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The liquidator, Shane Deane of Dye&Co, of failed Melbourne print group Waratah Group - the convoluted Group of several printers that went bust in March 2020 owing an estimated $22 million amid claims of corruption and backhanders - has lodged a wind-up application on Oakleigh, Vic family printer Genuine Print. With larger targets such as Australia Post, Spotlight Group and St Vincent's Hospital disputing phantom invoices, it appears that the liquidator is going for a 'soft' target.

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For your calendar if you reside in NSW! Following the success of February's Melbourne event, trade association FESPA will host a similar event in Sydney during March.

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Outdoor company oOh!media - owner of wide format business Cactus Imaging - says the continuing recovery in Out of Home audiences delivered an 18% lift in revenue to $504 million for the year ended 31 December 2021, with earnings before tax up 24% to $77.6m (compared to the prior year). Reported loss after tax was $10.3m, compared to loss of $36.2m in the prior year.

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Following the success of the inaugural event, the US-based PRINTING United Alliance has announced dates for the second annual Wide-format Summit, taking place July 25-27, 2022, at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The live event will focus on technologies including soft signage and production display graphics.

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PrintIQ, the Queensland headquartered workflow cloud-software developer, has appointed a new North American operations manager and a new global sales director “to better serve clients throughout the US market as well as globally.”

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oOh!media has become the official Out of Home media partner for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPride 2023, after signing an exclusive three-year partnership. oOh! has also extended its partnership with Qantas.

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Mimaki Germany has loaned one of its TS300P-1800 textile printers to the Fogra Research Institute to assist with government-funded research aimed at improving colour standardisation in digital textile printing.

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The nations of the Five Eyes alliance have stepped up efforts to prevent anti-competitive conduct in the supply and distribution of goods with a new partnership between Australian competition watchdog the ACCC, the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Canadian Competition Bureau, NZ Commerce Commission and UK Competition and Markets Authority.  

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There has been a spate of employee fraud and embezzlement cases in recent months. The latest one concerns prominent Melbourne signage and outdoor company Civic Outdoor and its parent Civic Signs Pty Ltd. The Herald Sun reports that Leanne Quinn, a former National Sales Manager with Civic Outdoor faces 249 charges of theft.

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Hot on the heels of Matthew Penforld's appointment as Chairman of franchise chain Kwik Kopy, former Snap Chief Growth Officer Sonia Shwabsky will move over to Kwik Kopy from March 14th.  Shwabsky was with Snap for just over three years. Snap is also without a CEO since the recent departure of Richard Thame.

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The biodegradable, quick drying, odour-free ink is a derivative of the oil-based ink created as part of Ricoh’s collaboration with German manufacturer Olbrich. It’s now available across EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

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Swiss precision engineering company, Zünd - distributed in Australia by Starleaton - has received EDP awards for no less than three of its software tools. The jury declared PrimeCenter the "Best Workflow Solution" while the Pick&Place Interface Option and the Visualizing Option are recognized as "Best in Robotics" and "Best Print Support Tool" respectively.

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Our friends across the Indian Ocean who publish Sign Africa report a successful Sign Africa Bloemfontein Expo held last week. Africa tends to run smaller shows more frequently in regional areas and will host Sign Expos in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg later in 2022. Like PacPrint/Visual Impact, Roland DG was Platinum sponsor.

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Leading Melbourne sign business Signex will be wound up after suffering a devastating loss of business during prolonged Covid lockdowns across the city.

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Australia’s largest trade printer CMYKhub will demonstrate its Design Desk online subscription, graphic design & prepress platform at PacPrint in June at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

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Kornit Digital posted record fourth quarter revenue of $87.5 million, with full-year 2021 revenue up 67% year-over-year to $322 million. "We generated record cash flow from operations in 2021, successfully navigated global supply chain pressures and delivered on our commitments to our customers."

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Nyala – the top performing model of the fourth generation of swissQprint flatbed printers – has won an EDP Award for best flatbed/hybrid. The Swiss manufacturer was also awarded for its neon inks for UV printing.

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ASGA’s annual general meeting on Friday, 25 February will now be held at Ai Group’s Adelaide Office in Wayville. The meeting had been scheduled to take place at Sign Concepts in Adelaide – the business run by ASGA president Julie Rochester.

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Ink manufacturer NUtec Digital Ink has extended its eco-solvent product range to cover more printer and printhead options across a  range of self-adhesive and flexible substrates.

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Roland DG Australia announced a free webinar for customers looking to discover more about the recently-released Roland DG Connect app that’s available as a free download for TrueVIS and LEC2 Series owners.