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FESPA Australia has secured David Fish, a globally recognised strategist, business leader and record-breaking pilot, as the keynote speaker for the FESPA Australia Annual Conference, taking place on 17th October at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney.

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Designed, printed and installed by the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) Graphics Center, the wrap for NASCAR young gun, Jesse Love’s no.2 Chevrolet Camaro NASCAR racing car was produced on a Roland DG TrueVIS XG-640 printer/cutter. Like the car, the printer/cutter is known for high print speeds and precise integrated contour cutting, including vivid colour and detail.

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Hot on the heels of announcing a sales partnership with eurolaser - see Laser focus for Trotec and eurolaser – Trotec Laser Australia has been quick to step in to offer ongoing support for any Australian customers with Universal Laser systems, following news of Sydney-based Australian distributor for the systems, LST Group, going into liquidation.

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Italian manufacturer Neolt Factory has released a new automatic feeder and stacker system designed to support the HP Latex R530 and a range of other flatbed printers and cutting tables. The system is engineered to improve operational efficiency, reduce manual handling, and support high-volume rigid panel workflows in digital print production environments.

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Live demos of the new HP Indigo 6+ digital press will take place at LabelExpo Europe on stands E25 and D21 in Hall 5 of Fira Gran Via in Barcelona (September 16th to 19^th). It is the new AI+ smarts of the SmartControl system, like HP PrintOS and HP Nio that largely give the press the + factor over the current 6k model.

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Ball & Doggett, one of Australia’s largest distributors of printable materials and packaging substrates, has announced a renewed ‘exclusive’ distribution partnership with global pulp and paper producer CMPC.

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KPMG Corporate Finance has been engaged to run a formal sale process of Australia’s largest magazine publisher, Are Media, which currently uses one of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest printers, IVE Group, to print the majority of its titles.

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Label Power, one of Australia's premier label manufacturers and printer suppliers, has taken out the ‘Excellence with Inkjet – Labels’ award at the 2025 Digital Labels & Packaging Awards in London last week. The winning label - for Coastal Moon Dry Gin - was printed on an Epson Surepress L-6034 VW.

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Roland DG Australia has announced a strategic expansion to their Authorised Dealer Network with the appointment of Melbourne-based Total Image Supplies, a well-established industry name with over 20 years’ experience delivering premium print solutions, expert advice, and after-sales support.

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Following a brief hiatus away from the organisation, Wade James has rejoined Australia’s leading Out of Home advertising company, oOh!media as Group Sales Director, ‘to further accelerate customer focus and drive deeper agency and client partnerships that deliver results for Out of Home advertisers’.

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Plockmatic Group has signed an agreement to acquire German-based Renz, a global producer of ring wire comb binding machines and supplies. The agreement includes acquisition of its subsidiary companies in Australia, Argentina, the UK and Turkey, through which Renz has developed a client base that spans more than 80 different countries.

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Tickets are selling fast for Vivad’s 25th birthday celebration industry networking event on Friday July 25th, with a number of invited clients and suppliers also seizing the opportunity to enjoy an Open House tour of the large format digital and banner printing company’s new facilities.

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The Visual Media Association (VMA) has announced the appointment of Marker representatives in each State for its emerging talent program, supported by Platinum Sponsor, Konica Minolta Australia.

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Konica Minolta Australia has partnered with global mobile robotics leader Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), for the Australian launch of two autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at CeMAT Australia 2025 (stand T18), running from 22^nd to 24^th July at Sydney Olympic Park.

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Driving a strategy towards ‘being more than a supplier, and more a partner in growth, performance and long-term customer success’, the latest in a long line of industry professionals to bolster the Ball & Doggett team is David Reece, joining as National Sales Manager Labels & Packaging.

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Designed to offer wide-format printing capabilities in a compact footprint, the Mimaki JFX200-1213EX presents as a really strong option for PSPs with limited space, a quality that recently saw the printer recognised for its advanced technology in the UV/Latex Flatbed (under $100K) category.

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Reputable Israeli magazine Calcalist has reported that Landa Digital Printing hired the Japanese investment bank Nomura to oversee a potential sale process, ‘opening the data room to a number of global printing giants, including HP, Canon, Agfa, Fujifilm, Epson, Xerox, Brother, and Koenig & Bauer.

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One of Australia’s largest wholesale printers has given its employees a glimpse of its new purpose-built 7000sqm facility at Keilor Park near Tullamarine Airport, scheduled for occupancy from September 2025. A video shows progress on installation of a Komori Lithrone GX40RP and Canon varioPRINT iX3200 and captures the reactions of staff members as they see the huge space for the first time.

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New Zealand print’s night of nights threw up its customary array of talent competing for 9 Printing Process awards and awarding 15 competition entrants for their excellence in certain categories. The evening also saw the NZ Apprentice of the Year crowned and various Business Awards awarded for Training, Innovation and Sustainability.

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Consistently setting the bar for Digital Front Ends (DFEs) and workflow solutions in digital print, Fiery has picked up more three more Printing United Alliance Pinnacle Awards, making 2025 its third consecutive year of winning an award in the RIP software category.

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First launched in 2022 the FESPA Australia Leaders Program has played a part in the development of 36 industry professionals, many of whom have gone on to assuming expanded leadership roles within their organisations. FESPA Australia is now encouraging a fourth cohort of industry professionals to apply to the program, with applications closing on 1^st August 2025.