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A few years on from its failed hostile tender bid to acquire Roland DG, Brother Industries has announced a new, more targeted and aligned strategic play, making a tender offer to acquire all outstanding MUTOH Holdings shares. The transaction would make Mutoh a wholly owned subsidiary of Brother and significantly expand its presence in wide-format, industrial, and professional inkjet printing markets.

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Now incorporating European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience, WrapFest and two new additions with Corrugated packaging and Textile production, FESPA Global Print Expo 2026 (19 – 22 May 2026, Fira de Barcelona, Spain) has confirmed it will feature over 500 new and returning exhibitors from over 40 countries.

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Durst Group AG, now entering its ninth decade, has acquired the majority stake in Spanish cutting systems company Hasler Solutions, in a move designed to take its Print & Cut solutions to ‘an industrial level that the market expects and deserves’.

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Following a successful Queensland launch, the Visual Media Association (VMA) has announced that it will now roll out its new Industry Leadership Lunch series nationally, targeting 5^th March for Sydney, followed by Melbourne in April, then Adelaide and Perth in May.

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Brisbane-based custom apparel printer, The T-shirt Mill has started 2026 with a strategic investment in automation, installing a ROQ IMPRESS automatic DTF heat transfer press, ROQ FEED automatic DTF transfer loading device, and ROQ PEEL automatic DTF transfer removal machine from GJS to eliminate manual processes and drive competitive pricing across its product range.

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In news that HP describes as a ‘leadership transition’, the company’s President and CEO for the last 6 years, Enrique Lores has resigned from HP and accepted a senior role at PayPal. Board member Bruce Broussard has duly been appointed as HP’s Interim CEO and the company was quick to reaffirm its positive first quarter performance and fiscal 2026 outlook.

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CPH Group, one of Australia’s longest-established suppliers to the signage and wide-format print industry, has announced it has rebranded as ProGrafik, marking a significant new chapter for the Australian-owned and operated business.

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According to the latest statistics from the International Data Corporation (IDC), Epson currently holds a 34.1% share of the world’s inkjet printer market, making it now officially the world’s number one manufacturer and vendor of inkjet printers by volume.

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CS Graphics, formed in September 2025 after a successful management buyout of core distributor operations from Aldus Graphics, has been appointed by SOMA, to be SOMA’s new official sales representative for Australia and New Zealand. SOMA is a producer of flexographic printing presses, plate mounters, slitter rewinders and laminators.

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With 3M’s Reflectives range to the fore, Kosta, Paul and Graham (from 3M) are inviting anyone currently navigating the AS/NZ 1906.1 2017 for Traffic Signage regulatory requirements, to join their Science of Signs webinar, being hosted by Spicers on Thursday 12^th February 11am AEDT.

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It would be hard to envisage a more overt display of confidence in the Outdoor Media industry than Nine Entertainment’s recently announced acquisition of QMS Media, one of the country’s leading digital outdoor media platform, whose current portfolio includes contracts for the City of Sydney and Auckland Transport.

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Threshold, a trusted leader in visitor management solutions, has announced a strategic collaboration with Epson, to transform the way organisations handle visitor identification and security through the power of colour.

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The 2025 Pinnacle Award-winning Fiery FreeForm Create 2.0, the latest version of Fiery’s free variable-data print (VDP) software, has set a new bar for Print Personalisation, making print easier, faster, and more customisable for all users.

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The Mimaki Experience Centres in Sydney and Melbourne will be used to host Mimaki/3M/Spicers free Open Day events on 19^th February in Sydney and 26^th February in Melbourne.

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Botak Sign Pte Ltd, a leading large-format print provider in Singapore, has completed a major infrastructure upgrade, upgrading previous generation Latex devices with the installation of fifteen HP Latex 830 and two HP Latex 830W printers. Botak conservatively forecasts a resultant 20% increase in both sales and production volume, with the company now able to meet growing demand for high-quality, sustainable print with faster turnaround times.

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Epson has been ranked 6th, the same position as last year, in the list of Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2026: the 13th time that Epson has been named on the list since its inception in 2012.

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eProductivity Software (ePS), Esko and CarbonQuota have joined forces for a partnership that the three companies said unites workflow automation, ERP and carbon intelligence into a single job record from design to delivery.

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Kyocera Corporation has developed an inkjet printhead capable of handling high-viscosity materials for industrial applications. This breakthrough is enabled by Kyocera’s proprietary new piezo actuator and fluid channel technology.

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Konica Minolta Business Solutions has been named IDC MarketScape Leader in the Worldwide High-Speed Digital Label Printers 2025 Vendor Assessment. The IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market.

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Prime Minister, Dr. Dietmar Woidke recently visited the headquarters of the Orafol Group in Oranienburg and spoke to Orafol Chairman & CEO Dr. Holger Loclair about the company's current investment cycle (2025-2027) and the status of its ‘Halle 14’ construction project.

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Hot on the heels of its successful global rollout of the B3 format Jetfire 50, Heidelberg has announced the official market launch of its B2 format big sister, the Jetfire 75, also originally revealed at drupa 2024.