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VMA ‘urgent call’ to Federal Government in national apprenticeship review

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In the wake of the Federal Government’s Strategic Review of the Australian Apprenticeship Priority List, the Visual Media Association (VMA) has made a formal submission on behalf of our industry, ‘for urgent recognition of the print, signage, and packaging sectors as critical sovereign manufacturing industries requiring skills and training support’.

Ball & Doggett launches new Print & Packaging Consumables Catalogue

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Ball & Doggett has launched a new Print & Packaging Consumables Catalogue, providing printers, packagers, and converters across Australia with an expanded range of pressroom, finishing, and sustainable consumable products – all in one comprehensive resource.

Pozitive stands alongside local cancer charity through October

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For the month of October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Pozitive Sign & Graphic Supplies is donating $5 from every shipped order directly to Hawkesbury-based charity Pink Finss.

Wide Format’s best and brightest on display at PRINTING United Expo

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Wide Format Impressions magazine, a PRINTING United Alliance media brand, has published a punchy highlight reel of wide format printers launched in the last two years, that will be on display at the PRINTING United Expo later this month.

Epson sponsors TABLE FOR TWO’s Onigiri Action for third consecutive year

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Epson has again puts its corporate weight behind a cause that helps to provide school meals to children in Africa and Asia – the Onigiri Action initiative, organised by global food insecurity non-profit, TABLE FOR TWO International (TFT).

IPI 2025 tackles Robotics, Human-Machine Interfaces and Future of Industrial Printing

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The Industrial Print Integration (IPI) Conference 2025 has announced its keynote programme, with speakers lined up to talk about the impact of AI-powered robotics, the role of inkjet in Human Machine Interfaces and the future of Industrial Printing.

New Sydney office for CPH Group

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CPH Group, a leading supplier of products to the signage and wide format digital print industries, has expanded its national footprint by opening a new Sydney office in Pagewood.

Epson strengthens printhead technology with new solvent-compatible inkjet printhead

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A new S3200-S1 printhead addition to Epson’s PrecisionCore printhead series is expected to drive the adoption of inkjet technology in advanced fields such as perovskite solar cell fabrication.

Color-Logic certification ‘embellishes’ Mimaki JV/CJV330 offering

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Color-Logic, renowned globally for its metallic colour and special effect design technology, has announced its certification of the Mimaki JV330 and CJV330 series large-format eco-solvent printers using Onyx RIP software.

New semi-automated Smart Material Handler launched by Kongsberg PCS

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Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (PCS) has launched a new, modular, sheet handling solution for the digital cutting of sign, display, folding carton and corrugated applications.

Dimense DA-640 wins gold in Poland and announces ‘golden’ opportunity to see the printer in Sydney

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On the eve of the Dimense DA-640 being awarded the prestigious Gold Medal at this year’s Marketing Festival fair in Warsaw, Poland, Roland DG has announced an exclusive launch event to enable Australian customers to see live demonstrations of the wide-format dimensional surface printer: October 28th at the Hyatt Regency Sydney.

Women in Print’s first ‘fab four’ HP Indigo Digital Press Scholars

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Women in Print Australia, in partnership with HP and Currie Group, has celebrated the successful completion of its inaugural HP Indigo Digital Press Scholarship, with four recipients completing Level 1 HP Indigo Digital Press Operator Certification training.

Up close and personal with Epson and Currie Group

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Currie Group has arranged a series of ‘Epson by Appointment’ events on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th October at its Melbourne Demonstration Centre in Hawthorn.

Canon announces new digital corrPRESS iB17 for industrial-scale corrugated packaging printing

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The new Canon corrPRESS iB17 produces offset-like quality onto corrugated board at up to 8,000 m2 per hour with water-based inks and primer for indirect food contact.

Graphic Art Mart brings Wrap king, Justin Pate to town

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Supported by key film partners Arlon Graphics and Avery Dennison, Graphic Art Mart recently brought internationally-renowned wrap professional, Justin Pate to Australia for a hands-on workshop tour.

Orafol NZ to host its first ‘Open House’

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Newly formed Orafol NZ invites industry professionals to attend its first official Open Day event on Thursday October 30th and Friday October 31st.

CAI Software and Print ePS announce strategic merger

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Print ePS, formerly a division of eProductivity Software (ePS), will now become the Graphic Communications business unit of CAI Software, following a strategic merger.

Happy International Print Day #PrintSmart

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Thursday October 9th (today) is the 2025 International Print Day and print professionals worldwide are invited to join the celebration.

Mimaki attracts number of potential ‘personalisation’ customers to Sydney Open Day

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Mimaki, Graphic Art Mart and Gravotech held a Personalisation & Promotions Open Day on October 2nd at the Mimaki Sydney Experience Centre.

Speakers locked in for Penrith Museum of Printing ‘Rare Book Week’ event

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Penrith Museum of Printing has firmed up on its own special 2-hour speaker event, being staged 1.30-3.30pm on Tuesday 21st October.

New ‘smarter, leaner trade show’ - FuturePrint Industrial Print - on track for January launch

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Organisers claim that the launch edition of FuturePrint Industrial Print - 21st & 22nd January 2026 at the Kohlebunker, Motorworld in Munich – has been deliberately designed ‘as an antidote to the traditional, expensive, exhausting and unwieldly trade show’. The new ‘smarter, leaner’ event aims to highlight how industrial inkjet and digital deposition are enabling flexibility, agility, and efficiency not possible with analogue-only approaches.

  1. Currie Group appoints Adam Todd as NSW Business Development Manager
  2. Mimaki delivers ‘Slick’ floor graphics with Drytac SpotOn Floor 200
  3. Mutoh & Grafityp validate AQUAFUZE Ink for wrapping
  4. Fortidia has acquired a majority stake in Kwik Kopy Australia
  5. Landa acquisition finalised as FIMI takes full ownership
  6. Canon extends UVgel technology ‘advantage’ with new 3.4m Colorado XL-series
  7. Konica Minolta offers ‘long throw’ printhead able to inkjet two colours from single head
  8. First public showing of Agfa’s Anapurna Ciervo H3200, in Italy at Viscom
  9. Scodix launches new Adobe PDF Print Engine integration
  10. ASGA Barefoot Bowls locked in again for WA and SA members
  11. Rawson Print & Packaging acquires Sydney’s IntoPrint
  12. Epson and First Nations Fashion + Design launch new ‘Designer-in-Residency’ Program
  13. October’s PRINTING United Expo next ‘big ticket’ on global print calendar
  14. Last call for FESPA Global 2025 Print Census
  15. Heidelberg SHIFT provides new platform to discuss digital transformation
  16. VMA announces 2025 Real Media Award finalists
  17. Epson launches 3 new inkjet printheads with enhanced UV ink compatibility
  18. Women in Print formally approves new ‘rules of incorporation’
  19. Signarama looks to ‘Sign Shop of the Future’
  20. Ball & Doggett aiming to acquire flexible packaging supplier Impak Films
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