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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.

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Digital print giant EFI, which last week signed an ANZ distribution deal with supplier Currie Group - says the new 6.6 version of its EFI Fiery Command Workstation delivers a host of productivity and quality enhancements. 

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The Australian Small Business Ombudsman says it is essential for small business owners to secure their assets and business loans, with economists predicting a steep rise in insolvencies this year.

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With face-to-face training remaining on hold for now, Roland DG Australia will once again run online training courses for customers beginning this month and running through to May.  Places are limited to eight people per class.

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Leading trans-Tasman graphic arts distributor, the 100% locally-owned Currie Group, is taking on the EFI Display Graphics range from early 2021. Paul Whitehead, well-known for his roles with Oce and Canon, is returning to Australia as Business Unit Manager, Wide Format with Currie Group.

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The fall-out from the strategy behind Ovato’s making over 300 people redundant and forcing them onto FEG is escalating. The ire is not against the redundancies themselves, but the way in which Ovato went about luring staff into accepting reduced pay and entitlements and then switching to liquidating the four subsidiary companies, leaving them with virtually no assets.