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Keith Ferrel is one of the founders of Cactus Imaging, possibly the most successful Grand Format Printer in the Asia Pacific region. In an exclusive interview with FESPA ahead of the FESPA Awards, at which Keith will help judge Outdoor project of the year, we asked what he saw as the big challenges in 2014.

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Flatbed and wide format print specialist The Printcentre has opened in Sydney and installed a new Inca Onset S40i from Fujifilm – the city’s first. The Printcentre also runs an Onset S40i at its Port Melbourne plant.

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Printing Industries Association of Australia (Printing Industries) has a new Board President, David Leach, CEO and founder of Sydney based Look Print.

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The newly formed APVWA (The Australian Professional Vehicle Wrapping Association) is offering a free training day on the Gold Coast on February 8th and 9th.

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The New Year marks Drytac Canada’s official sponsorship of the AIR MILES Reward Program, Canada’s most recognized coalition loyalty program that lets customers turn everyday purchases into the things that they really want.

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EFI has announced that it has acquired shipping software developer SmartLinc Inc. Based in Milwaukee, SmartLinc Inc. makes software that optimizes the shipping process by allowing users to select the best carrier for their shipments.

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Teletower is an easy to erect and dissemble tower that enables working at heights up to 4 metres.

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Inca Digital is reminding its customers that the deadline is approaching near the end of January 2014 for applications to the third Inca Digital Excellence Awards (IDEAs 2014).

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Focused event for makers and buyers of signage complements co-located FESPA Digital print exhibition European Sign Expo will take place for the second time in Munich in 2014, alongside FESPA Digital 2014 (20-23 May, Messe Munich, Germany).

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Brad Creighton, National Sales and Marketing Manager of Mimaki Australia said that social media offers the unique opportunity to instantly share in real-time the latest Mimaki innovations, updates and news with our customers and the wide-format industry.

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Solar Inks in the UK, specialist supplier of inks for flexographic and screen printing, has launched Earthinks, a range of environmentally friendly water-based flexographic and screen printing inks, that it considers to be the most natural solution on the market today. Earthinks offer sustainability benefits as well as high-performance and are a cost-effective alternative to standard inks.

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With a significant number of new and existing exhibitors requiring more space at FESPA Digital 2014 (20-23 May 2014, Messe Munich), FESPA has increased the show floor plan by 4,000m2, with five months still to go. 2014 is the biggest FESPA Digital to date and the additional floor space will increase the footprint considerably.

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EFI has launched the latest version of its Digital StoreFront software. Available this quarter, version 7 of EFI Digital StoreFront combines the software's SmartStore Builder interface with advanced HTML5 tools for optimised web-to-print storefront access across desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

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Spandex starts 2014 with two new and highly experienced wide-format signage and display specialists in WA.

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X-Rite and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, has extended its World of Plastic digital initiative. World of Plastics is an alternative means for customers to learn about colour measurement for plastics without having to travel to a trade show.

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Print Standard Verifier, the Caldera tool that ensures standards conformity across printing processes, has been augmented with the addition of support for G7.

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Electronics For Imaging, Inc. has announced two executive appointments to deepen its management team and position the company for further global growth.

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The wide format production process is undergoing a period of transition to improve workflow inefficiencies and become more automated.

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Brand New Technology, the Metawrap MDX is an Ultra Extensible Wrap film that is 50 microns thick and can be used for partial fleet wraps and full car wraps as well as thousands of places that you wouldn't normally use a cast film.

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UK supplier i-Sub Digital launched Digi-Foil late last year. Digi-Foil combines a Mimaki UJF desktop printer with foil and a heated applicator to achieve foil effects that are identical to those produced by traditional foiling techniques – but at a fraction of the cost.

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Late last year Western Australia based supplier Artref announced that it had been awarded the Outstanding Service Dedication 2013 Award (Sign and Display) from HP.