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Those clever people at Art & Soul have done it again with a beautiful retail Popup install at the Heinemann Duty Free store at Sydney airport. It's the year of the Snake coming up  in the Chinese Lunar calendar, so 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' everyone!

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Women in Print is diving into 2025 with its new Member Portal, announce last year, going live, and the association announcing new coaching tools for members from leadership coach Jo Wise, a webinar on Anxiety from well-known mental health guru Steven Gamble, and a chance to join International Womens’ Day Lunches across the country.

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Next time you book a service call on  your CNC cutter, think of other areas beyond print that require precision shape cutting - such as medical products. Zünd Australia has such sites and one of them requires technicians to don a full hazzmat-suit protection each call.

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The DTF market is hotting up even more with Epson's launch of the 90cm SureColor G6060, a dedicated printer for direct-to-film apparel and product decoration.

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Konica Minolta has announced that it has received five Buyers Lab (BLI) Awards from Keypoint Intelligence, the world’s leading and independent evaluator of document imaging hardware, software and services. The awards acknowledge the capabilities of Konica Minolta’s MFP devices.

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The US Census Bureau's latest County Business Patterns report shows there are 5,800 commercial Screen Printing establishments in the USA - up 30% from 2010 and the only non-digital prrint process showing an increase. Surprised? Read on.

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Everyone is talking about Al (Artificial Intelligence) - good and not-so-good but, what might it be its impact on print, signage and packaging? Adam Page, VP of Reports at Smithers, looks at the drivers and trends in the use of AI in our industry.

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The newly updated 2025 FiberCELL laser system now includes a manual pullout processing table with an integrated vacuum system, which holds thin metals flat to the table during processing, ensuring precise cuts and consistent results.

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The year has begun frantically for the Aliano family's Mereton Textiles with a move across Penrith to expanded premises. It's all up and running with Mutoh, Epson and DTG machines and heat presses getting busier by the day.

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Kodak will highlight unmatched speed and versatility in inkjet production printing by running live demonstrations of the Kodak Prosper 7000 Turbo Press, claimed to be the world’s fastest web-fed full-color inkjet press, at Febuary's Hunkeler Innovation days in Switzerland.  The show will be the first Prosper 7000 Turbo Press’s appearance outside of the USA.

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Trade shows, both local and international, are excellent ways of garnering information, trends, ideas and sometimes, great deals on equipment. 2025 is kicking off with a hectic schedule for those wanting to travel in the first half.

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 A couple of weeks before PacPrint opens its doors in May is the FESPA Global Print Expo, this time returning to Berlin. Over 500 exhibitors will be present, including 17% who are first-time Fespa exhibitors.

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Since joining forces for packaging print inkjet digital development in 2019, Koenig & Bauer has brought its expertise in high precision sheetfed paper handling, while Durst has added its in-depth knowledge of inkjet. The result is the VariJET 106, which can now be seen at a new customer center in Radebeul, Germany.

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In its New Year address alongside an Integrated Report on 2024 activities, Japan's leading press manufacturer Komori - CEO Satoshi Mochida - says 2024 was a 'rebirth year' as Komori reached 100 years. Looking ahead, the company sees B2 and B1 digital as 25% of its future sales, with inkjet featuring in all three of its digital press offerings.

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The Swiss manufacturer swissQprint is taking its flatbed range to a new level of productivity, precision, and application diversity based off a totally reworked platform. The new models are 23% faster than their predecessors and all come with 10 freely configurable color channels.

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Roland DG Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and printer/cutters, announced the addition of the TrueVis XP-640, a new 64” eco-solvent inkjet printer that combines high image quality and productivity with its TrueVis series.

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Consistent Colour inspection and assessment is essential for all professional graphic arts, textile and packaging players. For decades, colour inspection booths have relied upon specific and precise D50 or D65 fluorescent tubes from major suppliers such as Just Normlicht, GTI and so forth. Today, fluorescent tubes are gradually being phased out and LED is emerging as the replacement - but is it good enough?

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With the great opportunity presented by the pre-Christmas announcement that TAFEs will provide fee-free Cert 3 courses for signage and graphic arts students, here is a timely assessment by Dr Miro Bada, who apart from being an ER doctor co-founded Peak Protocol to enable ordinary people reach their full potential.