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“Some people have built their entire businesses on social media and digital platforms and having someone else access and control their account is devastating,” says Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) Bruce Billson.
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Roland DG Corporation has announced the acquisition of shares for UAB Dimense print, a subsidiary of UAB VEIKA, a manufacturer and vendor for wallpaper-related products headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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The World Out of Home Organization has expanded its Global Out of Home Media Spend Index to include first party data from 81 territories, accounting for 95% of the world's GDP. Global Market Index sources data from WOO's 200 members and others to give the most accurate view of OOH revenue and market share. An estimated 37% of the spend is from digital.
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MUTOH Industries Ltd., has announced the official release of the XpertJet 1462UF, first previewed at FESPA Munich in May. It is a flatbed DtO (Direst-to-object) UV-LED printer with a table size of 1,420 mm (55.9”) x 700 mm (27.5”), which combines high productivity and high image quality to meet diverse DtO needs (at FESPA, the pilot version was printing sunglasses). This now gives Mutoh UV DtO printers in A3, A2 and A1+ formats.
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Global trade show organiser Messe Frankfurt is on track for an estimated €600 million ($A902m) in sales revenue for 2023 and says the trade event business is “firing on all cylinders again.”
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Epson reported revenue for the first quarter was ¥314.8 billion ($A3.35 billion), an increase of 5.7% year-on-year, while overall business profits were down 31% year-on-year. "Revenue in the commercial and industrial printing business sharply increased."
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Canon’s second quarter net income increased by 10.8% year-on-year to ¥65.4 billion ($A700 million), as net sales increased by 2.2% to ¥1,020.9 billion ($A10.8bn). Printing Business Unit sales were up by 0.8% compared with the same period of the previous year.
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ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions, a Ricoh-owned German software developer for global wide format and industrial printing markets, has appointed chief marketing officer Oliver Luedtke as the company’s new chief executive officer.
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Sarah Moore has been promoted to General Manager for Visual Connections, stepping into the role at an exciting time for the supplier association. Moore is a longtime Association executive with experience in event management and business development.
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Supplier Ball & Doggett - a major sponsor of the LIA’s Graduate Awards - hosted a delegation of about 25 visitors to its Moorabbin VIC facility for a plant tour and networking event organised by LIA Victoria.
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It's been a month of senior career moves in the industry. Former Fujifilm, Flint Group and Heidelberg staffer Jason Kennedy has joined Orafol and, after two decades, the genial Brad Creighton bids farewell to Mimaki for pastures new.
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JCDecaux, the leading global outdoor advertising company, has teamed up with Senfa, a subsidiary of the Chargeurs group, to develop a new PVC-free advertising fabric called Pearlflex aimed at 'accelerating the ecological transition.'
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Following recent meetings with Federal Government advisors, ASGA president Mick Harrold has held an in-depth meeting with Philip Clarke, special advisor, and Chris Hudson, industry engagement partner, from the Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance (MISA).
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Print giant Xerox recorded revenue of $US1.75 billion in second quarter 2023, up 0.4 percent year over year, with profit up 205% to $US107 million. “In the second quarter 2023, resilient demand and balanced execution drove another quarter of growth in revenue, profits and cash flow,” Xerox said.
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Avery Dennison Corporation said second quarter 2023 net sales were $2.1 billion, with organic sales change (non-GAAP) down 10%. “The pace of our recovery is slower than anticipated.”
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