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Leading supplier Spicers says a “terrible imbalance” between supply and demand in the shipping industry is unlikely to improve before the second half of 2022.  “Our expectation is that lead times will continue to be between 4 – 6 times longer than “usual”, and pricing will most likely to continue to go north on a fortnightly basis.”  All of the company's wide format media will also be affected.

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Registration is open for this year’s Letterheads NZ,  the annual brushfest where signwriters from all over New Zealand are joined - "when pandemics permit" - by members of Letterheads Australia and one or two Americans and Europeans.

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UK inkjet printhead specialist Meteor is developing printhead drive electronics and software for the new T3200, T1600 and D3000 printheads recently announced by Epson.

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Serge Verhoeven of SloanLED will present and Vernon Kingman of Kingman Strategies will moderate the Australian Sign & Graphics Industry Association’s (ASGA) upcoming webinar about LED signage.  It’s free for members and $33 for non-members.

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In a brief update from the Federal Court, October 1st will be earliest date for a hearing, unless adjourned again.

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Primera benchtop inkjet label printers are sold in Australia by Label Power and they will soon have stocks of the all-new Big Ink System LX3000, which delivers very low cost per label with outstanding speed and print quality at 1200dpi. Big 220ml total ink in cartridges and printheads means lower costs and fewer replenishment change-overs.

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Epson has won multiple BLI Summer 2021 Pick Awards from Keypoint Intelligence, including the A4 Outstanding Personal Colour Inkjet All-in-One Pick for the Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5100 Series - namely the ET-5150 and ET-5170 models - as well as the Outstanding Mid-Volume Workgroup Scanner Pick for the Epson WorkForce DS-530 II, and Outstanding Scanner for Accounting for the RapidReceipt RR-600W.

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Kornit Digital, a leader in digital textile production technologies, has acquired US business Voxel8 and its 3D technology - originally focused on the footwear industry - that enables decorative and functional applications for on-demand textile production.

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“What does a beer distributor, bookstore, architectural university and fire department all have in common?” asks HP. “They all use large format printing!”

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Roland DG Australia has announced two new rounds of its popular Roland Academy Online training courses. "They are a great forum to ask questions in a peer group setting."

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Currie Group has bolstered its wide format service expertise with the hiring of industry specialist Alex Bloch. His experience on EFI wide format products at factory-level will stand him in good stead to further boost Currie Group's national support of the EFI range, which it added to its portfolio in March this year.

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Sign Essentials is proud to be celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2021.  From humble beginnings in the back of a garage north of Brisbane, Sign Essentials has grown to be one of Australia's leading industry suppliers. Now located in a modern 2,000 square metre warehouse and office complex in Geebung, the business has come a long way and there’s plenty more ahead.

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This month’s OMA Best of Outdoor selection includes a Stay Kind campaign and a giant 3D prowling cat that walks, talks and watches passers-by in one of Tokyo's busiest districts. 

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Xerox recorded revenue of $US1.79 billion for second quarter 2021, an increase of 22.4% from second quarter 2020, with net income up $US64 million.  Ricoh’s first quarter sales of ¥424.8 billion ($A5.2bn) were up 20.6% compared to the previous corresponding period, when the spread of COVID-19 led to a sharp decline in global economic activity.

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Organisers of the ASGA & FESPA Australia HP Awards For Excellence presentation – already postponed from 2020 - say the event will go ahead on Friday 1st October – “come rain, hail, shine or COVID!” 

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After initially being postponed to September, Sydney’s annual outdoor display extravaganza Vivid Sydney has been cancelled for a second consecutive year.

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Label & Packaging association, the FPLMA has postponed its national conference scheduled for next month to February 2022, because of the threat of Covid-19 lockdowns. “The uncertainty that exists with the threat of ongoing lockdowns and the growing number of exposure sites raises a doubt to the viability of the conference as planned,” said FPLMA secretary Anthony Dalleore.

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