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Following the unexpected fall into administration and subsequent Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA), Starleaton has restructured and is in the process of resuming scaled-down business. To address concerns, Managing Director Ben Eaton has written the following open letter.

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In response to the shift towards paperless workplaces, evidenced by a 26% decline* in MFP and office printer shipments sice pre-Covid times; Fujifilm and Konica Minolta propose to merge certain functions in order to save money. Konica Minolta, Inc. and Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. have announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin a feasibility study for a strategic alliance in the multifunction printer (MFP), office printer and production printer segments.

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May will be a busy month for the Sign & Print Career Connections team, with Careers Expos in both South Australia and Queensland set to feature the new-look talent initiative. Now, organisers Visual Connections are putting out the call for volunteers to share their industry experience with students.

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New York may seem a long way away but, make no mistake, if proposed legislation to ban the use of Carbon Black in printing inks is enacted, this lunatic cancel-culture movement could spread globally.  Andy McCourt looks at recent reports from the US Print & Graphic Communications Association and Patrick Henry from Whattheythink.com.

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In Germany, about 8,700 young people finished their vocational training in digital and print media design, media technology or print processing in 2022. The German print and media industry, currently with 110,000 employees in almost 7,000 companies, is a usefull bellwether for printing's labour market.

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Inkdustrial, established in 2021 by former Mimaki staff members John Bryson and David Edwards is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Roland DG Australia, to become a dealer of Roland DG Printers and Cutters within Australia.

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PrintNZ has announced the ten apprentices who will contest the prestigious 2023 BJ Ball Print Apprentice of the Year, presented in 2024 for those completing apprenticeships in 2023.

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In recognition of his significant achievements with Orafol Australia, Orafol has promoted Alex McClelland to Executive Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, responsible for the fastest-growing markets globally.

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LIA Victoria has announced it will host a tour of the IVE catalogue and magazine plant at Sunshine on Tuesday 30th April, 2024, offering industry professionals the chance to see inside one of Australia’s leading web offset printing facilities.

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A big hurrah to Brother and GJS for their support of TAFE training! Brother International Australia (BIA) and TAFE NSW have announced the winner of the first Excellence in Digital Decorating Award - student Jiann Mobbs from Bathurst, NSW.

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Visual Connections has announced it will hold dinner events in both Sydney and Melbourne in June, collaborating with the LIA and FPLMA to bring the industry post-drupa briefings and to host the presentation of the NSW and Victorian 2024 LIA Graduate of the Year Awards presentations.

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New and updated version of company’s popular industry acclaimed signmaking software - Flexi - includes over 30 new innovative and useful features.

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Epson is set to release its most advanced 64-inch (1625mm) SureColor P-Series large format printer to date, the P20560. This new model succeeds the top selling SureColor P20070 and will be showcased for the first time in Australia on the Epson stand during Visual Impact Brisbane from the 17th to the 19th of July 2024.

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In further expanding its member services, the Australian Sign & Graphics Association (ASGA) has announced a new level of partnership with MEGT Australia, which is set to provide industry businesses with important resources to help them source, recruit and manage apprenticeships.

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Kyocera Document Solutions, a major force in office printers and inkjet printheads will tackle the 'Big 5' (Canon, Fujifilm, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, HP -ed) of digital cut-sheet at drupa 2024, with it's all new TASKalfa Pro 55000c production SRA3 printer, powered by inkjet technology. Direct-to-textile printer output will also be shown, using zero water.

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For more than 60 years, we have talked about workflow automation, driven by data, to add efficiency, reduce costs, manage labor challenges, and increase margins. In this century, we stepped up the volume, embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, branding it Industry 4.0, and demonstrating the value workflow automation brings to print manufacturing. In this essential article, Pat McGrew raises the bars.

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The Print Horizons Report, published in March, is a brief guide to the most important topics that printers and suppliers need to research when preparing for drupa. The findings are based on additional questions from the 9th drupa Global Trends Survey on the key technical and market developments likely to dominate drupa 2024.

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The ISA Sign Expo is on this week in Orlando, Florida, where Onyx Graphics, is set to preview ONYX 24 and also unveil the much-anticipated ONYX Align updates, integrating Onyx workflow with QuickBooks accounting software.

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Australian trade print supplier CMYKhub has become the first in the world to confirm an order for the new EFI VUTEk Q3h XP and EFI VUTEk Q3h X hybrid printers, which were released to the market at FESPA in March.

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With just two months to go until entries close for the ASGA Currie Group 2024 Sign & Graphics Awards, there is no time to lose if you want to enter your best work to the industry’s premier recognition of excellence.

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The Victorian chapter of the LIA (Lithographic Institute of Australia), the association for all people in print, held elections at a special general meeting, to put in place its committee and office-bearers for the next 12 months.It's encouraging to see some fresh young faces getting involved.