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Zünd Australia is officially a year old as a company but, with recruiting good people, finding premises and sorting out the situation left behind by the collapse of former dealer Starleaton the official opening, attended by Oliver Zünd himself, took place in Melbourne on March 13th.
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Registrations are now open for the popular annual ASGA NSW Sign & Print Golf Day, which will be held at the beautiful Ryde-Parramatta Golf Club in Sydney on Thursday 3rd April.
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Platinum sponsor of PacPrint, Roland DG, considers PacPrint to be an essential event for anyone in the visual communications sector to explore new technology, stay updated on trends, gain valuable insights, and find inspiration - all to support business growth and long-term success.
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Roland DG endeavours to help find additional ways to assist customers directly affected so please contact the team for more details on how we can help get your business back up and running.
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Founded back in 1945 by sign-writer Les Briner, Briner Signs is now one of the longest-operating signage companies in Melbourne, celebrating an impressive 80 years in business.
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The CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) is an international non-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom, Japan, India, China, Germany, Brazil and the United States that helps companies, cities, states, regions and public authorities disclose their environmental impact.
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ASGA has announced a special webinar for its members, covering the latest in WH&S regulations and safety protocols, to be run in conjunction with WH&S experts, ASSA. It's next Tuesday, 18th March so step up and register if you are an ASGA member - or why not join?
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Fronting PacPrint 2025 with the new SureColor S9160 signage printer, Epson is confident visitors to their stand, C48, will ‘come alive’ with the power of its colour accuracy and vibrancy.
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Screen GP Australia, a loyal PacPrint exhibitor since the 1980s, is at the 2025 event, at Sydney Olympic Park showground from May 20th - 23rd. The power of inkjet in commercial and packaging print will be on show.
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‘Every year, the Women in Print Breakfast Series is an opportunity for our industry to come together, learn from remarkable speakers, and foster the sense of community that makes print so special,’ says Stephanie Gaddin, Chair of Women in Print Australia.
This year the theme of the series is Nourish to Flourish, with the gatherings set to explore multiple facets of health and wellbeing in a ‘whole-of-life’ approach that considers both work and family life.
Breaking with tradition, this year’s breakfast series (which includes one lunch - in Hobart) will see different speakers and panels for each host city, including:
Women in Print Australia Chair Stephanie Gaddin will also play host to the Hobart lunch
- Melbourne: (Parkroyal Monash, Clayton) / April 3rd / Craig Harper
- Perth: (Beaumonde on the Point, East Victoria Park) / April 3rd / Sharon Gleeson
- Hobart: (Crowne Plaza, Hobart) / April 4th / Stephanie Gaddin & Rita Karagiannis (N.B. lunch event)
- Canberra: (Instant Colour Press Conference Centre, Belconnen, ACT) / April 8th / Teresa Wojcik
- Adelaide (The Terrace Hotel, Adelaide) / April 9th / Brenda Snyman
- Sydney: (Commbank Stadium, Parramatta) / April 10th / Panel discussion - (panellists include: Samantha Flook (Strategic Psychotherapist & Mindset Coach at The Core Health), Steven Gamble (founder of Anchor Health Group; Que Nhi Makar (National Marketing Manager at Ball & Doggett) and Carmen Ciappara (National Advertising Manager at The Printer Media Group, facilitated by Sarah Cassim (founder of Hawkesbury Women in Business)
- Brisbane: (Manly Harbour Boat Club, Manly) / April 11th / Michelle Anne and Diane McKendrick (Those2Sisters) and Ranger Stacey as MC
The 2025 Women in Print Breakfast Series is supported by various industry suppliers, associations and trade media.
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Ball & Doggett, is pleased to announce the appointment of Matt Murphy as Sales Manager (Victoria & Tasmania) – Sign, Display & Digital. In this role, Matt will focus on strengthening partnerships, driving business development, and expanding Ball & Doggett’s presence in the market across Victoria and Tasmania.
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Sign & Print Career Connections is back for 2025, with the first event for the year on this Friday and Saturday. Previous Sign & Print Career Connections have proven hugely popular with students and school leavers alike. Visual Connections & ASGA have called for volunteers for the Melbourne expo - please apply!
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Orafol can make your visit to FESPA Global Print Expo, Berlin, a little easier with free entry, saving 50 Euros! (about AUD$86.00) - but you must register for the discount code before April 8th. Do it soon if you are going!
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Celmac Australia is welcomed as a national specialist reseller for DG Dimense textured print solutions in Australia. Dimense is a Roland DG joint venture with the Estonia-based inventor of the raised printing process for wide format.
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Cambridge, UK-based Xaar is addressing corrugated packaging printing with its Aquinox inkjet printhead, delivering flexographic quality and a reduced cost per print, alongside digital customisation benefits in a single pass.
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Anyone making the trip across to Berlin for FESPA (6th-9th May 2025) will be able to take in the EMEA debut of Mimaki’s new Tx330 Series textile printers, aiming to drive the transformation of the textile industry towards waterless prints.
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With the FESPA Global Print Expo just 2 months away in Berlin, the association has announced the FESPA Foundation under the tagline 'Print for Good.' It has already supported a rural school in South Africa.
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A second keynote speaker has been locked in for PacPrint 2025 (20th-23rd May, Sydney Olympic Park). David Ferraz, Principal of Argus Business Brokers, is now confirmed to take the stage on the last morning of the show to offer insights into how mergers and acquisitions can offer a potential solution to the industry’s worsening talent shortage.
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Epson Surepress inkjet label presses hit a 'sweet spot' in the label production market since the SP 4033A was first launched in 2012. That sweet spot is the space between bench/desktop typw label printers that are handy but very slow, and the higher-end production inkjet machines thrumming along at up to 80 metres/minute.
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HP says it plans to go ahead with cutting between 1,000-2,000 jobs this year, as part of a structural savings programme aimed to save the business an additional USD$300m for its 'Future Ready' restructuring programme that started in 2023. The goal is to save HP USD$1.9bn between 2023 to the end of the 2025 US financial year.
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For the second year running, Labels and Packaging ranks the highest in diversification investment for commercial printers, with promotional products/merchandise and wide format rounding out the top growth areas.
- Drytac's Polar Frost Air film now available worldwide
- Caldera adds DTF and DTG features to Rip portfolio
- ASGA Melbourne Bowls social pictures - Brisbane next - roll up!
- Reacon companies update
- Kyocera releases new UV ink compatible printhead
- HP recognises Currie Group with APJ region Excellence Award
- Mimaki Australia launches free ink cartridge recycling program
- Epson President Ogawa makes way for Yoshida and is appointed Chairman
- Reacon Holdings Pty Ltd is de-registered by ASIC - mystery
- New Smithers report charts transition from offset to digital print
- Roland to hold DTF and DTO application days in March-May
- EPSON to cut up to 82% of greenhouse gas emissions in shipping deal
- AiG - RBA rate cut welcome but don’t expect further easing any time soon
- Anti-graffiti films - what are they & how do they work?
- Printing United Alliance expands G7+ certification program
- Neschen and ATP will jointly present at upcoming FESPA Berlin expo
- Techkon announces release of ChromaQA6 cloud-based colour control suite
- Mutoh releases HydrAton water-based UV printer in Europe
- Fujifilm's Q3 results up 8%, Graphics up 4.7%
- Mimaki Australia announces availability and support of the D800 powder shaker/heater for TxF DTF
