beggars belief - but past policy mistakes are another story. The AiG reckons the new price-capping Law is just a first step on the ladder.

Hits: 2435

In a thoughtful and inspirational Christmas and New Year Message, trade association Visual Connections CEO Peter Harper says that there is 'much cause for optimism' as we approach 2023. As always there will be challenges but the industry is in much better shape than it has been these past three years.

Hits: 2334

The New Zealand Sign & Display Association has announced a policy of closer co-operation with PrintNZ, particularly with accessing PrintNZ's legal, HR and governance expertise. The differences between commercial print and signage, are acknowledged but, as technology brings the two closer, so too the Associations need to be in synch to better serve their memberships.

Hits: 2635

Opal Australian Paper says it’s continuing to seek alternative wood supplies following a court-ordered suspension of timber harvesting in Victoria, but it’s warned that white paper production at its Maryvale mill is expected to be “impacted’ around 23 December and temporary stand downs of workers could begin in January.

Hits: 2787

An Italian company has developed new technology that it says creates a fully recyclable graphic cover for solar panels that can be customized to create advertising billboards. 

Hits: 2934

Durst, a manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, has received a new ink certification that completes 'the sustainable package' of its P5 TEX iSUB printer: the P5 Sublifix sublimation inks now have the ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX.

Hits: 2285

UK-based inkjet printing technology company Xaar has opened a state-of-the-art inkjet printing laboratory in Shenzhen, China, comprising the latest printhead test equipment and print process experimentation platforms.

Hits: 2600

Mimaki’s award-winning 3DUJ-553 UV curable inkjet system Full Color 3D printer 3DUJ-553 is bringing in new students and creating more interest for current students, according to Professor Olaf Diegel, director of the Creative Design and Additive Manufacturing Lab (CDAML) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. 

Hits: 2242

“Liquidators get paid three times as much to shut down a business as they do to save it,” says Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson, who’s called for an overhaul of insolvency laws that are now being reviewed for the first time in more than three decades.

Hits: 2101

The Neschen easy dot PET transparent L-UV, distributed by Starleaton, is now available in new widths of 106.7 cm and 160 cm, to reduce waste and improve production.

Hits: 2239

oOh!media has signed a new long-term deal with VicTrack, owner of Victoria’s rail transport assets, and announced it will deliver five new large format digital sites this month in high traffic locations around Melbourne and Warrnambool.

Hits: 2185

The ACCC is closely monitoring profit margins of Australian container stevedoring companies after a profit surge during pandemic supply chain disruptions. “The ACCC believes that the regulation of Australia’s monopoly container ports is ineffective,” it said. "Australia’s privatised container ports (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide) should be subject to greater regulatory oversight."

Hits: 2298

Kyocera is the first UK vendor to include every printing product in their range in a new carbon neutral offer – "from the smallest home printer to its cut-sheet inkjet production printer and every printer and multifunctional (MFP) in between."

Hits: 2502

Sign, display & digital supplier Conect Enterprises has opened its new NSW warehouse operations at new owner Ball & Doggett’s NSW base on Reconciliation Rise, Pemulwuy in western Sydney.

Hits: 2544

Australia's largest fabric signage and display manufacturer AFI Branding has completed its relocation into new owner IVE Group’s Retail Display facility at Braeside in Melbourne. The move was delayed by several months due to weather events and Covid.

Hits: 2311

ONYX software has been certified for the HP Latex 2700 Series Printer line, adding to its universality across the spectrum of wide format printers, workfklows and colour management. Together with its OEM versions offered by printer manufacturers, ONYX is probably the most popular front-end software for the Sign & Display industry and is available both as a purchase and by subscription with ONYX 'Go.'