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Technology companies are exploring ways to find new relevance in the post-Covid world, probing possibilities that address changed working patterns, travel and networks. Epson has established its new Open Innovation Centre research laboratory at its AiCT ICT offices, in which the company will work with partners to help find solutions to societal issues.

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It's stuttering re-start but jobs in the signage, print and display industry seem to be returning. After months of lockdowns, border closures and high street business closures, we are seeing demand spark up again. Let's hope it keeps up.

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High profile Melbourne wide format printer Magnify Media will be wound up and liquidated after suffering a severe business downturn in 2020 caused by Covid-19 restrictions. 

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Idealliance says the G7 Expert Virtual Open House Australia will take place this Thursday, 11th Feb, hosted by expert instructor David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services and Mike Grady, vice president of global partnerships at Idealliance. 

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Aluminium composite panels used for signage and facade work are the mainstay of retail and other chain fit-outs. CPH Group, who market Probond Ultra and other sheet products, have come up with a clever tagline 'we really know our sheet!' It's true, CPH employ trade-experienced sign people above sales hustlers, so they know the inside-out of the rigid sign panel side of things.

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The Outdoor Media Association’s (OMA) monthly selection of the best of Out of Home campaigns has been expanded for January to include a Donald Trump-inspired UK campaign and a tribute to New York transport workers who lost their lives during Covid-19.

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Ai Group’s Australian Manufacturing Index (PMI) increased by 3.2 points to 55.3 over the summer holiday period, with manufacturing businesses reporting stronger recovery over the normally quiet holiday season. But textiles, clothing, footwear, paper and printing businesses reported further declines, Ai said.

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EFI released more details about its new VUTEk XT hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll display graphics printer that was launched last month during EFI’s Engage global users conference and will be available mid-year.

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Fuji Xerox Australia - soon to be renamed Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp - has turned to its YouTube channel to reintroduce the Fujifilm Vybrant UF10 Flatbed printer that was launched last year just before Covid-19 shut down business activity around the world.

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The pioneer of anti-microbial films, Hexis, has achieved a one-hour contact 76% reduction of Coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2* (Covid) on surfaces coated with the product. This has been certified independently by the French testing laboratory UB'L3 in Bordeaux.

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Leading graphics arts distributor Currie Group has announced ‘a strategic leadership transition,’ with executive chairman David Currie stepping down from his executive role in the business after 51 years. He will remain as chairman of the Group; the new Currie Group CEO, effective immediately, is Rob Mesaros.

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HP has introduced a range of new Latex large format print solutions, the HP Latex 700 and 800 series, featuring “the whitest white ink available on the market.” The company has also updated its Latex Print and Cut portfolio and added to its PageWide XL suite of large format print solutions.

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The S One roll cutter is the next step in Summa’s mid-level cutting machines and replaces the SummaCut Series. The S One is ‘more powerful and ready to enhance cutting workflow by obtaining unrivalled quality,’ Summa said.

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Visual Connections is urging any Australian company considering exhibiting at the PacPrint expo in September of this year to act immediately to apply for funding which could cover 50% of participation costs up to the value of $250,000.

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Spicers Australia says “massive” price increases on the hiring and shipping of containers has forced the company to raise prices by 3% on all its products in the Commercial Print, Digital, Narrow Web & Industrial Packaging markets, and by about 8% for Rigid products in its Sign & Display business.

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oOh!media has digitised three more strategic large format assets across Australia, boosting its national presence on the Gold Coast, regional Victoria and Adelaide as part of its ongoing capital investment program.

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A subsidiary of Fujifilm, Fujifilm DioSynth, will employ over 300 workers making Novavax in its plant at Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees in England’s North. Commencing February, over 60 million doses will be made there.

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Global digital sign company Coates Group, which began as a small sign business in Sydney in the late 1950s, will provide external signage for Ampol Australia’s nationwide rebrand that's being rolled out across 1,900 Australian locations.

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When is a contractor deemed an employee? The Australian Sign & Graphics Association's second edition of its webinar and live Q&A session titled, 'Sub Contractors - Know Your Risks Part II,' begins on Thursday, February 4 at 11.30am (AEDT).

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Global outdoor advertising leader JCDecaux said its 2020 full year revenue decreased by 40.6% to €2,311.8 million, compared to €3,890.2 million in the previous year. "We believe we are well positioned to benefit from the rebound," the Paris-based company said.

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Xerox has added to its software portfolio with the acquisition of CareAR, an augmented reality support platform company that provides real-time access to expertise for customers, employees and field workers.