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Epson has won its first Red Dot: Best of the Best award in the Product Design category for its SureColor large format printers. In addition, five Epson inkjet printers, one scanner and one projector model also received Red Dot Awards. Designers and companies from 55 countries entered more than 5,500 products in the competition.

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Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CiSRA), the Sydney-based Australian research subsidiary of the Japanese electronics giant, will shut down next month after 29 years, with the remaining 35 workers to be made redundant. Australian inventor Kia Silverbrook, developer of Memjet high-speed digital inkjet technology, was CiSRA ED from 1990-1994.

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The World Wrap Masters Europe and Series Final will take place at FESPA Global Print Expo between 14 and 17 May 2019 at Messe München in Munich, Germany. In addition to cars, competitors will be tasked with wrapping other challenging items, which will be announced on the day to add an element of surprise.

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Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions has appointed Premier Film Distribution as a new distributor of its architecture, solar and safety window films in New South Wales and Queensland.

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Digital textile printing technology manufacturer Kornit Digital has appointed former EFI AP sales director Andy Yarrow as president of its Asia Pacific business to 'accelerate the company’s growth across Asia.'

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The Mimaki 3DFF-222 printer, which uses plant-derived eco-plastic made from corn and potato starch, can produce jigs and three-dimensional signage when used in combination with Mimaki’s range of LED UV flatbed printers.

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Avery Dennison has awarded its advanced ICS Performance Guarantee for graphics printed with Roland DG's New TrueVIS TR2 eco-solvent ink and the new TrueVIS VG2 series 64" and 54" wide-format eco-solvent printer cutters.

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Diana Sim began the Minuteman Press franchise in Midland, Perth in March 2015 before being joined nine months later by husband John, a printing industry veteran.

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Wizardry Imaging & Signs, which employs about 48 staff in Sydney, has a branch in Victoria and staff in WA and QLD, has gone into administration and called a first meeting of creditors.

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The unfortunate news from Adelaide is that the state’s and possibly the country’s foremost manufacturer of etched, engraved and printed metal signs has to be sold due to the illness of long-time owner, Peter Vasic. 

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New Zealand architectural and signage supplies group PSP has established a new Signage & Graphic Supplies division, headed by high-profile former Total Supply owner, Dean Stuart: “They’re the country’s biggest substrate provider so adding self-adhesive films and print media is a natural progression.”

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Well-established Darwin digital print business Action Print has been wound up and has appointed Stuart Reid of insolvency firm Rodgers Reidy as liquidator.

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Wide Format Online publisher Andy McCourt has been in the industry for longer than he cares to recall and in his archive is this gem from 1987 - the first known reproduction of a digital photograph in print in Australia.

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Zünd will present its "full gamut of production scenarios" available to print service providers and advertising professionals at Fespa 2019 in Munich. “Whether digitally printed POP displays made of cardboard, fabric banners, or acrylic signage – Zünd digital cutting technology can handle these materials and many more.”

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“We as an industry are…being charged with finding better ways and systems to achieve the reduction in consumption of raw materials and the creation of waste,” says the Lithographic Institute of Australia (NSW), announcing its latest Technical Dinner evening, titled A Blueprint for Sustainable Practices.

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EFI has teamed up with packaging giant Orora to offer a virtual reality experience of its high-speed inkjet packaging printer, the Nozomi C18000, at next week’s AusPack in Melbourne.

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Queensland supplier Sign Essentials has expanded its national network with the appointment of Bi-Wize Signage Supplies, Thomastown VIC, as its Victorian distributor of Impact CNC Routers and Lasers.

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More than 300 industry and academic leaders representing manufacturers including Fujifilm and Agfa, research institutes, print companies, suppliers, developers, engineers, chemists and brand owners are expected at the second US edition of The Inkjet Conference (TheIJC) that will showcase latest developments in inkjet technology.

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Mimaki’s largest FESPA booth in Munich, Germany in May this year will showcase its flagship UV LED and eco-solvent roll-to-roll printing systems for sign graphics. The Mimaki booth will encompass four key business areas – Sign Graphics; Industrial Products; Textiles and 3D.

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FESPA UK Association, representing wide format and screen print service providers, industrial and specialist printers, has partnered with the UK Sheet Plant Association to host the UK Corrugated and Print Show at The Exhibition Centre Liverpool in June 2019. "This is a great initiative and much needed as digital inkjet methods and die-cutting merge into corrugated production," says Wide Format Online's Andy McCourt.

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Summa has released the L1810 laser cutter, advanced laser technology aimed at sportswear, apparel, swimwear, dye sublimation garments and technical textile markets. “Summa’s cutting solutions…will perfectly serve the textile industry, similar as it has been serving the sign & digital market.”