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Rock Posters wins VIC Sustainability Award for recycled paper and vege-based ink

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Melbourne & NSW street poster company Rock Posters, working in conjunction with Spicers Australia and Opal Australian Paper, has won the Industry Leader award in the Waste and Litter reduction category at the Victorian Premier's Sustainability Awards 2022.

Speakers from Cactus, Orafol, B&D, Starleaton & Avery Dennison join FESPA conference 

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FESPA Australia has announced an impressive line-up of both local and international speakers for this month’s inaugural FESPA Australia Annual Conference (Thursday 27 October 2022 - Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney).

Vycom rolls out pilot program for plastic recycling

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US-based manufacturer of plastic sheet products will be conducting a pilot version of its recycling program at next week’s Printing United trade show, where printed and unprinted rigid PVC and acrylic scraps and trim will be collected for recycling. Vycom will also showcase its Celtec signboard solutions that incorporate user-specified colours and sizes. 

Roland adds belt-driven printers to VersaUV LEC2 S-Series

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US-based Roland DGA announced the addition of two new belt-driven hybrid UV printers to its VersaUV LEC2 S-Series - for increased versatility and creative options. 

DuPont’s latest Artistri DTG inkjet inks at Printing United

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DuPont will showcase its latest ink technologies for direct to garment, direct to film, roll to roll, commercial and package printing at next week’s Printing United Expo in Las Vegas (October 19-21).

ORAFOL to stage Qld 'Creative Hub' wrap course in October

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Queensland is the next state to hold one of Orafol's 'Creative Hub' wrapping courses. This time it targets Auto Restyling Colour Change and is held at the premises of Upgrade Studio, conveniently located about halfway between Brisbane CBD and the Gold Coast at Stapylton. Dates are Monday Oct 17 to Tuesday Oct 18 - so act fast to register.

Could USA-style 'Sign MFG Day' work here?

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Tomorrow, October 7th (N. America timezones) is Sign MFG Day 2022, featuring over seventy companies who will open their manufacturing facilities to highlight careers in signs, graphics and visual communications. While Australia has its excellent ASGA/AusSIP Sign Careers roadshows, the idea of Sign shops opening their doors to show real production, takes attracting trainees to a whole new level. Would it work here?

Agfa inkjet printers win five Pinnacle awards

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Five of Agfa’s inkjet printing solutions have won Printing United Alliance Pinnacle Product awards that recognise ‘exceptional contributions in quality, capability, and productivity.’

New Epson factory to triple inkjet printhead production 

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Akita Epson Corporation, a subsidiary of Seiko Epson, will invest 3.5 billion yen ($A37 million) to build a new factory that will triple its production capacity of PrecisionCore printheads for inkjet printers to meet the predicted growth in demand.

Mimaki JV330-160 roll to roll inkjet wins Pinnacle award 

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Mimaki’s eco-solvent JV330-160 printer, launched in February 2022, has received a PRINTING United Alliance 2022 Pinnacle Product Award for Roll-to-Roll Solvent/Latex (under 80 in/203 cm).

Soaring energy costs threaten Euro printers: Intergraf

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The European energy crisis – on top of the pandemic and increasing paper prices – has left many printing companies in a "critical" situation, according to European printing industry association Intergraf.

X-Rite to debut new eXact 2 Spectrophotometer 

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X-Rite and Pantone will showcase its next generation of colour measurement hardware at this month’s Printing United Expo in Las Vegas. The eXact 2 features 'video targeting technology and integrated cloud-based software in one handheld device.'

ColorLogic releases CoPrA 9 update (video)

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ColorLogic, a subsidiary of Hybrid Software Group, has released its latest profiling solution CoPrA 9 - “a control centre for ICC colour profiling in any colour space.”

Mesh Direct wraps Hymix silos with Indigenous designs

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Signage company Mesh Direct used several substrates to transform Hymix Australia's newest site in Sydney with custom Aboriginal designs. 

EFI Workflow and MIS software shines at Printing United Pinnacle Awards

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EFI has won three categories in the Printing United Pinnacle 2022 Awards. For sign and display printers, EFI IQ for Display Graphics won in the Workflow/MIS/CRM sector while EFI Fiery Prep-It won In Premedia & Prepress. A special collaboration with Konica Minolta in print finishing also awarded Fiery Imposition Software.

Mutoh takes out five Printing United Pinnacle 2022 Awards

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MUTOH had added to its haul of Printing United Pinnacle Awards with a new collection of  5 'best of' categories in the latest 2022 series, announced prior to the Printing United expo. The Awards cover Roll-to-roll, Flatbed and Hybrid models.

Book now for Brisbane Women in Print event 

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Tickets are selling fast for this month’s Women in Print’s Print & Prosecco evening in Brisbane after a sellout event in Sydney. The industry group last week released its Women in Print Gender Equality in the Workplace report.

ASGA WA Golf Day and networking event - Oct 20th

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Bookings are open for the ASGA WA Sign & Print Golf Day 2022 at the Wembley Golf Club in Perth on Thursday, October 20. A pre-golf networking event will be held the night before at The Camfield in Burswood.

Fedrigoni partners with Mohawk in paper industry consolidation

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Italian paper giant Fedrigoni – acquired this year by equity firms Bain Capital and BC Partners - has signed a manufacturing partnership with US papermaker Mohawk to strengthen its position in the global specialty paper market for graphics and packaging. The deal “carries the potential” to lead to an acquisition.

Corflute - the marvel material that is finding new applications - like boats

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All signees know Corflute ® - which is actually a trade mark of Corex Plastics Australia. The generic term might be 'fluted board' or 'corrugated plastic sheet' and it is known as Coroplast in the USA, plus dozens of other names elsewhere. It's extruded from Polypropylene, is lightweight but strong, waterproof and IS recyclable. But did you know it has hundreds of other uses besides flat signage? Andy McCourt found one surprise example on a trip to Anaconda - a boat.

Charmaine Moldrich to step down as CEO of OMA

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Outdoor Media Association (OMA) chief executive Charmaine Moldrich will step down in June 2023 and take six months off before considering her next move. The OOH industry organisation is seeking expressions of interest to find a new CEO.

  1. New FUJIFILM printheads for aqueous ceramic inks 
  2. Brett Martin goes sustainable for plastic sheets at K 2022
  3. Avon Graphics buys embellishment specialist Lorimier
  4. WOO APAC Forum to highlight OOH growth in the region
  5. LIA (NSW) hosts dinner at Museum of Printing in Penrith
  6. Planet Ark founder named keynote speaker at FESPA conference
  7. Mutoh launches hazard-free, quick-dry sign & display ink
  8. Final 2022 dates for Roland DG Academy Online training  
  9. Epson launches two new SureColor dye sub printers
  10. Mimaki Global Innovation Days back in October
  11. HP extends its PageWide range of packaging inkjet presses with new 1700mm model.
  12. IVE Group installs eight Ricoh digital production presses
  13. oOh!media signs multi-year deal with City of Adelaide
  14. Kyocera to pay $50m over class action lawsuit
  15. Agfa to demo latest inkjet technology at Printing United
  16. New security measures after 9.8m Optus customers hacked
  17. ASGA launches Sign & Graphics taster courses
  18. Mixed reactions to day of mourning holiday
  19. Avery Dennison opens new distribution centre in Melbourne
  20. Canon toner waste reused to create Australia roads
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