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This month’s OMA Best of Outdoor selection includes a Stay Kind campaign and a giant 3D prowling cat that walks, talks and watches passers-by in one of Tokyo's busiest districts.
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Xerox recorded revenue of $US1.79 billion for second quarter 2021, an increase of 22.4% from second quarter 2020, with net income up $US64 million. Ricoh’s first quarter sales of ¥424.8 billion ($A5.2bn) were up 20.6% compared to the previous corresponding period, when the spread of COVID-19 led to a sharp decline in global economic activity.
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Organisers of the ASGA & FESPA Australia HP Awards For Excellence presentation – already postponed from 2020 - say the event will go ahead on Friday 1st October – “come rain, hail, shine or COVID!”
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After initially being postponed to September, Sydney’s annual outdoor display extravaganza Vivid Sydney has been cancelled for a second consecutive year.
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Label & Packaging association, the FPLMA has postponed its national conference scheduled for next month to February 2022, because of the threat of Covid-19 lockdowns. “The uncertainty that exists with the threat of ongoing lockdowns and the growing number of exposure sites raises a doubt to the viability of the conference as planned,” said FPLMA secretary Anthony Dalleore.
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With the HS upgrade, Port Melbourne, Vic, based Omnigraphics now operates its Inca Onset at up to 1,450 square metres per hour - the fastest in Australia. In addition, automation and robotics have reduced job handling and change-overs to one-fortieth of what they once were. it was supplied by Fujifilm and made in the UK by the Screen-subsidiary Inca Digital.
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Aluminium Composite Materials manufacturer Fairview Architectural has issued a strong rebuttal of claims published on the Lawyerly website at the initiation of class action law firm Omni Bridgeway, that it is not fully cooperating with document discovery. Fairview Holdings and the new owner of the business, FVA Group have and will continue to provide access.
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Epson reported ¥282.1 billion in first quarter revenue for fiscal year 2021, up 46% year on year from ¥193.2 billion in Covid-plagued Q1 2020. Business profit was ¥24.2 billion, up 455% year on year from ¥4.3 billion in Q1 2020.
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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) prosecuted Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia for failing to lodge annual financial reports over three years between 2017 and 2019. The company was found guilty without conviction.
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The Real Media Collective’s next Power of Print series webinar will examine how retailers will use print in the evolving media landscape of the future.
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French RIP specialist Caldera has launched PrimeCenter V1.2, a new version that arrives a year after the original launch of the prepress automation solution for digital printers. The new version provides users with “long-awaited features while improving the flexibility of the software.”
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Enfocus, a leader in PDF editing and workflow automation for the graphic arts industry, has introduced Connect 2021, which includes the latest PitStop Libraries and supports macOS 11.
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Out of Home signs across Australia this week feature missing people as part of National Missing Persons Week, to help raise awareness of long-term missing Australians and the impact on their families. The signs utilise age progression technology to focus on changes that occur to a person’s appearance over time.
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Mimaki Australia has celebrated the arrival of its new JV100-160 eco-solvent printer by bundling a CG FXII Plus cutter and LA160-W laminator into a package below $33,000 + gst including delivery and installation anywhere in Australia. It's available only on existing stock and Mimaki even publishes the stock position on its specials website, so if you are in the market for a new 1600mm printer-cutter-laminator package, now is the time to act.
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Global print trade show organiser Messe Frankfurt says survey of 59,000 companies has found an overwhelming majority support in-person trade fairs. “This is a clear vote of confidence for in-person events."
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“Much like the walls that surround them and the floor underneath, countertops are a blank canvas and offer all sort of opportunities when it comes to placing graphics,” writes Shaun Holdom of Drytac – the UK-based global self-adhesive materials manufacturer for large format print and signage markets - in a company blog.
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Small businesses are in financial distress because of Covid-19 lockdowns and “the reality is some of them won’t survive,” according to the Council of Small Business, which has proposed a new post-lockdown cashflow program called Business Rebuilder.
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Second-quarter net sales jumped 31 percent as Canon posted Q2 net income of 61.15 billion Japanese yen or $A750 million, compared to last year's Q2 loss of 8.84bn yen ($A110 million). In the production market, demand for printing posters and flyers increased in Europe and the US due to the reopening of stores and events.
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Ai Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index eased slightly in July but remained in “strong expansionary territory” after its 10th consecutive month of growth. The employers group expressed concern over tough restrictions in Sydney local government areas where there's a concentration of manufacturing sites and workers.
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Australian Small Business Ombudsman Bruce Billson has urged the Federal Government to reactivate temporary insolvency protections after a sharp increase in businesses entering administration in the last week of June.
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The Federal Government is increasing the COVID disaster payment to $750 for workers who have lost more than 20 hours a week of work, as NSW extended its lockdown by one month. The expanded NSW COVID-19 Business Support Payment will now cover 400,000 businesses employing 3.3 million workers.
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- Phillip Burns joins Agfa Graphics as Sales Manager, Inkjet
- Xerox Q2 revenue up 22% amid concern over COVID variants
- New Roland DG Connect app monitors printers in real time
- Mitsubishi HiTec Paper jacks up prices 20%
- Two more digital billboards for oOh! in prominent Sydney locations
- Queensland celebrates print perfection at PICAs
- Roland DG to ramp up production of wide-format inkjet printers
- Visual Connections welcomes boost for NSW sign training
- FESPA prepares for "face-to-face business" in October
- Fred Soar appointed president of PrintNZ
- Southern Impact strengthens wide format footprint with Peak Digital buy
- Epson to introduce T3200 printheads for signage printing
- ASGA/Fespa HP Award night falls victim to Covid-19 Delta
- Epson takes global warming seriously with heat-free tech
- Breaking - PacPrint & Visual Impact postponed
- ‘Can’t keep going like this’: Call for cost benefit analysis of lockdowns
- “Not much” permitted: ASGA on South Australia’s Level 5 COVID-19 restrictions
- Roland DG launches new CAMM-1 GR2 vinyl cutters
- Latest NSW and VIC Covid restrictions - what this means for sign businesses: ASGA
- Kavalan’s new Eco Calculator a world-first for large format banner materials