The international ORAFOL Group, a leading manufacturer of high-performance self-adhesive special products and films with offices in Australia, is investing €160 (AUD$239) million to expand production at its headquarters in Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany.
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David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services is hosting this month’s Idealliance Australia G7 Expert Certification LIVE online course scheduled for May 16-20, 2022. The event is open to all global registrants and seats are limited.
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Trotec Laser’s new 12-megapixel lid camera further speeds up workflow by delivering a live image of the work area to the operating PC in real time.
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US-based Roland DGA Corporation has signed an agreement to sell and distribute the Rotary Rack – a new attachment that fits inside VersaUV LEF Series benchtop UV printers for ‘easier than ever’ printing directly onto cylindrical objects.
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Roland DG Australia announced a third round of 2022 training dates for the company’s popular Roland Academy Online courses, plus a new course specifically for VersaSTUDIO BN-20/BN-20A users.
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The broad expertise of Starleaton in print and many other sectors will be on show at PacPrint with industry businesses set to benefit from sustainable solutions that represent world’s best practice in advanced manufacturing, waste reduction and recyclability.
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Far too many sign businesses have been slow to adapt to changes until it's too late. Not Goulburn, NSW, sign business Signage One, who has rebranded as Easy Print, with long-term director Craig Maddren saying he’s shifting focus from large scale signage installation to online-friendly printed signage work and boutique packaging. It's a story worth reading and applying the key take-aways.
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57 per cent of all Australian companies experienced increases in the cost of doing business over the three months to April 2022, with almost a quarter (21 per cent) reporting costs had increased to “a great extent,” according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data also shows that more than four in five businesses with staff shortages were unable to find suitable staff.
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Sun Chemical has launched ElvaJet Onyx SB, a new high-performance sublimation ink for wide-format textile printers. “ElvaJet Onyx SB provides a step-change for wide format sublimation printers looking for precision printing and colour with the maximum printer up-time for high productivity printing,” the company said.
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ASGA says the judging process is now finalised for the HP 2022 National Sign & Graphics Awards to be awarded next month at PacPrint in Melbourne – except for the coveted People’s Choice Award, which will be decided by Facebook ‘likes.’
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Graph-Pak’s APR industrial tape application solutions on show at PacPrint will include the semi-automatic Athos which can apply tapes including TNT and PVC, to banner, acrylic, transfer, foams up to 3mm, Rissband and also tape VHB for automotive applications, to a range of supports, from paper and corrugated cardboard, to acrylic, PVC and plastic.
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Few companies are as advanced-in-practice as Epson in implementing sustainable energy production. Epson’s Fujimi plant, near Nagano, has begun using an onsite solar power generation service provided by SMFL Mirai Partners Co., Ltd., a strategic subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
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Tickets are selling fast for this year’s Women in Print breakfast series that begins in Brisbane and Melbourne next week.
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The Epson International Pano Awards are back and bigger than ever in their 13th year, with a prize pool that includes cash and Epson SureColor wide format printers. Epson Australia has helped to grow the event into the world’s largest competition devoted to panoramic photography.
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DS Printech China will no longer take place next month due to the developing pandemic situation in Shanghai, say organisers Messe Frankfurt. The trade show was scheduled for 18-20 May but will now take place later in the year, with new dates to be announced “as soon as possible.”
- Sun Chemical’s Streamline inkjet inks for wide format at FESPA
- Soltect to launch cloud-based workflow interface at PacPrint
- Mimaki brings robotics to the everyday sign-maker
- ASGA training webinar May 12 - don't miss it!
- Icahn boosts stake in Xerox - is buyout on horizon?
- PrintNZ names Top 10 print Apprentices of the Year
- UPM paper strike ends: 1900 workers return to work
- Xerox posts first quarter loss in ‘volatile’ environment
- Industry updates: ASGA, Pride in Print, PacPrint Podcast
- Hackers send anti-war messages to vulnerable printers in Russia
- ‘Astronomical’ costs: Flint Group flags further price increases
- General Formulations expands in A-NZ market with Spicers
- Fujifilm clarifies support for A-NZ Inca Digital customers, Acuity now main focus
- Fujifilm to drop Inca due to Agfa's acquisition
- Melbourne's Sticky Labels upgrades to Screen L350UV SAI from Jet
