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Paper company and wide format supplier Spicers, formerly PaperlinX, has signed a $A147.6 million 'Scheme of Implementation' agreement, leading to a 'Scheme of Arrangement' to sell its entire Australia and New Zealand operations to Japan-based global paper company Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co (KPP). The sorry history of PaperlinX/Spicers has seen the company reduced to a pale shadow of its former self, with shares that once traded above $6 ending Thursday 17th Jan at 5.3 cents.
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Two recent incidents involving signage and freedom of speech prove that Paul Keating's "fogeys" still breathe and walk among us.
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UK digital manufacturing company Fluxaxis used its Massivit 1800 3D Printer to print stunning life-size figures that feature in a ‘Make Blood Cancer Visible’ campaign for pharmaceutical company, Janssen. Meanwhile, an increase in sales has led to Massivit opening a new European demo centre in Belgium.
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Bill Muir, CEO of digital print leader Electronics For Imaging (EFI), says ongoing industry consolidation and customer concerns about weakening economic conditions were key factors in the company’s disappointing financial result for the three months ended December 31, 2018.
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Roland DG's new VersaSTUDIO BT-12 desktop direct-to-garment printer is designed for printing on-demand personalised products directly onto cotton-based products.
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Digital textile printing manufacturer Kornit Digital's all-new ‘super-industrial’ Kornit Atlas has been radically designed for high-volume production.
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French out-of-home giant JCDecaux dismissed reports that it’s close to signing a $300 million outdoor advertising deal with the City of Sydney - one of the most lucrative outdoor contracts in Australia.
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Fastsigns International, the US-based parent of signage and graphics franchise company Signwave Australia, has again been ranked the #1 franchise in its category in Entrepreneur magazine’s 40th annual Franchise 500 list.
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67,000 visitors joined more than 3,000 exhibitors including leading digital inkjet manufacturers at the largest international trade fair for interior textiles held last week in Frankfurt, which organisers say set a new standard in terms of sustainability.
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Antalis has introduced a new range of retroreflective films to its visual communication range. Oralite 5200 is weather-proof and self-adhesive and has been developed for the manufacture of information signs, such as road traffic signage.
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The New Zealand Sign and Display Association (NZSDA) appealed to its members to support the new SIGNEE training initiative that begins this year with the launch of a pilot program in Christchurch before being rolled out in Auckland and Wellington.
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Swiss large format manufacturer swissQprint’s latest addition to its range of high-end flatbed printers, the Karibu roll to roll machine, will make its debut at the Fespa show in Munich, 14 - 17 May, 2019.
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French vinyl manufacturer Hexis has committed 2.5% of its expected €100 million+ global turnover this year to its groundbreaking research and development laboratory.
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One year ago, after Fujifilm’s USD$6.1 billion tilt at Xerox, Xerox stock traded at $33.99 per share. That was about the value Fujifilm put on it, notwithstanding the creative nature of the proposed takeover, which involved a debt swap and little cash. On top of this was $9.80 per share as a ‘special dividend’ in cash.Today’s last close of Xerox shares, even after following Wall Street up, was $21.58. The genius of the dissident shareholders Carl Ichan and Darwin Deason, plus their new puppet board, has wiped a third of the value off the company. If ever egg was to be all over faces, it should be theirs.
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“We are not going to try to persuade Xerox" - Fujifilm chairman says the company’s alliance with Xerox will continue despite the legal fight over Fujifilm’s attempted takeover of the iconic US company.
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