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SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd., - SCREEN GP in Australia - has introduced a new high opacity white mode that offers more opaque white for the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI S, the company’s specialised UV inkjet label printing system.
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HP’s Printing net revenue was $4.6 billion, down 6% year over year, with total hardware units down 3% - Consumer units were down 1% and Commercial units fell by 15%.
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The PVCA Board met yesterday, courtesy Ricoh's premises, to appoint a revised Board with Matt Aitken - IVE Group - as President. It appears to be a Board compiled to steer the Association through the merger with TRMC, having great depth and experience to draw on.
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Cathy O'Connor, CEO of outdoor media advertiser oOh!media, has been named a keynote speaker at the World Out of Home Organisation's (WOO) APAC Forum in Kuala Lumpur from October 11-13.
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Ball & Doggett says shipping reliability is improving but several key drivers are placing further upward pressure on prices, including souring energy costs, pulp shortages and currency volatility. “Congestion is forecast to remain at key ports until the first half of next year.”
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Agfa-Gevaert Group has signed a share purchase agreement with asset management company Aurelius Group for the sale of its Offset Solutions division. Under the terms of the deal, Aurelius will acquire the Agfa’s Offset business for 92 million Euro, subject to conditions.
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Avery Dennison announced full-day training workshops in NSW (28 Sept) and Queensland (24 Oct) on automotive tint film preparation and application techniques. Cost is $365 per person.
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HP has introduced Recycled1 Removable Adhesive Fabric, aimed at “the growing market of eco-conscious print consumers." 100% of total PET resin in the product is made from recycled water bottles.
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Epson Australia has announced the inaugural Australian Photographic Prize Awards (APP) and Conference (8-11 September 2022, venues across Melbourne), with over $35,000 worth of prizes across various competitions including the Epson Print Awards.
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“Despite the proposed acquisition combining the two largest providers of heatset web-offset printing in Australia, we reached the view that IVE was the only viable purchaser of Ovato.” The decision comes a day after IVE announced an agreement - subject to ACCC clearance - to buy Ovato for $16 million.
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Print and marketing business IVE Group says it's signed a deal to “acquire substantially all of the assets of Ovato for a net purchase consideration of approximately $16 million.” [Update: The agreement will not be opposed by the ACCC].
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The Australian Out of Home (OOH) industry reported half year 2022 net media revenue of $478.6 million, up 19.5% from $400.4 million for the same period in 2021.
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$1.6m Lithgow, NSW recycling facility Ecoloop - owned by façade cladding & signage specialist Fairview - diverted 309 tonnes of cladding rectification waste away from landfill projects in NSW, VIC and the ACT in its first full year of operation. “The programme is only beginning,” said Fairview’s Melissa Herrmann.
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Belgian-German printer manufacturer Agfa-Gevaert was “strongly impacted by cost inflation and supply chain issues” in Q2 2022 but reported continued revenue growth in its sign & display business. “The top line of the wide-format printing equipment business continued to recover from the strong COVID-19 impact.” Agfa's integration of the newly-acquired Inca Onset printers is progressing, with Agfa's own inks now certified for Inca.
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The Federal Court of Australia case management hearing in the Fuji Xerox 'accounting scandal' case, scheduled for 21st Sptember, has been brought forward to Wednesday 1st September in the WA branch of the Court. This tends to indicate that the settlement reached in the New Zealand jurisdiction, may be featured in the accelerated case management hearing. The NZ Serious Fraud Office investigation is still ongoing.
- ASGA's Victorian golf day & Espy catch-up
- IVE Group FY22 revenue up 15.6% to $759m
- Integrate Expo shows how Audio-Visual and print Signage can work together
- Peacock's 75k unique beer can labels for expanding Little Bang
- City of Sydney votes to ban fossil fuel advertising
- Spicers releases new Sign & Display Catalogue
- printIQ acquired by US-based Banyan Software
- Roland DG's new VersaSTUDIO MPX-90S desktop metal printer
- Kongsberg online store speeds up replacement of consumables
- Fuji Xerox NZ and EY settle 'accounting scandal' dispute
- oOh!media first-half earnings jump 62% to $51 million
- Currie Group adds virtual dimension to service support
- Australia’s DTG Digital’s new Q2 printer wins nod from Keypoint
- City of Sydney considers a ban on fossil fuel advertising
- Recession proof your business: free ASGA workshop
