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Fujifilm Business Innovation has announced technology updates to its Revoria Press series, which are designed to enhance productivity and expand their capability. The XMF PressReady Lite (a customized version of its original workflow solution, designed to add value to companies that only use one or two presses), the Plockmatic Booklet Maker and the addition of Silver and White specialty toners, to give users the ability to produce a wider, more dynamic colour range.

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To be applauded for its continuity of leadership, Cathy O’Connor, who notified plans for her intention to step down from oOh!media back in April, will remain at the helm until the end of the year. But her successor has now been confirmed as James Taylor, who is currently the managing director of Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster. Taylor will take the reins of the Out of Home media company at the start of the new year.

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Epson’s large-format dye-sublimation printer (the SureColor F9560/9560H series) and large-Format eco-solvent signage printer (the SureColor S9160 series) were amongst the 2025 Red Dot Design Awards winners, taking out top honours in their respective categories.

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The Visual Media Association is keen for its members to read and learn from a recently released Digital Technology Cross-Industry Sector report, prepared by the ACFIPS ITAB, in conjunction with NSW Government, to investigate the evolving digital skill needs across seven key vocational education sectors in New South Wales: Property Services, Creative Arts and Culture, Asset Maintenance and Surveying, Financial Services, Business Services, Information Technology and Telecommunications, and Printing and Graphic Arts.

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Whilst the Eastman Kodak Company, the iconic printing and imaging company founded in 1880, is pushing back on reports that it may not be in business for that much longer, the company’s second quarter financial report, includes a statement citing ‘substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern’. This statement has sparked concerns about history repeating itself when Kodak was forced to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012, after struggling with increasing competition, continuing growth in digital photography and growing debt.

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Described as a ‘celebration of creative evolution, the recent DIGITAL G-O-D art exhibition in Amsterdam brought together a diverse group of 20 global artists to explore the intersection of cutting-edge digital technologies in their artwork, including 2D UV Printing, 3D printing, digital plotting and photogrammetry. Supported by Mimaki Europe, the event featured over 50 2D and 3D artworks, all created using Mimaki technologies.

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Presenting with a background that includes senior roles at Tipa, Epac, Bunzl, and Lyreco, Shane Sulivan has recently accepted a position as National Manager for Jet Technologies’ ANZ Print Division, ‘to lead the continued expansion of the division, driving growth strategies, mentoring the sales team, and deepening relationships with new and existing customers’.

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Neschen, whose products are available in Australia through Spicers, has expanded its range of PVC-free print media, launching print PP MR L-UV and print PP MR L-UV air-matrix. Neschen says ‘the products are designed for professionals who care about performance, responsibility, and clean results in large-format communication’.

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At a special showcase event in Neopasa Hamamatsu in Japan last weekend, a one-of-a-kind digital grand piano, wrapped in artwork by Paralym Art artist Ms. Michiru Kanki, took centre stage. In a collaboration with event sponsor Roland Corporation, Roland DG equipment was used to print the wrap for the piano and piano bench, the canvas backdrop and even commemorative stickers for the event.

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With just one month left of the two-month ‘stay of proceedings’ - delivered by the court on July 10^th when Landa Digital Printing entered a severe cash flow crisis - only two entities have moved forward with in-depth interviews related to the potential acquisition of the company: international printing and computing giant, HP and major Israeli investment fund, FIMI.

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First announced at FESPA 2024, any swissQprint machines supplied after that March 2024 show automatically come with a 36-month warranty: 1-2 years more than standard printing and graphic arts machine warranties in the industrial space. Pozitive Sign & Graphic Supplies, exclusive Australian distributors for wide-format equipment manufacturer swissQprint, see this as a clear point of difference.

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Durst Group has been announced as the first official partner of the newly launched FESPA Foundation and is sponsoring Malekapane Primary School in the Capricorn South District of Limpopo in Africa. The ‘Adopt a School’ initiative, created by Neil Felton, CEO of FESPA, and overseen by Steve Thobela, FESPA Foundation’s Africa Coordinator, is an important part of the FESPA Foundation’s work.

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At the Roland Corporation store in Tokyo - 8^th to 31^st August - the ‘808 DAY’ event is designed as a celebration of the world’s first programmable percussion machine: the Roland TR-808. As a tip of the hat to the then groundbreaking technology, anyone purchasing its modern-day equivalent – the SP-404MKII electronic audio sampler—will receive a limited-edition custom-printed faceplate, featuring a TR-808-inspired design, printed on the Roland DG VersaOBJECT MO-240 direct-to-object printer.

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MM Plastics, a division of Metal Manufactures Limited, is a group of specialist plastics and signage businesses which include Graphic Art Mart, Fluoro Pacific, Dotmar Engineering Plastics and Dotmar Injection Moulding. The group has now added New Zealand-based supplier to the print and signage industry, Computaleta, to the fold to ‘strengthen both its business and the wider industry in New Zealand’.

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136 lives lost, homes destroyed and thousands left with nothing: that’s the legacy of the July flooding disaster in Texas’s central Hill Country. In an effort to help, Signarama San Antonio owners, Matt and Kerry Mattingly, printed a couple of hundred ‘yard’ signs, featuring a QR code that pointed donations to the Community Foundation Texas Hill Country. 6,000 signs and USD$60m later and the emerging legacy is one of community strength and support, powered by simple sign printing.

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Heidelberg has announced a new international summit - SHIFT 2025 – which will see the company bringing together the printing industry’s digitalisation experts for a two-day event hosted first at the halle02 events venue in downtown Heidelberg (on 16^th September), then moving to the Heidelberg Print Media Center, in the company’s Wiesloch-Walldorf site (on 17^th September). 

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Supported by Velflex and Siser, Mimaki has recently held customer events in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, showcasing its Direct-To-Film technology, including a sneak peek of the company’s first UV-curable Direct-to-Film (UV-DTF) printer, the Mimaki UJV300DTF-75.

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Following news earlier this year that Currie Group had been named the top Canon Colorado partner in the Asia-Pacific region, and with current YTD performance figures seeing it leading the world for Colorado sales, Currie Group and Canon Production Printing have announced the extension of their regional partnership to now also include New Zealand.

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When ORAFOL acquired a stake in Belgian specialty film manufacturer Group MAM (Michiels Advanced Materials) in September 2024, the move marked entry into a completely new market for ORAFOL, with the aim of adding advanced sun protection films to its product portfolio. The initial outcome of this is a new spectral-selective sun protection film - ORAGUARD HelioShield – which significantly minimizes energy consumption through its ‘light in, heat out’ technology.

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Epson SureColor and SurePress printers have taken out top honours in no less than five of the 50 award categories at the PRINTING United Alliance 2025 Pinnacle Product Awards, which aims to ‘celebrate exceptional products and technologies that advance quality, capability and productivity’.

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Melbourne-based large-format print specialist Vivad opened its doors to celebrate its 25th anniversary in style, welcoming industry peers, partners, suppliers and friends for an evening of tours, technology, games and entertainment. Ewen Donaldson, owner and managing director of the Campbellfield-based business, which has recently almost doubled in size to a 7,500sqm footprint, said: “This new facility is a blank canvas…a great space to grow and innovate.”