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Roland DG Corporation has opened a new building at its factory in Thailand with the capacity to manufacture more than 7,000 inkjet printers a year.

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Engineering services company Buddco has been fined $600,000 over the death of a contractor in an ink tank at DIC Australia’s manufacturing facility in Sydney, NSW. The court was “not satisfied Buddco had accepted responsibility for its actions,” Safework NSW said.

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Such is the productivity increase and Swiss-built engineering excellence of the new Zünd Systemtechnik AG Q-LIne with robotic BHS (Board Handling System 180; it comes as no surprise that it has begun winning awards. At the close of FESPA, Munich, it was announced that the renowned EDP organisation has bestowed another award.

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The ASGA WA Golf Day held last Thursday once again proved to be a much-appreciated gathering, with more than 80 participants attending from across the local sign, graphics and print industries.

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The New Zealand Sign & Display Association’s 2023 Sign + Print Expo (6-8 July) will include the Hexis Wrap Challenge, the Kiwi Car Wrap, and conference sessions on AI & chat bots and tikanga (Māori customary practices). 

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Durst Group, manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, picked up three prestigious EDP Awards - for P5 Robotics, P5 350 HSR and Durst Workflow Software - at the FESPA Global Print Expo in Munich. 

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Opal Australian Paper says the Victorian government’s decision to end native forest logging in December 2023, six years earlier than planned, is an “extremely disappointing decision for the industry and its workers.”

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Register now for Thursday’s free ASGA online workshop ‘Building a profitable business,’ presented by business coach Stefan Kazakis of Business Benchmark Group.

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Textiles Alive is the largest textile imaging production house and fabric product specialist in New Zealand, boasting several 3.2 and now 3.4 metre dye-sub machines. Supplying only direct-to-trade, the company has operations in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch. Currie Group's Paul Whitehead collected the order from the Tauranga, Bay-of-Plenty located owner Paul Cripps and toasted the FabriVU sale with glasses of bubbly!

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Wide format businesses Cactus Imaging, Grand Print Services and Print Effect printed winning entries in the Outdoor Media Association’s (OMA) Quarter One Creative Collection competition. 

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Six Epson printer and projector models have been named winners of 2023 iF Design Awards, including SL-D500 compact photo production printer and the SureColor SC-T7700 & SC-P8500 large-format printers for CAD, photo and POP applications.

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Mutoh has shown off a new small format flatbed printer at FESPA, the XpertJet 1462UF.  Like its siblings the XPJ 661 and 461UF models, it is mainly aimed at the industrial print market. This represents an expansion of Mutoh’s existing range of A2+ and A3+ table top printers and has a bed of 1470 mm x 740 mm, which roughly equates to A1+ size. Nessan Cleary reports from the show floor.

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FESPA has announced the winners of the 2023 FESPA Awards during a VIP ceremony at FESPA Global Print Expo 2023. Sole Australia - New Zealand winner is Chris Duke's & Mark Burley's All About Graphics (AAG) of Abbotsford, Vic, who also collected the 'Best of the Show' gong. Across the categories, this year’s awards received 210 entries from print service providers (PSPs) and sign-makers looking to showcase outstanding examples of print and signage.

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The swissQprint production team celebrated a special printer at company headquarters in Switzerland: the thousandth Nyala machine, due to be finished and delivered in June. The 3.2-metre-wide flatbed printer has been a success since its launch eleven years ago.

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EFI’s new Nozomi 14000 SD single-pass printer for sign and display graphics being showcased at this week’s FESPA is due to be released later this year. EFI has also announced new UV LED inkjet inks for thermoformed 3D applications.

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Canon has launched six new models in its Arizona 1300 flatbed printer series, the 1340/1360/1380 GTF and 1340/1360/1380 XTF, all featuring new FLOW vacuum system technology. Canon also announced new PRISMAelevate XL software that helps print textured effects with elevation up to 2mm.

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The Victorian government is offering grants up to $5000 per employee to enrol in free 12-week training courses to learn new digital skills including additive manufacturing, AI, CAD/CAM, cloud computing, cyber security, robotic process automation and web development. 

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In what it describes as "a bitter blow to business" the Australian Industry Group as slammed the Andrews Government's Victorian State Budget. Other commentators in media and politics have predicted job losses and business closures as a result - with a disincentive for business investment in Victoria compared to other states.

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Durst Group has unveiled an expanded P5 portfolio at FESPA in Munich, Germany, under the motto 360° Production Excellence. “Durst is igniting the next stage of automation with P5 Robotics for flexible and continuous production cycles,” it said.

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With the start of FESPA today, Orafol will showcase several new products. The focus of the trade show presentation will be on paint protection films for premium vehicles and others PVC-free alternatives to the standard range. Orafol will offer trade visitors a car wrapping show every day of the trade fair at its stand C60 in hall B2.

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More than 550 exhibitors will showcase latest innovations for digital wide format, screen and textile printing, garment decoration and signage during this week’s FESPA Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo and Personalisation Experience (23 – 26 May 2023, Messe Munich, Germany).