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Starleaton’s store of colour knowledge has just received a big boost after the return of staffers Russell Cavenagh and Peter Way from a comprehensive training course held at the Print Media Hub, Singapore.

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Avery Dennison has reiterated its commitment to sustainability with a video series that makes it easy for label converters and brand owners to understand the importance of sustainable paper sourcing to achieve their sustainability goals.

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Avery Dennison has introduced a new portfolio of perforated window film products – MPI 2509, MPI 2709 and MPI 3709. Ideal for passenger and transit vehicles as well as indoor and outdoor windows, the three films feature either a 1.5 mm or 2 mm perforation pattern and black adhesive for optimum one-way visual graphics.

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A new, easy-install option in cling film has landed at Rojo Pacific’s national warehouse in Melbourne just in time for PacPrint 2017, and Managing Director John Wright is already predicting it could be their most popular cling film ever.

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David Crowther’s Colour Graphic Services has a colourful coral reef theme for its PacPrint display on B62 and has pledged 5% of total orders placed at the show will be donated to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The theme is ‘Colour Lives Here.’

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Mimaki has announced a new member to the UJF-MkII product family, its latest generation of small format UV flatbed printers. The UJF-3042MkII EX, which will be unveiled at FESPA 2017, offers an approach to value-added printing by combining four steps into one: delivering the ability to place primer for strong ink adhesion, white ink for high print opacity, full colour CMYK printing and a clear print surface treatment, all in one operation.

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Ricoh has announced the launch of two new Industrial Inkjet Printheads: the Ricoh MH5421F and the Ricoh MH5421MF. Ricoh will start taking orders for both of these printheads from June 2017.

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Fujifilm Graphic Systems will be exhibiting alongside Fuji Xerox Australia on PacPrint’s second largest stand, stand E10, from May 23-26 at Melbourne’s Exhibition Centre. The theme is ‘Value from Innovation.’

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DP Lenticular has launched Motion 20 LPI UV-LF, Europe’s first large format Motion lens lenticular sheet designed and extruded in Europe.
Developed for large format Motion images such as zoom, morphing and a variety of animation pictures Motion 20 LPI UV-LF is perfect for outdoor uses such as bus shelters.  It is also ideal for indoor applications in airports, underground and railway stations.

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The Toyota Mirai eco-billboard campaign, in coordination with Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, is helping to clear the air from 3 April through to 28 May. Thirty seven billboards in Los Angeles and San Francisco will create 2319sqm (24,960 square feet) of pollution scrubbing surface and reverse the equivalent of 440 vehicles worth of nitrogen dioxide (NOx) emissions per month. NOx is a key ingredient in acid rain and smog.

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017 is the latest version of Corel's flagship graphics software that offers designers a new, hands-on creative experience that's unlike any other vector application. With LiveSketch, hand-drawn strokes are intelligently interpreted, adjusted, and combined with existing vector curves, making it simple to sketch and draw directly on a pen-enabled device.

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We’re constantly told that to succeed in a constantly changing market, businesses need to innovate – but how do you fund your future development? The PacPrint Forum Series tackles this important issue with sessions on Friday 26 May on competitive tenders, grants and other funding options.

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The outdoor commodity rigid sign market has long been dominated by trusty fluted plastics – a carry-over from screen printing days to flatbed UV digital production. Now there is an alternative for short-term outdoor signage, that offers several environmental and production advantages over fluted plastic sheets.

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Arlon has announced the global commercial launch of two new innovative products and a new technology for vehicle and fleet applications. SLX Cast Wrap is a premium gloss white repositionable cast film with FLITE Technology.

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Techkon’s managing director, Albin Baranauskas, will be presenting a free workshop at May’s PacPrint exhibition in Melbourne. Local distributor Colour Graphic Services will welcome Branauskas on his first visit to Australia and is proud that he will be presenting in the Workshop area of the show. It covers colour measurement for printing, packaging, photography, wideformat and digital reproduction.

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Drytac has has announced SpotOn SynPaper for HP PageWide XL printers. The new introduction is a 120μ(4.8 mil) white matte polypropylene film, coated on one side with a dot pattern printed pressure-sensitive polyacrylate adhesive.

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The Out of Home (OOH) industry has posted an increase of 5.7% on net media revenue year-on-year in the first quarter of 2017, posting $186.7 million, up from $176.7 million* for the first quarter in 2016. This ongoing growth follows the all-time high revenue growth at the end of 2016 of 15.8%.

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New products on display include KernowJet FloorSharK, an easy-to-apply and remove floor graphic film, designed for hard floors and carpet tiles. Using Kernow’s ‘sharkskin’ coating technology, the resultant floor graphics are tough, vibrant and R10-certificated. KernowJet FloorSharK does not need to be laminated, improving production workflow and offering a far wider colour gamut than traditional laminated floor graphics.

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Italian manufacturer Elitron will be appearing at both shows. At FESPA they have the slogan “Dare to Print Different.” At Pacprint, Elitron will be showcased by the local distributor, Spicers and will feature the popular SDC automatic cutting and routing solution.

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In June, Spandex will introduce their updated 2017 Essentials Product Guide to the digital, signage and display market. The new guide, they say,  will have the very latest new products from all leading brand manufacturers, as well as helpful information to help you grow your business and save you time and money.

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In today’s highly competitive environment, wide format printers should be looking beyond their production equipment to find an automated end-to-end workflow that ensures faster time to market, fewer errors and improved profitability. If they recognise that waste is created everywhere; via complex manual steps, equipment idle time, incorrect material handling or lack of workflow control and if they seek to eliminate idle time—in design creation, pre-press, on press and on the finishing table, they should visit Esko at FESPA 2017.