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There are several excellent EOFY sales happening this month and it is an excellent time to save money and maybe get some expenses into the current financial year if that suits your accounts situation.

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Epson's series of SureLab D500 (D560 in A/NZ) compact photo production printers has won a Best of the Best award, the highest distinction in the Red Dot: Product Design 2023 awards. Epson also received Red Dot awards for five inkjet printer models, one industrial robot and one projector.

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Epson has unveiled the new hybrid SureColor F2270 (2260 in Australia) for both direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTFilm) printing for the growing textile and personalized products industry. The printer features a new PrecisionCore MicroTFP printhead.

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ASGA and AusSIP representitives will be on hand to answer questions about careers in the sign industry at upcoming careers expos in Sydney this week (22 - 24 June) and in Perth next month (27-29 July).

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Recovering from the impact of the pandemic, the highly anticipated ITMA 2023 exhibition in Milan included an impressive gathering of 1,709 exhibitors from the global textile industry, including an increasing number of digital printer manufacturers.

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Adhesive films manufacturer Avery Dennison says its new brochure titled “PVC Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Films - Flammability and Fire Performance” is designed to address customer concerns about fire performance ratings.

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Roland DG Australia announced additional training dates beginning 11 July, 2023 for the company’s successful Roland Academy Online courses.

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Leading industry supplier Ball & Doggett is holding a gala one-day only EOFY sale on June 28th - but here's the catch. If you want to access it, you'll have to register first, ahead of the 28th. There is no cost or obligation - so why not click the link and sign up to access the best deals this side of FY 23-24!

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ORAFOL is one of the leading manufacturers of retroreflective materials to produce permanent traffic signs and temporary signs for construction and mining zones. Since 2013, the company has partnered with Agfa to create a complete traffic & wayfinding reflective sign solution of hardware, ink and materials, thus creating a reliable single-source of supply and service for this critical signage sector.

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Opal Australian Paper is closing the M2 machine that manufactured white and brown packaging paper at its Maryvale Mill in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. “Opal has commenced consultation with our affected team members," it said. 

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ACM cladding and sign panel manufacturer Fairview says its new warehouse in Melbourne has significantly expanded business in Victoria, with 100 tonnes of material delivered in the month of May.  The company also moved its freight delivery operation in-house.

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Dynamic and growing label & packaging print group QLM has appointed a new Group CEO in Tom Sullivan. Running a variety of Flexo and digital technologies, including inkjet, across Australia and Asia, QLM is 100% Australian-owned and independant.

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Hot on the heels of the installation of a Screen Truepress Jet L350 SAI inkjet label press in New Zealand, another one is now fired up across the Tasman at Labels Plus, Brisbane. Both were sold through Jet Technologies, with installation and service back-up by Screen GP Australia.

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Melbourne-based Automotive Stripes Australia (formerly Custom Striping) has installed a second Roland DG TrueVIS AP-640 resin printer just three months after buying its first AP-640.

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The Epson International Pano Awards are back for the 14th successive year, with Epson Australia again the main sponsor of ‘the world’s largest competition devoted to the craft and art of panoramic photography.’ 

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The quadrennial International Textile Machinery Association expo draws to a close today in Milan, Italy and is the most digital event of its type ever. Digital printing of textiles is now a firm part of ITMA and EFI Reggiani a leading innovator - it's not exclusively about soft signage any longer. Nessan Cleary reports for Wide Format Online from the ITMA show floor.

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The Federal Government has created three more Jobs and Skills Councils (JSC) to help address skills shortages and broader workforce challenges in manufacturing, transport and logistics, mining, and automotive industries. 

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Mimaki says the new "Textile Pigment Transfer Printing System" making its debut at the ITMA show in Italy is a sustainable textile printing system that uses almost zero water.

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The face of the Grand Ole Opry House, one of the most legendary music venues in the USA, now looks “as good on the outside as the music sounds on the inside,” thanks to Minuteman Press franchise owner John Taylor and his team in Nashville.

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Azonprinter, distributed locally by Elizabeth Machines, says its new 24″ (60 cm) DTF range includes Primo+ Neon and Primo+ Neon X and is almost maintenance free.

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The Roland DG Connect cloud-based subscription service now offers expanded operational capabilities, including more proactive support and visualisation of the status of various functions and machine data." A free one-month trial is available to customers.