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Melbourne-based national wide format supplier Total Image Supplies will hold live Mutoh Open Days on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th June. Hosted at its new Fairfield, Vic showroom, this is a real hands-on opportunity to see four pieces of Mutoh equipment in action.

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Global graphic films manufacturer Arlon Graphics has announced three new virtual application demos running from May 18 to July 29, 2021. The demo events allow vehicle wrap installers to get hands-on with Arlon’s FLITE Technology films and interface with technical experts. 

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Idealliance, a division of PRINTING United Alliance, released its expanded schedule of upcoming G7 Expert Training and Certification courses that are open to all global registrants. David Crowther of Sydney’s Colour Graphic Services, an Idealliance certified G7 Expert Trainer, leads the Idealliance Australia G7 online training.

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FVA Group, formerly Fairview Architectural, has invested $1.6m in Ecoloop, its recycling solution for recladding waste established in response to State Government’s mandated removal of polyethylene. The company has released more details about the operation, including a video that takes a look inside the facility at Lithgow, NSW.

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Outdoor advertiser oOh!media has become an official media partner of Australian Made, urging Australians to support local makers and growers via a new national Out of Home campaign.

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The federal government’s Stop it at the Start campaign against domestic violence - printed by Mint Imaging in Brisbane and Sydney’s Blow Up Imaging - has won the new “Out of Home for Good” category in the Outdoor Media Association’s (OMA) First Creative Collection competition for 2021. Cactus Imaging and Grant Print Services were also winners.

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This week’s Women in Print Breakfast Series 2021 has sold out in Melbourne and tickets are selling fast for events in Adelaide and Perth. The annual series kicked off last week in Brisbane and Sydney.

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The World Out of Home Organization (WOO) will unveil its new “Creating Global Guidelines for Out of Home Audience Measurement” initiative at its European Forum on May 18. WOO board members include representatives from global OOH leader JCDecaux and oOh!Media from Australia.

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Germany-headquartered DTM Print, formerly Primera, has introduced a manual feed option along with custom food trays to make the Eddie Edible Ink Printer more versatile to use. With Eddie, users can print photos, logos, designs and text directly onto the surface of many food items, simple, fast and in full-colour.

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Digital textile printing technology manufacturer Kornit Digital says its first quarter revenue grew 152% year-over-year to $66.1 million, with both revenue growth and profitability significantly exceeding expectations.

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Peter Harper, CEO of supplier association Visual Connections, says that while economic recovery will continue to be impacted by a lack of international travel and migration, there is welcome news in the federal budget in the areas of business support, investment incentives and training.

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Spandex Asia Pacific is offering a free trip to the V8 Supercars Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 in a new promotion featuring Avery Dennison Supreme Wrapping Film.

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Peter Wagener, managing director of WA sign & display company Euro Poles, will walk from Perth to Mandurah on Saturday 5th June 2021 to help raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. The industry veteran was diagnosed with Leukaemia last year.

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Agfa’s first quarter earnings were down 36% pcp to 15 million Euro but the Belgium-based print technology company says most of its business units are showing signs of recovery, led by Health Care IT, ink products for sign & display applications, and large format printing equipment.

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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) Bruce Billson says the 2021 budget is “a clear acknowledgement that small and family businesses are central to the nation’s economic recovery and future prosperity.” JobTrainer has been extended for another year and small businesses can continue to write-off the full value of assets purchased until 2023.
Meanwhile, unions slammed the budget as failing the manufacturing sector.

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The five sector winners in Print NZ’s Apprentice of the Year Award will go on to compete for the overall prize to be announced at next month’s Pride in Print Awards in Auckland.

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The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson says small businesses in dispute with the ATO will get “a fairer go” under new rules proposed by the Australian Government.

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Ricoh posted an operating loss of ¥45.4 billion for the year ended March 31, 2021, down ¥124.4bn from the previous year’s profit of ¥79bn. But the global print technology company says the recovery is underway and predicts a return to a profit of ¥50bn in the current financial year. 

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There’s still an opportunity to register for this week’s ASGA webinar - The Do’s & Don'ts of Neon Lighting - to be held on Thursday 13 May at 2.30pm AEST. It's free for ASGA members and staff, or $33 for non-members.

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FESPA is introducing FIT (FESPA Innovations and Trends), a new series of free virtual events aimed at helping printers plan for their business recovery. A two-day Wide Format event this month will feature latest technology from manufacturers including HP, EFI, Mutoh, Durst, Mimaki and Kornit Digital.

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Mimaki Australia’s technical site tour hosted by LIA (NSW) and Visual Connections on 26 May will be followed by dinner at Carnarvon Golf Club with guest speakers John Bryson of Mimaki Australia and Andy McCourt of Wide Format Online, whose topic is 'The unstoppable force of wide format.'