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Fresh from its acquisition by DataColor, Techkon's ChromaQA 6 simplifies colour management for brands, printers, converters and ink providers with its entirely redesigned, easy-to-use, user interface and powerful new features for colour matching, corrections, and standards management.

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Mutoh Europe has announced the official release of the HydrAton 1642, a 1625 mm (64") roll-to-roll printer featuring innovative water-based UV technology. Previewed at Drupa 2024, this environmentally-friendly printer is available nowthrough Mutoh’s distributors in Europe, Middle East and Africa - Australian/New Zealand availability will be announced soon. 

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Fujifilm must be doing something right - it's results for the 3rd quarter (Japanese FY) are up 8% over 2023. Business Innovation, including Graphic Communications, was up 4.7% year-on-year.

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Mimaki Australia has announced the addition of the D800 powder shaker/curer to its successful TxF series of Direct-to-Film (DTF) printers. This strategic addition aims to provide customers with a comprehensive and efficient DTF printing solution, fully supported by Mimaki Australia.

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A UK report shows that Direct Mail advertising spend returned to growth in the third quarter of 2024, beating the country’s overall average of advertising spend of 9.7%, according to the latest figures from the Advertising Association (AA) and WARC (World Advertising Research Centre.) Digital Inkjet is the winner.

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DTG needn't be a slow laborious process. If you are really into productivity, ROQ's new NOW machine can rocket you up to 250 T-Shirts or other pieces per hour. With 36 Fujifilm Dimatix Starfire printheads inside - why wouldn't it rock?

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Nothing gets the juices running for any vehicle wrapper like seeing the Supercar wraps revealed each season. With millions of dollars of sponsor money at stake, they have to get it right. Vinyl flying off at 300kph is no fun! Here's a few of the wraps revealed so far.

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Sign and Safety materials manufacturer ORAFOL achieved good sales growth in the 2024 financial year, recording annual revenues of €883 million (AUD$1.453 billion). Along with this are acquisitions, more jobs and branches and a €60 million (AUD$98.7 million) investment in new plant and production at the Orienberg, Germany, site.

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Last week we reported the inital WIP Breakfast dates for 2025 but Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart were still being finalised. Now they are locked in so you're good to go for the whole schedule.

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As so often happens, January/February sees industry people transitioning roles for the new year. Two high-profile leaders have changed jobs, David Proctor has left Kyocera for CBTech, while former Spandex MD Ben McCauley is now with Konica Minolta.

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Screen printing is often sidelined as a 'Cinderella' part of the printing industry but it is growing faster than digital! Screen's ability to 'print anything on anything' has enabled it to address new industrial markets including electronics, cellphone antennae, fuel cells and security print.

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Datacolor, one of the leaders in colour management software, instruments and services, has announced the acquisition of Techkon GmbH, a leading provider of colour measurement technology, based in Königstein, Germany.

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Bannershop is closed. All we know is in a brief message on their website. Over its 18-year history in Australia, Bannershop has not been without controversy, initially shipping jobs offshore before changing to local production. Its online customer service reviews have been mainly in the negative.

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Currie Group will shine the spotlight on Canon Colorado M-series printers at an exclusive Open House event at the company’s Brisbane Demonstration Centre later in February.

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For major adhesive vinyl/PET label manufacturers, successfully getting into wide format signage is no easy task; despite the commonality of the SAV media, the extra width up to 5 metres and mostly inkjet digital media, brings a new culture into the business mix, driven by the needs of the Sign and display industry rather than labels and packaging. The answer is acquisitions and UPM Raflatac has just made a significant one.

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Summa's new cutter is designed to prevent the scratches or roller marks that typically occur when transporting PET film. The new Summa bundle includes a frictionless roll feed to level up the DTF Print & Cut workflow. Additionally, a dedicated DTF bundle features Summa’s proprietary tangential cutting, Camera and software technologies.

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Women in Print Australia will once again be hosting its popular Breakfast Series in 2025, with the dates and venues for four States now announced.

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Anil Ramsewak has joined Celmac following a 17-year career with HP where he supported industrial printers, Latex and 3D devices. This follows on from another technical support hire in Brisbane, Mark Rixon and further strengthens Celmac's already strong commitment to supporting customers.

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Notwithstanding the tragic Californian wildfires, the Impressions expo at Long Beach went ahead in late January. Brother took this opportunity to release a new powder applicator and curing combo in the 16" x 20" sheet format (406mm x 508mm)

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FESPA Australia encourages printers and suppliers to snap up final tickets to the legendary gourmet 'BBQ on the Yarra'. This relaxed social gathering event has brought our industry together for over 25 years. Book now to avoid disappointment!

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Registrations are now open for the 'Make it Happen Bootcamp'with Sam Armstrong. The full-day Bootcamp, presented by ASGA and the Make it Happen Signage Consultancy, promises to deliver new knowledge, practical learnings and conveniently is located at the same venue as PacPrint and Visual Impact expos.